Quotes of the week: “The imminent possibility of nuclear escalation will impose stringent limits on the conduct of conventional conflict. Both sides will be receptive to direct or indirect mediation, due to which the conflict could be quickly concluded… Instead of TNWs [tactical nuclear weapons), the most important factor that can destabilize deterrence is the …
KCN-eh? June’s other North Korea Developments
by | 2018-07-09 | No Comments
A Canadian reviews the last month’s news with two special guests. Andrea talks to CNS Senior Research Associate Melissa Hanham and FAS Adjunct Fellow Ankit Panda as they go through the trajectory of U.S./DPRK diplomacy after the Singapore Summit, parse through the differences between U.S and DPRK public statements, and developments within the U.S./ROK Alliance.
Chauncey Gardner, Redux
by | 2018-07-02 | No Comments
Quote of the week: “The whole visible world is only an imperceptible atom in the ample bosom of nature. No idea can approach it.” — Blaise Pascale Note to readers: Every two years or so, Guest Contributor Chauncey Gardner weighs in from his woodland retreat. I interviewed him while standing unsteadily in the eddies of …
North Korea Expanding Key Missile Site
by | 2018-07-02 | 4 Comments
This post is authored by Jeffrey Lewis and Dave Schmerler Despite the April 27 Panmunjom Declaration, in which North and South Korea “confirmed the common goal of realizing, through complete denuclearization, a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula,” satellite images captured by Planet show that North Korea is completing a major expansion of an important factory for producing solid …
