Korean Peninsula
North Korea’s nuclear program continues to concern the international community; progress on the six-party talks has been intermittent and North Korea’s profound isolation complicates negotiations. Carnegie experts assess the proliferation risk North Korea’s nuclear program poses and the policy options available as the global community attempts to gain a fuller understanding of the program.
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North Korea: Bosworth Finally Arrives
With external pressure and internal problems causing increasing strain in Pyongyang, the Obama administration’s Special Envoy to North Korea can afford to be patient and wait out Kim Jong Il’s maneuvers over nuclear talks.
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China's North Korea Dilemma
Since China’s core interests regarding North Korea have not changed, its highly risk-averse approach, which focuses on mediation and limited pressure, will probably continue.
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Obama is Saving the Best for Last
By stopping in Seoul and addressing its security and trade concerns with sincerity and action, Obama can demonstrate American commitment to its ally South Korea and to the entire region.
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Uncovering Syria's Covert Reactor
The current stalemate of the IAEA's investigation of undeclared nuclear activities in Syria is the responsibility of the Syrian government, which buried the remains of its covert nuclear reactor in 2008 and now seeks to bury the IAEA investigation.
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Deterring Safeguards Violations
Responding to non-compliance is a promising area for progress at the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, because it imposes no additional burden on states that are playing by the rules.
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Recovery: The Global Financial Crisis and Middle-Income Countries
There is no single solution to the financial crisis for middle-income countries, but fundamental labor markets reforms that create high-paying jobs are key to restarting economic growth.
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Is the Nuclear Non-proliferation Regime in crisis? If so, why? Are there remedies?
The international community should stand back and reflect on the lessons learned from the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) experience in implementing safeguards over the last decade, particularly in North Korea and Iran. Such review and reflection suggests that just when safeguards are getting better, the political will to use them effectively seems to be waning.
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Deterring Safeguards Violations
By classifying safeguards non-compliance as violations of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the upcoming Review Conference will make it much harder to ignore future violations.
Experts
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Douglas H. Paal
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. -
Michael Swaine
Swaine came to the Endowment after 12 years at the RAND Corporation. Prior to joining RAND, he was a consultant with a private sector firm; a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Chinese Studies, University of California at Berkeley; and a research associate at Harvard. -
Ashley J. Tellis
Tellis was recently on assignment to the U.S. Department of State as Senior Adviser to the Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs, during which time he was intimately involved in negotiating the civil nuclear agreement with India.
