Research Analyst Erin Connolly spoke with CTV News (Canada) about Iran deciding to violate some aspects of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or the Iran nuclear deal.
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, […]
The NPT at 51
July 1 marks 51 years since the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT, opened for signature. 51 years later, here’s why the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is still the world’s most important nuclear treaty.
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 […]

