From CVID to CRID: A Russian Perspective
The US has allowed an unrealistic goal—complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization (CVID-or, in Trump era parlance FFVD[1])—to drive its diplomatic…
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A Peace Treaty for the Korean Peninsula: Will the Past be Prologue?
Introduction In their Panmunjom Declaration concluded at the recent summit between the leaders of North and South Korea, Moon Jae-in…
‘Getting Past No’ with Kim Jong Un: The Psychology of Negotiation, and Kim’s ‘Art of the Deal’
In the late 1960s, a delicate opening of diplomacy to China began under auspices similar to those seen today in…
Reading North Korean Intent: The Importance of What Is and Is Not Said
In the current pre-meeting phase, it would make little sense for Pyongyang to lean too far forward in its public…