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December 11, 2019Tensions mount as the United States and North Korea continue to each issue provocative statements ahead of Kim Jong Un’s end-of-year deadline for denuclearization negotiations. Despite the U.S. good-faith suspension of joint military exercises with South Korea, satellite imagery indicates that nuclear and missile development in North Korea is ongoing.
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November 1, 2019
Rapidly advancing cybertechnology threatens to undermine traditional thinking on when the use of nuclear weapons may be provoked.
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November 1, 2019
NATO’s secretary-general outlines why arms control measures provide for alliance security.
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November 1, 2019
Washington and Pyongyang made little progress at latest round of talks.
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October 10, 2019Working-level talks between the U.S. and North Korea hit a roadblock this month after negotiators failed to agree on steps toward a denuclearization and peace process. The Trump Administration appears optimistic about future bilateral negotiations despite Pyongyang’s recent missile provocations and warning of a resumption of long-range ballistic missile tests.
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October 1, 2019
Stagnant U.S.-North Korean nuclear talks could resume if Washington agrees to moderate its demands.
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September 1, 2019
An innovative verification approach could help build confidence that North Korea is complying with any denuclearization agreement in the future.
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September 1, 2019
As U.S. and North Korean leaders make nice, a next round of nuclear negotiations remains unscheduled.
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July 9, 2019
A new report details the extent to which 11 key states are fulfilling, promoting, or undermining 10 standards identified as critical elements of the nonproliferation and disarmament regime.
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July 9, 2019This new report is the fourth in a series that assesses the extent to which 11 key states are fulfilling, promoting, or undermining 10 standards identified as critical elements of the nonproliferation and disarmament regime. Collectively, states fared worse on the majority of criteria when compared with the prior edition covering the 2013–2016 period.
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July 2, 2019U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met at the DMZ June 30, as President Moon Jae-in of South Korea calls on the U.S. and North Korea to advance denuclearization negotiations, and China's President Xi Jinping visits Pyongyang.
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July 1, 2019
South Korea's defense minister highlights areas of improved relations between the Koreas.
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July 1, 2019
Kim Jong Un hosts China’s president as U.S.-North Korean talks continue to lapse.
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June 3, 2019
Recent North Korean missile tests violate UN Security Council resolutions, but President Trump appears eager to maintain talks.
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Door to Diplomacy Remains Open Despite Missile Tests | North Korea Denuclearization Digest, May 2019May 21, 2019The next steps for U.S. diplomacy with North Korea remain unclear after Pyongyang tested several short-range ballistic missiles in early May. U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Stephen Biegun met with South Korean officials in Seoul May 9-10 amid criticisms from North Korea of the U.S. negotiating team and U.S. seizure of a North Korean ship.