Updated January 2026 Origins Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s as part of military cooperation pacts with the Soviet Union, North Korea was delivered surface-to-air and artillery rockets and trained on how to build and operate multiple-rocket launchers. Separately, it reached agreements with the People’s Republic of China to provide coastal defense capabilities such as anti-ship cruise missiles and the transfer of China’s missile research and development. This […]
How Open-Source Intelligence Can Unlock Nuclear Secrets
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) and satellite imagery have changed the way civil organizations understand and evaluate nuclear arsenals and delivery systems — and the way governments interact with a changing balance of transparency and secrecy. Join us as we break down new developments in OSINT technology, how OSINT analysis can be used in nuclear weapons verification […]
전문가들 “김정은 방러, 전방위 군사 협력 현실화…중국 셈법 복잡”
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with VOA Korean, a Korean-language publication, on the consequences of increased dialogue between North Korea and Russia. The article and corresponding broadcast report are in Korean. Read and watch more
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to meet with Vladimir Putin as Russia seeks closer military ties, more support for Ukraine war
Senior Policy Director John Erath spoke with NewsHub about the relationship between North Korea and Russia. Watch here
Fact Sheet: The American-South Korean Security Alliance
The alliance between Seoul and Washington dates back to the opening days of the Cold War. Since the growth of Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions in the 1990s, the alliance has increasingly evolved to prioritize management of the North Korean nuclear threat. Different Korean and American administrations have tried strategies including bargaining, military threats, strategic patience and […]
