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Each of these paths could help reintegrate North Korea in the region and convince its leaders that peace and prosperity for the North Korean people can be achieved with less risk. For now, there are clear limits to what is possible so long as Kim Jong Un keeps his government purposefully estranged from the international community.
The North Koreans have persistently rejected the idea of any form of international order really having an effect of how states relate to each other.
Given past failures and the many challenges involved in creating security institutions in Northeast Asia, creativity and flexibility will be key to designing a twenty-first-century architecture for the region.
There is a continuity with the way that North Korean leaders have been talking about nuclear weapons for sometime
These North Korean developments have invited well-placed concern in South Korea and the United States that Pyongyang may explore the benefits of nuclear brinkmanship in future crises.
North Korea held a now-routine military parade this week, showing off its ever-growing arsenal of missiles. The parade comes amid reports of renewed activity at North Korea's nuclear test site, perhaps signaling a future of more missile tests and renewed nuclear testing.
The North Koreans have really laid out an ambitious agenda for military modernization and it proves to be really credible.
With North Korea resuming a testing campaign for long-range missiles and possibly nuclear weapons, it is critical for the Yoon and Biden administrations to get out in front of a brewing crisis with actions to strengthen the alliance and messaging of solidarity.
This is the largest ICBM ever seen in North Korea and it is actually so large that it's the largest liquid propellant missile that's ever been launched from a transporter erector launcher
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