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The precise wording of UN resolutions and the smallest of concessions by Pyongyang are telltale signs that change is underway.
Will the world be safer if Trump meant the things he said on the campaign trail, or if he didn’t?
The incoming Trump administration could do worse than learn from China in devising a new policy of economic engagement with North Korea.
The world’s most isolated country has a lot going on – and its complex internal dynamics are too often overlooked.
After North Korea’s fifth nuclear test on Sept. 9, the U.S. is calling for tighter global sanctions. New research shows that this strategy actually helps North Korea.
Two prominent MIT physicists ask whether for nuclear weapons, less is more
A rare glimpse of North Korea’s political strategy offers no earth-shattering revelations, but clears up a lot of unanswered questions.
China’s unpredictable neighbour is a massive liability – and one to be handled with kid gloves.
When North Korea held its sixth party congress in 1980, its stagnant economics were much the same – but its worldview was utterly different.
Christian, criminal or cowardly? People once thought your hair could hold the answer.
Only 16 percent of Americans see North Korea as the US’ “greatest enemy.” Here’s why that percentage should be much bigger.
Some things never change, it seems. For my entire life people have been protesting about the madness of nuclear weapons. Policymakers have been studiously ignoring such protests for just as long. Not only…
The heavy-handed tactics used by Uganda’s authorities during the 2016 elections have raised questions about a return to an oppressive past.
Why is it so hard to imagine that North Korea might have perfectly sane reasons for going into space?
U.S. forces in South Korea are on high alert after North Korea claimed to have tested a hydrogen bomb last week. But China may be better positioned to curb North Korea’s menacing behavior.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a bit of a pain. Its leader, the remarkably youthful Kim Jong-un, is a caricature of tin-pot despotism. While we may be fortunate enough to find some of his…
North Korea remains committed to perfecting a deployable nuclear weapon capability. It is confident in the understanding that there appears little the international community can do to prevent it.
North Korea has been signalling an uptick in its nuclear programme for a while – and its strategy is as clear as ever.
What are the implications of North Korea’s claims to have detonated a thermonuclear weapon?
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of Politics and Philosophy, La Trobe University
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Reader in International Relations, Aston University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Professor of International Relations and Security, University of Bradford
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Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University., La Trobe University
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Reader in Asia Pacific Studies, Co-Director of the International Institute of Korean Studies, University of Central Lancashire
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