Former South Korean National-Security Adviser: The U.S. May Have to Withdraw Some Troops

Breaking with his fellow conservatives, Chun Yung Woo says "there will be no solution" to the North Korean nuclear crisis without willingness to compromise on the U.S. alliance.

• Uri Friedman
• 10:15 AM ET

The Trump-Kim Summit Will Happen Soon or Later or Never

South Korea’s president comes to Washington to prop up diplomacy with North Korea.

• Uri Friedman
• May 22, 2018

How a Reporter Sees the Korea Crisis

An Atlantic journalist opens up his notebook

• Uri Friedman and Caroline Kitchener
• May 21, 2018

A Top Adviser to the South Korean President Questions the U.S. Alliance

In an astonishing remark from an official working on North Korea negotiations, Chung In Moon says South Korea should eventually find new ways to ensure its security.

• Uri Friedman
• May 17, 2018

North Korea's Dangerous Game of Telephone With the United States

Kim Jong Un “has been playing a high-risk, high-return game. And he has never lost a bet thus far.”

• Uri Friedman
• May 16, 2018

Singapore: The Safe Choice for Trump's Meeting With Kim Jong Un

In selecting a location with no connection to the Korean war, the president opted for neutral ground.

• Uri Friedman
• May 10, 2018

The Alternate Future Hinging on Trump's Iran Decision

In one scenario, the Islamic Republic slowly restarts its nuclear program—and further destabilizes the region.

• Uri Friedman
• May 7, 2018

The Deceptively Simple Promise of Korean Peace

There’s a reason it hasn’t happened for 65 years.

• Uri Friedman
• Apr 27, 2018

Trump and Macron See the World Very Differently

That has big implications for everyone else.

• Uri Friedman
• Apr 24, 2018

Pompeo's Secret Visit Shows Trump Wants to Go Big on North Korea

From maximum pressure to maximum engagement

• Uri Friedman
• Apr 18, 2018

What Does Being Trump's Friend Get You?

Shinzo Abe has placed a big bet on courting the U.S. president. He’s about to see whether it will pay off.

• Uri Friedman
• Apr 17, 2018

The Most Revealing Moment in Mike Pompeo's Confirmation Hearing

Asked what’s behind bad relations with Russia, the nominee for secretary of state broke with Trump.

• Uri Friedman
• Apr 12, 2018

Defending Assad, Russia Cries 'Fake News'

In this war, truth itself is a battleground.

• Uri Friedman
• Apr 11, 2018

What Is America Going to Do About Syria Now?

After the latest suspected chemical attack, the United States has four options.

• Uri Friedman
• Apr 9, 2018

Trumpism: Speak Loudly and Carry a Big Stick

“It’s entirely possible that the blowup is just yet to come,” says one observer of the president’s foreign policy.

• Uri Friedman
• Apr 6, 2018

What Kim Jong Un's China Trip Means for Trump

And how the U.S. president can try to avoid getting played

• Uri Friedman
• Mar 30, 2018

What Does 'Denuclearization' Mean to Kim Jong Un?

A close reading of what the Korean leader reportedly told Xi Jinping in Beijing

• Uri Friedman
• Mar 28, 2018

Trump's 'Good Relationship' With Russia Is Slipping Away

By shuttering a consulate and expelling 60 diplomats in response to the spy poisoning in Britain, he’s taken a remarkably hard line against Putin.

• Uri Friedman
• Mar 26, 2018

John Bolton's Radical Views on North Korea

The president’s new national-security adviser doesn’t seem to think the current strategy is likely to work.

• Uri Friedman
• Mar 23, 2018

McMaster Is Out, an Even Bigger North Korea Hawk Is In

Trump is replacing his national-security adviser with John Bolton, a persistent advocate of military intervention.

• Uri Friedman
• Mar 22, 2018