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March 22, 2019
The failure of the Hanoi summit to produce tangible steps to advance denuclearization and peacebuilding is disappointing but it is not a disaster. The window of opportunity for negotiations, however, will not remain open indefinitely.
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March 6, 2019
As the second U.S.-North Korea summit ended abruptly, South Korea pushes for trilateral talks and the UN Security Council issues waivers for humanitarian aid to North Korea.
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March 4, 2019
The second Trump-Kim summit ended with no agreement on any topic.
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February 28, 2019
Not only did the summit in Hanoi between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fail to produce meaningful results, but Trump and his team have clearly squandered the seven months since the Singapore summit to make progress on even modest steps toward that meeting's lofty goals.
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February 25, 2019
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January 29, 2019
The second summit between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un—tentatively planned for late February—must emphasize substance over pageantry.
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January 11, 2019
Pyongyang is waiting for Washington to take the next steps to advance negotiations on denuclearization and peace, while Kim travels to Beijing for yet another summit with Chinese President Xi. Following concerns raised by a U.S. senator and OCHA, the United States has revised its humanitarian assistance policy toward North Korea.
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January 8, 2019
Diplomacy stalls over meaning of denuclearization as the United States and North Korea seek next steps.
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December 1, 2018
The reality-based, “speculative novel” provides a chilling glimpse of one possible future.
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December 1, 2018
There is talk of a second Trump-Kim summit as diplomatic efforts stall over next steps.
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November 16, 2018
As U.S.-North Korean negotiations stall, South Korean President Moon Jae-in distanced himself from the Trump administration's prerequisites for sanction relief and North Korea, China, and Russia issued a trilateral statement emphasizing the importance of a “peaceful, political, and diplomatic” settlement to denuclearization and building a peace regime on peninsula.
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November 1, 2018
The head of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization offers his agency's capabilities to verify
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November 1, 2018
Disagreements over the timing of sanctions relief may complicate the diplomatic process.
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October 18, 2018
New Analysis by CTBTO Executive Secretary Lassina Zerbo Published in Arms Control Today
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October 5, 2018
Hesitation on the part of either side at this point could collapse the fragile diplomatic opportunity that currently exists.