by Kingston Reif Originally published in The Hill’s Congress blog on October 31, 2012. Halloween is a time for scary tales and horror movies. It is appropriate, then, that this Halloween falls just after the 50th anniversary of one of the most terrifying real-life horror stories of all time: The Cuban Missile Crisis. The crisis […]
North Korean Couple… Pregnant?
Ah, here we go again. The North Korean couple has returned to the public eye — Kim Jong-un after a 15-day absence and his wife Ri Sol-ju after over 50 days of silence. And with it comes a host of speculation: the general view seems to be that Kim Jong-un needs to show the public that his regime is stable.
Remarks at CIGI signature lecture on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis
Last Thursday and Friday I was in Waterloo, Canada to help the Centre for International Governance Innovation’s (CIGI) Balsillie School of International Affairs mark the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. I spoke on two panels: one was the C…
Kingston Reif speaks at CIGI signature lecture on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis
On October 25 and 26, Center Director of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Kingston Reif participated in a conference on the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis at the Centre for International Governance Innovation’s (CIGI) Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada. Below is the video of Reif’s remarks at the October 25 CIGIsignature lecture “Empathy […]
Romney Strikes Out On Nukes
Haven’t heard enough about nuclear weapons this election cycle? Not surprising, since it was such a struggle to even get the candidates to talk about foreign policy at the foreign-policy debate. But the next president will certainly have opportunities …