Jeffrey spent the past week making Singapore Slings but it didn’t help dull the pain. The conversation then turned to the summit and ended with a conversation about the sustainability of summits without substance and what the two sides can do in the future to settle on an actual agenda for talks. Jeffrey and Aaron …
It Takes a Village to Raze a Test Stand
by | 2018-06-12 | 3 Comments
In post-summit comments, the President indicated that the DPRK had agreed to destroy a “missile engine testing site,” which the U.S. identified “because of the heat.” This has brought up the question of which site does he mean? Dave Schmerler did an excellent thread about this on twitter, but I’m nothing if not stubborn and I …
Russia’s Crashing Cruise Missile
by | 2018-06-11 | No Comments
Back in March, Putin said that Russia has been testing a nuclear-powered cruise missile and showed a little bit of video footage. Throughout April and May, stories have come out questioning the success of these tests. Jeffrey and his team at CNS have been peaking into the test site and trying to figure out what …
Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula: Reviewing the Precedents
by | 2018-06-10 | 4 Comments
While we’re waiting for the Singapore Summit to produce whatever it produces, it may be useful to ponder the record. There’s now more than a quarter-century’s worth of statements by North Korea and various other parties that have addressed Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions in one way or another. Taken together, they offer a yardstick for Singapore. …
