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Verifying North Korean Denuclearization: Where Do We Go from Here?

More than one month after the Singapore Summit, little headway has been made on denuclearization of North Korea. Many attribute the slow progress to disparate definitions of denuclearization on the part of the United States and North Korea.

Event by Rebecca Hersman and Sue Mi Terry — July 23, 2018

PONI 2018 Summer Conference

The two-day conference will feature presentations from emerging nuclear experts covering topics such as nuclear strategies, arms control and proliferation challenges, and deterrence.

Event by Rebecca Hersman — July 10, 2018

The Impossible State

Verification

Rebecca Hersman, the director of the Project on Nuclear issues at CSIS who is a former WMD non-proliferation expert with the Defense Department, discusses the challenges and mechanics of complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization in North Korea.

Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz — July 2, 2018

CSIS The Impossible State North Korea

Restoring Restraint

By understanding the system and corresponding accountability approaches, leaders can utilize a menu of potential actions for building more diverse, flexible, scalable, and implementable options to hold accountable users of chemical weapons.

Report by Rebecca Hersman and William Pittinos — June 19, 2018

Russian Roulette

Of Proliferants and Nonproliferants – Russian Roulette Episode 60

In this episode of Russian Roulette, we discuss Russian approaches to nonproliferation, Iran and North Korea, the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and the future of arms control.

Podcast Episode by Jeffrey Mankoff — June 19, 2018

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U.S. Forces in Korea

President Trump’s agreement to suspend the upcoming U.S.-ROK combined exercise does not appear to meet the threshold for protecting U.S. lethality, and should not be advanced absent substantial North Korean concessions. 

Commentary by Kathleen H. Hicks — June 14, 2018

The Impossible State

Trailer: The Impossible State

Each week join the people who know the most about North Korea—The Center for Strategic and International Studies’ Victor Cha, Mike Green, and Sue Mi Terry—for an insider’s discussion with host H. Andrew Schwartz about the United States’ top national security priority.

Podcast Episode by Victor Cha , Michael J. Green , and H. Andrew Schwartz — June 12, 2018

CSIS The Impossible State North Korea

Assessment of the Singapore Summit

North Korea is the land of lousy options, and while the Singapore Summit’s outcome is not great, it is less bad than the path to war.

Critical Questions by Victor Cha and Sue Mi Terry — June 12, 2018