Regions/North Korea

North Korea

- TV/Radio Broadcast
Book: ‘The Hermit King’
- Chung Min Lee
- December 02, 2019
- NPR
Kim Jong Un is savvy, he is smart, and he has basically ruled North Korea with an iron fist since the summer of 2011.
- TV/Radio Broadcast
The Hermit Kingdom: The Rise of the Kim Dynasty
- Chung Min Lee
- December 01, 2019
A discussion of the history of the Kim dynasty in North Korea.
- Op-Ed
Abe’s Longest November: Japan, North Korea and the Growing Urgency for Diplomacy
- James L. Schoff
- November 27, 2019
- 38 North
November brought about a variety of setbacks for Japan related to North Korea. For Japan, close partnership and policy coordination with the United States is vital to managing this challenge.
- Book
The Hermit King: The Dangerous Game of Kim Jong Un
- Chung Min Lee
- November 05, 2019
- All Points Books
North Korea is poised at the crossroads of history. Which direction will its leader take?
- Op-Ed
Why the Koreas Won’t Achieve Peace as Long As Kim Jong Un Is in Power
- Chung Min Lee
- November 05, 2019
- Talking Points Memo
Despite the seeming convergence of political interests between Kim, Moon, and Trump, a fundamental remaking of the Korean Peninsula can happen only if Kim Jong Un makes a strategic decision to save North Korea by dismantling the Kim dynasty. So long as he remains in power, however, Kim will never make that choice.
- Op-Ed
U.S.-DPRK Nuclear Path After Stockholm
- Toby Dalton
- October 08, 2019
- Kyodo News
There is a vast gap between the United States and North Korea’s expectations and visions for the denuclearization negotiations. Artful compromise is needed to avoid an acrimonious break up.
Probabilistic Verification: A New Concept for Verifying the Denuclearization of North Korea
- Mareena Robinson Snowden
- September 17, 2019
- Arms Control Today
Implementing an agreement on the denuclearization of North Korea will require a creatively designed verification scheme. The probabilistic approach to verification could be a solution to the need to design a credible, implementable agreement to which the United States and North Korea could agree.
- Op-Ed
Japan and Korea ‘Have Given up on Each Other’
- James L. Schoff, Ankit Panda
- September 01, 2019
- Diplomat
Tokyo has claimed that the new trade restrictions are the result of concerns over South Korean export controls, which Japan insists could let sensitive materials cross into North Korea or China.
- Commentary
Three Ways to Break the Stalemate With North Korea
- Ariel (Eli) Levite, George Perkovich
- July 11, 2019
Nuclear negotiations with North Korea are at an impasse, but there are pragmatic ways the United States can seek to regain diplomatic momentum.
- Commentary
Denuclearization Alone Won’t Lead to Peace on the Korean Peninsula
- Kathryn Botto
- May 28, 2019
Korean unification will pose massive governance and economic challenges that go far beyond denuclearization. To ensure stability, South Korea should work with international partners now, to sketch out how a unified Korea might work.

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Carnegie Experts on
North Korea

James M. Acton
Jessica T. Mathews Chair
Co-director
Nuclear Policy Program
Acton holds the Jessica T. Mathews Chair and is co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Toby Dalton
Co-director and Senior Fellow
Nuclear Policy Program
Dalton is the co-director and a senior fellow of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment. An expert on nonproliferation and nuclear energy, his work addresses regional security challenges and the evolution of the global nuclear order.
Suzanne DiMaggio
Senior Fellow
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Suzanne DiMaggio is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle East and Asia, especially Iran and North Korea.
Evan A. Feigenbaum
Vice President for Studies
Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees research in Washington, Beijing and New Delhi on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia.
Paul Haenle
Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair
Carnegie–Tsinghua Center for Global Policy
Paul Haenle holds the Maurice R. Greenberg Director’s Chair at the Carnegie–Tsinghua Center based at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. Haenle served as the director for China, Taiwan, and Mongolia Affairs on the National Security Council staffs of former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama prior to joining Carnegie.
Christopher Hill
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Ambassador Christopher Robert Hill is currently chief global advisor at the University of Denver Global Engagement. He is a former career diplomat, a four-time ambassador, nominated by three presidents, whose last post was as ambassador to Iraq.
Philippe Le Corre
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Europe Program
Asia Program
Philippe Le Corre is a nonresident senior fellow in the Europe and Asia Programs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Chung Min Lee
Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Chung Min Lee is a senior fellow in Carnegie’s Asia Program. He is an expert on Korean and Northeast Asian security, defense, intelligence, and crisis management.
Evan S. Medeiros
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Evan S. Medeiros is a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Douglas H. Paal
Distinguished Fellow
Paal previously served as vice chairman of JPMorgan Chase International and as unofficial U.S. representative to Taiwan as director of the American Institute in Taiwan.
James L. Schoff
Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Schoff is a senior fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program. His research focuses on U.S.-Japan relations and regional engagement, Japanese technology innovation, and regional trade and security dynamics.
Richard Sokolsky
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Russia and Eurasia Program
Richard Sokolsky is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program. His work focuses on U.S. policy toward Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
Michael D. Swaine
Senior Fellow
Asia Program
Swaine is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and one of the most prominent American analysts in Chinese security studies.
Tristan Volpe
Nonresident Fellow
Nuclear Policy Program
Tristan Volpe is a nonresident fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and assistant professor of defense analysis at the Naval Postgraduate School.