A day after President Trump announced withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Wilson Center Senor Vice President and Director of International Security Studies Robert Litwak said the decision could pit Iran and the world vs. the United States. “This is the most consequential foreign policy decision taken by the Trump administration,” Litwak […]
North Korea
Trump’s Iran Decision Resets International Attitude
In the wake of President Trump’s decision to scrap U.S. participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), lawmakers in Iran’s parliament burned an image of the American flag and shouted “Death to America!” on Wednesday. Leaders in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom released a statement Tuesday vowing continued commitment to the deal, […]
Human Rights Abuses Overshadow N. Korea’s Overtures
Amid the euphoria surrounding the North/South Korea summit last week, North Korea’s human rights record must remain front and center during any negotiations or talks, says David Maxwell, a fellow at the Institute for Corean-American Studies. Speaking on The John Batchelor Show, Maxwell noted the roughly 250,000 prisoners who populate the rogue nation’s gulags and […]
North Korea Nuclear Test Site Collapsed
The South China Morning Post reported April 25 that the mountain site where North Korea has conducted five nuclear tests has collapsed. The Punggye-ri nuclear test site, which includes Mount Mantap, is about 400 miles northeast of Pyongyang. “One group of researchers found that the most recent blast tore open a hole in the mountain, […]
Korean Peninsula More Volatile with Bolton Appointment
It looks as if the United States is going to end the long-standing armistice on the Korean Peninsula sooner rather than later. On March 22, President Trump tweeted that war hawk John Bolton will replace relative moderate Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster as his National Security Advisor on April 9. Bolton is a proponent of the […]