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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance with Ri Hong Sop (2nd L) and Hong Sung Mu (R) on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS.

Decision time: North Korea’s nuclear and missile threat and U.S. policy

Evans J.R. Revere and Jonathan D. Pollack

Tuesday, September 5, 2017

A missile is launched during a long and medium-range ballistic rocket launch drill in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 30, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. - RTX3DWPG

North Korea tests again: What did Pyongyang achieve?

Jonathan D. Pollack

Wednesday, August 30, 2017

A Ford Motor assembly worker works on the frame of a 2015 Ford Mustang vehicle at the Ford Motor Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Flat Rock, Michigan, August 20, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook - RTX1OYPW

Globalization on the cheap: Why the U.S. lost its way on trade

Jennifer Mason and Mireya Solís

Monday, August 28, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un looks on during a visit to the Chemical Material Institute of the Academy of Defense Science in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang on August 23, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. - RTS1D447

How should the Trump administration deal with North Korea? Follow the president’s past advice

Friday, August 25, 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected the Command of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in an unknown location in North Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on August 15, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. - RTS1BUH5

As “fire and fury” subsides, what are the lessons learned?

Jonathan D. Pollack

Monday, August 21, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Saul Loeb, Pool - RTX3AMYS

U.S.-China relations, 6 months into the Trump presidency

Jeffrey A. Bader, David Dollar, and Ryan Hass

Monday, August 14, 2017

Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) soldiers hold a drill to mobilise their Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in response to recent missiles launch by North Korea, at JSDF Asaka base in Asaka, north of Tokyo, Japan, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato

The real reason a North Korean nuclear weapon is so terrifying—and it’s not what you think

Richard C. Bush

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

A passerby walks past a street monitor showing news of North Korea's fresh threat in Tokyo, Japan, August 9, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato - RTS1AZ4Y

What do intelligence leaks about North Korea tell us?

Jonathan D. Pollack

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Employees work at a production line of electronic panels at a factory of FiberHome Technologies Group, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, July 27, 2015. REUTERS/China Daily/File Photo CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA GLOBAL BUSINESS WEEK AHEAD PACKAGE Ð SEARCH ÒBUSINESS WEEK AHEAD JUNE 13Ó FOR ALL IMAGES

Trump could be on the brink of starting a trade war with China

David Dollar and Ryan Hass

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

A soldier films North Korean soldiers, officers and high ranking officials attending a military parade marking the 105th birth anniversary of country's founding father Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 15, 2017. The parade is focused on a special balcony building from which Kim Jong Un watches proceedings. From there, one can see the tanks roll past and thousands of people working as human pixels to create large propaganda slogans using colourful placards and plastic flowers. The exposed seating area is divided into two. Party and military officials sit at stage right. Foreign diplomats and special guests sit at stage left. Journalists stand a few metres in front of them at ground level, beside the main parade route. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY SEARCH "PARADE WID" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. - RTS12G3Z

Why deterring and containing North Korea is our least bad option

Jeffrey A. Bader

Tuesday, August 8, 2017