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Andrea Berger

At the Royal United Services Institute in London from 2014 (research fellow, then deputy director of proliferation and nuclear policy), and a senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute's James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies from 2017; a regular on the KCN-eh? North Korea roundups. On the show: North Korea's sanctions, front companies and monthly news, the 2015 NPT Review Conference, the ban treaty negotiations and proliferation finance.

26 episodes · 2014–2019

Episodes

  1. KCN-eh? January’s other North Korea Developments

    Andrea hosts one last KCN-eh? before heading off to the Great White North. Jeffrey joins in to talk about North Korea’s other…

    49 min

  2. KCN-eh? November’s other North Korea Developments

    A Canadian discusses the month’s North Korea-related developments with some special guests. For November, Andrea is joined by Cristina Varriale of the Royal United…

    45 min

  3. KCN-eh? October’s other North Korea Developments

    A Canadian reviews the month’s North Korea news together with a special guest. Andrea and Ramon Pacheco-Pardo, the Korea Foundation-Free University Brussels…

    59 min

  4. KCN-eh? September’s other North Korea Developments

    Andrea is joined again by John Hemmings, Director of Asia Studies at the Henry Jackson Society, to talk about the major developments…

    69 min

  5. JCPO-eh? Iran, the EU, and the US

    Andrea discusses friction between Europe and the United States over the Iran nuclear deal with Justine Walker, Director of Sanctions at UK Finance.…

    55 min

  6. KCN-eh? July’s other North Korea Developments

    It’s a family pod today! Andrea, Aaron, and Jeffrey review July’s new North Korean developments. They dive into the developments at Sohae…

    41 min

  7. KCN-eh? June’s other North Korea Developments

    A Canadian reviews the last month’s news with two special guests. Andrea talks to CNS Senior Research Associate Melissa Hanham and FAS Adjunct…

    54 min

  8. KCN-eh? May’s other North Korea Developments

    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…

    61 min

  9. KCN-eh? April’s other North Korea Developments – Part 2

    A Canadian reviews the last few weeks of North Korea news with a special guest. Andrea chats with Antoine Bondaz from the Foundation for…

    44 min

  10. KCN-eh? April’s other North Korea Developments – Part 1

    A Canadian reviews the last few weeks of North Korea news with a special guest. Andrea talks to Ramon Pacheco-Pardo from King’s…

    74 min

  11. KCN-eh? March’s Other North Korean Developments

    A Canadian reviews the last month’s North Korea news with two special guests, Jeffrey and Aaron. It’s a family pod! Andrea discusses…

    40 min

  12. KCN-eh? February’s Other North Korean Developments

    Two Canadians review the last month of North Korean developments as they try to ignore Canada’s Olympic performance in curling and hockey.…

    46 min

  13. KCN-eh? December and January’s Other North Korean Developments

    A Canadian reviews the last two months’ North Korea news with a special guest. Andrea talks to Scott LaFoy for a whirlwind…

    45 min

  14. KCN-eh? November’s Other North Korean Developments

    A Canadian reviews the month’s North Korea news with a special guest. For November, Andrea talks to John Hemmings, the Director of the Asia…

    62 min

  15. KCN-eh? October’s Other North Korean Developments

    A Canadian reviews the month’s North Korea news with a special guest. For October, Andrea talks to Adam Cathcart — a lecturer…

    54 min

  16. KCN-eh? September’s Other North Korean Developments

    A Canadian reviews the month’s North Korea news with a special guest. For September, Andrea talks to Alison Evans — deputy head…

    44 min

  17. Banks and the Bomb

    Proliferators not only need to move goods around the world to support their WMD and missile programs, they need to move money…

    50 min

  18. North Korean Sanctions and Shellfish

    In all the squinting at shiny missile bits, the bigger picture on North Korea has gotten a bit lost. Jeffrey and Andrea…

    47 min

  19. Banning the Bomb III: Subsection B

    The second half of yesterday’s Banning the Bomb III. Make sure to listen to that one first.    122 countries just adopted…

    35 min

  20. Banning the Bomb III: Subsection A

    122 countries just adopted a treaty banning nuclear weapons, in the same week that North Korea tested an ICBM. Andrea, Gaukhar, and…

    37 min

  21. Banning the Bomb: Part 2

    A group of countries is negotiating a convention to ban the use and possession of nuclear weapons. The chair has released a…

    59 min

  22. Banning the Bomb: Part 1

    Why are more than 100 countries negotiating a legally binding prohibition on nuclear weapons, at the same time that Donald Trump is…

    49 min

  23. Glocom and DPRK Fronts

    Andrea Berger and James Pearson sit down to discuss their open source exposure of Glocom, a front company used by North Korea…

    59 min

  24. Andrea Berger Talks UNSC 2321

    Can the North Koreans still trade coal effectively? What is going on with North Korean ships? Are transit lounges smokey dens of…

    47 min

  25. NPT Review Conference Follies I

    The 2015 Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, known among wonks as the REVCON, collapsed in acrimony. After weeks of debate…

    44 min

  26. Where is Kim Jong-Un?

    Where is Kim Jong-Un? Is he sick? Has there been a coup? Or is North Korea simply trolling DPRK watchers? Today, Jeffrey…

    38 min

Andrea Berger

Writing on ACW 2017–2019

Andrea is a London-based Senior Research Associate at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. She was previously the Deputy Director of the Proliferation and Nuclear Policy program at the Royal United Services Institute, the director of the UK's network of next generation nuclear professionals, and an analyst at Global Affairs Canada.

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