Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke with The Wall Street Journal about North Korea firing off short-range missiles. The North’s latest missile launch likely sends the message that the U.S. may be running out of time to offer North Korea some kind of concession, said Abigail Stowe-Thurston, program coordinator for the Washington-based Center for Arms Control […]
For Trump, Kim and Moon, the DMZ is for Diplomacy, but Promises are Hard to Keep
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke with the Wall Street Journal about President Trump’s visit to the DMZ between North and South Korea, and meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. With the lower-level agreements going unfulfilled, hopes of making headway on “loftier promises,” including the goal of denuclearization, have hit a ceiling, says Abigail Stowe-Thurston, […]
Trump’s North Korea visit: Diplomatic breakthrough or publicity stunt?
Program Coordinator Abigail Stowe-Thurston spoke to Sinclair about President Trump’s third visit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. “Exchanging letters and engaging in summitry with a North Korean leader is certainly unorthodox, but North Korea’s political structure operates in a top-down manner, so it makes sense that there is a top-down element to diplomacy with […]
Op-ed: Trump’s gamble with Kim yet to yield results
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell wrote an op-ed in the East Asia Forum about progress in North Korean nuclear negotiations one year after the first summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un. ‘Fortune favours the bold’, ‘no guts, no glory’, and ‘go big or go home’. All these cliches were likely going through US President […]
‘Nobody’s happy about it’: Missile tests increase tensions with North Korea
Senior Policy Director Alexandra Bell spoke with Sinclair Broadcasting about North Korea’s latest tests. “These tests are concerning and indicate a growing impatience in Pyongyang over the state of negotiations with the United States,” said Alexandra Bell, senior policy director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. The latest missile tests do not violate […]