This is a full end-to-end OSINT episode, buckle up. Using satellite imagery, SAR data, Farsi-language television coverage, one rocket scientist’s favorite color, and one very important box, the team at CNS/MIIS tracked down a second solid-propellant rocket production facility in Iran. We suspect it may be moving towards ICBM research. Scott ventures out to California …
KCN-eh? May’s other North Korea Developments
by | 2018-06-04 | No Comments
A Canadian reviews the last month’s news with a special guest. Andrea talks to Hamish Macdonald from NK News about what went boom at Punggye-ri, recaps the diplomatic rollercoaster ride that was May, and ponders the Max Thunder joint military exercises (during an actual thunderstorm). Links of note: Will Ripley’s Instagram snaps from his visit to Wonsan …
A New Look at Crisis Management in South Asia
by | 2018-05-31 | No Comments
Editor’s note: The Stimson Center has a longstanding interest in the dynamics of U.S. crisis management between India and Pakistan. We have published case studies of the 2001-2 “Twin Peaks” and the 2008 Mumbai crises, as well as a new book co-edited by Sameer Lalwani and Hannah Haegeland, Investigating Crises. Most recently, Travis Wheeler has written …
Friendship without Benefits: North Korea Doesn’t Want Uncle Sam’s Dollars
by | 2018-05-30 | No Comments
Korean Workers’ Party Vice Chairman Kim Yong Chol is in New York today to see Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in what seems to be a pivotal moment for determining whether a June 12 date for a U.S.-North Korean summit is within reach. A symbolic, “goodwill” meeting ought to be possible by that date, but …
