Conventional Deterrence of North Korea
https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/FAS-CDNK.pdf
The U.S.-ROK alliance must place conventional deterrence at the center of its planning to ensure that U.S. conventional forces can effectively supplement South Korea’s ability growing ability to defend itself from limited aggression. The proposed posture requires closer coordination and additional capability, a difficult but necessary step at a time when the alliance faces severe friction.
Air-Launched Ballistic Missiles
https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/FAS-ALBM.pdf
In 2018, Russia and China both tested an uncommon type of missile that flew a ballistic trajectory but could be launched from an aircraft. Examining the phenomenon of air-launched ballistic missiles provides insight into not only the planning of the countries developing these systems, but also the diversity and complexity of missile systems.
Report of the International Study Group on North Korea Policy
https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/media/FAS-DPRK-SG.pdf
Principles for a Progressive Defense Policy
https://tnsr.org/roundtable/policy-roundtable-the-future-of-progressive-foreign-policy/#essay3
Like other foreign policy doctrines, progressive internationalism is grounded in a set of moral principles. Progressive internationalists believe that the United States must represent a force for good in the world — not just good as Americans see it, but a kind of good that any reasonable society could accept for itself
Texas National Security Review, December 4, 2018
U.S. needs tactical shift in North Korea talks
https://www.axios.com/us-needs-tactical-shift-in-north-korea-talks-018f00a3-cfab-4a1e-a2a8-c4a9eb3cd180.html
A shift in tactics is needed to prevent collapse and break the impasse in negotiations with North Korea. Negotiating limits on the North Korean arsenal may not lead directly to complete disarmament, but it could reduce the threat to U.S. and allied territory.
Axios, November 8, 2018
With North Korea progress stalled, new course could still reduce threat
https://www.axios.com/with-north-korea-progress-stalled-new-course-could-still-reduce-threat-4e1c4cc1-bda6-404d-ad9e-3ebd15ff374f.html
The current tack of negotiations with North Korea is plainly inviable. At some point, Trump will likely feel betrayed or decide he has more to gain politically by reverting to threats. North Korea's capabilities will continue to develop and the risk of war will rise precipitously.
Axios, July 10, 2018
To succeed with North Korea, U.S. must stand with the South
https://www.axios.com/success-with-north-korea-needs-a-strong-alliance-1527004474-b5b35ba7-5271-41a1-8102-9c54b5c318b6.html
North Korea was remarkably successful in using its negotiations to divide U.S. alliances in Northeast Asia, raising the stakes for South Korean President Moon Jae-in's White House visit in May.
Axios, May 22, 2018
What we talk about when we talk about North Korean denuclearization
https://www.nknews.org/2018/05/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-north-korean-denuclearization
Achieving a mutually-acceptable definition of key terms like “denuclearization” is the primary challenge of negotiating with North Korea, but contradictory understandings within the Trump administration itself threaten negotiations before they have formally begun.
NK News, May 16, 2018
Why Kim Jong Un Came In From the Cold
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/22/asia/kim-jong-un-three-theories-intl/index.html
If Pyongyang tries to run out the clock, the US must be prepared to use that time to its advantage: demand strict restrictions to limit the threat to US allied territory while we pursue a more restrictive agreements.
CNN, April 22, 2018
North Korea is Not Denuclearizing
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/04/north-korea-kim-jong-un-trump-nuclear-summit-weapons-missiles/558620/
The Trump administration shouldn’t get too excited about Kim Jong Un’s pledge to limit his weapons program.
The Atlantic, April 21, 2018
What is US nuclear policy, exactly?
https://thebulletin.org/what-us-nuclear-policy-exactly11709
"Though the initial months of the NPR rollout have been uneven, the administration can still develop a clear and consistent description of its nuclear policy—and should."
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, April 18, 2018
The traps Kim can spring on Trump
https://www.axios.com/traps-kim-can-spring-on-trump-1521043423-3dfb5361-0641-45b1-a1b6-aabcee43392f.html?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=1100&utm_term=politics
Talks with North Korea present a long list possible pitfalls for the U.S. Since Kim Jong-un's offer, President Trump has exacerbated the risks by accepting the invitation outright, issuing overconfident statements and replacing the cautious Rex Tillerson with the pliant Mike Pompeo as secretary of state.
Axios, March 14, 2018
On US-North Korea talks
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/north-korea-kim-moon-trump-nuclear-talks-south-korea/555032/
"If the choices are denuclearization or nothing, it’s an easy choice for Kim Jong Un: The United States will get nothing, missile advancements will continue, and the unstable military crisis will return again with a vengeance."
The Atlantic, March 7, 2018
Managing a Nuclear-Armed North Korea
https://tnsr.org/roundtable/policy-roundtable-good-choices-comes-north-korea/#essay7
Deter, Contain, Constrain, Transform: "The regrettable fact is that a nuclear-armed North Korea exists and is not being managed."
Texas National Security Review roundtable, February 7, 2018
Trump's troubling nuclear plan
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2018-02-02/trumps-troubling-nuclear-plan?cid=int-fls&pgtype=hpg
The NPR "hastens the rise of a more dangerous world by accepting the reasoning of U.S. adversaries and affirmatively embracing nuclear competition."
Foreign Affairs, February 2, 2018
Letting it be an arms race
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/trump-nuclear-posture-review/550400/
"Despite the president’s clear lack of knowledge about U.S. nuclear capabilities, the draft shows that the Pentagon is moving to translate his impulses into policy."
The Atlantic, January 12, 2018
Deter, don't provoke, North Korea
https://www.cnn.com/2017/10/24/opinions/north-korea-us-provocations/index.html
"It is not Pyongyang, but Washington, that appears determined to push this standoff into the military domain."
CNN, October 24, 2017
Preventing an atmospheric nuclear test
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/north-korea-crisis-trump-deterrence/540819/
A North Korean test in the atmosphere is "too grave to be ignored."
The Atlantic, September 22, 2017
How China Sees North Korea
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/09/north-korea-crisis-trump-deterrence/540819/
“China is prepared to keep the peace on the Korean peninsula—whether the White House likes it or not.”
The Atlantic, August 29, 2017
