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North Korea

- Commentary
Biden’s Next Steps on North Korea Contain a Dose of Realism
- Ankit Panda
- May 06, 2021
The Biden administration’s North Korea policy is quietly radical in its acknowledgment that U.S. and allied security might be improved short of total denuclearization.
- Event
Great Power Challenges to the Transatlantic Alliance: Reinventing Leadership for a Stable Future
- Suzanne Kelly, Vicki L. Birchfield, Erik Brattberg, Philip Breedlove, Suzanne DiMaggio
- April 16, 2021
- Live online
Join us for a conversation featuring Vicki Birchfield, Erik Brattberg, Philip Breedlove, and Suzanne DiMaggio in conversation with Suzanne Kelly, with special remarks by Sam Nunn on on the path forward for the transatlantic alliance.
- Commentary
The Most Urgent North Korean Nuclear Threat Isn’t What You Think
- Toby Dalton
- April 15, 2021
The most likely nuclear risk Pyongyang poses is spreading WMD technology in the Middle East.
- Op-Ed
Looking Beyond the North in South Korean Foreign Policy
- Chung Min Lee
- April 05, 2021
- East Asia Forum
As President Joe Biden begins to recalibrate the United States’ role and place in the world after Trump’s tumultuous presidency, South Korean President Moon Jae-in enters his last year in power. How much influence Moon can have in shaping Biden’s North Korea policy is unclear.
- Op-Ed
What We Know About North Korea’s ‘Newly developed’ Missiles
- Ankit Panda
- March 30, 2021
- NK News
North Korea recently test-fired two short-range ballistic missiles. Described by state media as “new-type tactical guided projectiles,” the missiles in question appeared to be the same, unidentified short-range ballistic missile system that North Korea showed off at its Jan. 2021 military parade.
- Op-Ed
After the Apocalypse: North Korea
- Ankit Panda
- March 11, 2021
- Inkstick
Making any kind of gains with North Korea has been a difficult task for U.S. administrations.
The Biden Administration and a New Approach to Denuclearization?
- Toby Dalton
- February 28, 2021
- Rinsa Forum
It remains to be seen whether the Biden administration will change tack on North Korea policy and finally jettison “maximum pressure” approach in favor of a more practical attempt to work simultaneously toward peace and denuclearization.
- Event
Carnegie Connects: What Will Biden Do About North Korea?
- Sue Mi Terry, Joel Wit, Suzanne DiMaggio, Aaron David Miller
- February 17, 2021
- Live Online
Three veteran analysts sit down with Aaron David Miller to discuss the complicated relationship between the United States and North Korea.
- Op-Ed
Setting a Course Away From the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- Pranay Vaddi, Garrett Hinck
- February 16, 2021
- War on the Rocks
As the new administration reassesses U.S. nuclear policy, it will be forced to make decisions about the future of the country’s ground-based, nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) arsenal.
- Event
Nuclear Policy and Posture in the Biden Administration
- Michèle Flournoy, George Perkovich, Pranay Vaddi
- February 05, 2021
- Live Online
- Transcript
In “Proportionate Deterrence: A Model Nuclear Posture Review,” George Perkovich and Pranay Vaddi provide analysis and recommendations for the Biden Administration. Please join the authors for a conversation about their recommendations with Michèle Flournoy.

Making Sense of UN Sanctions on North Korea

Inside Korea

Carnegie Experts on
Special Projects

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 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.
Rose Gottemoeller
Nonresident Senior Fellow
Nuclear Policy Program
Rose Gottemoeller is a nonresident senior fellow in Carnegie’s Nuclear Policy Program. She also serves as the Frank E. and Arthur W. Payne Distinguished Lecturer at Stanford University’s Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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 an adjunct professor at Columbia SIPA. 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
Nonresident Scholar
Asia Program
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.
Ankit Panda
Stanton Senior Fellow
Nuclear Policy Program
Ankit Panda is the Stanton Senior Fellow in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
James L. Schoff
Senior Fellow
Asia Program
James L. 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.
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.