Oct 08, 2018
North Korean leader says talks with Pompeo "productive and wonderful."
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Oct 04, 2018
Instead of whining about China’s stance on North Korea, President Trump should address Beijing’s interests in the North’s future.
An Gang, Research Fellow, Center for International Strategy and Security, Tsinghua University
Sep 28, 2018
The Korean Peninsula’s peace prospects depends on the sincerity of the U.S.
An Gang, Research Fellow, Center for International Strategy and Security, Tsinghua University
Sep 20, 2018
My travels along the China-DPRK border have given me hope for North Korea’s denuclearization.
Ben Reynolds, Writer and Foreign Policy Analyst in New York
Sep 13, 2018
North Korean leaders carefully cultivated the tone of the recent 70th anniversary celebrations to avoid antagonizing both Beijing and Washington. This could offer reason for cautious optimism regarding the continuing negotiations, but significant remaining differences in U.S. and North Korean aims and expectations should temper any early celebrations.
Wang Fudong, Assistant Research Fellow, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations
Aug 24, 2018
For America’s coercive diplomacy with North Korea to work, it must start employing carrots as well as sticks.
Ma Shikun, Senior Journalist, the People’s Daily
Aug 20, 2018
The US must give the DPRK more leeway if denuclearization is to be achieved.
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Jul 20, 2018
To his credit, President Trump was willing to help break the Korean deadlock. But the recent summit was a beginning, not the end. Washington needs to build a relationship with the Kim government, and that process will be smoother if the U.S. also improves its ties with Beijing.
Yang Wenjing, Chief of US Foreign Policy, Institute of Contemporary International Relations
Jul 04, 2018
China and the US should work together to keep North Korea to its word and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
Ted Galen Carpenter, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Jun 26, 2018
Commentary following the historic Singapore Summit between American President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un framed the meeting as a tremendous success for President Xi Jinping, with results that leave China’s path to hegemony in the Asia-Pacific clear. But another thesis has also reared its head: that the summit’s peaceful outcome has created new obstacles for the PRC.