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North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is seen as the newly developed intercontinental ballistic rocket Hwasong-15's test was successfully launched, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang November 30, 2017. REUTERS/KCNA 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 TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1D9D9D59A0

A step-by-step plan for denuclearizing North Korea

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, May 14, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump displays a presidential memorandum after announcing his intent to withdraw from the JCPOA Iran nuclear agreement in the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 8, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - HP1EE581FULTV

Around the Halls: Brookings experts discuss the implications of President Trump’s Iran nuclear deal announcement

Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs, Bruce Riedel, Daniel L. Byman, Hady Amr, Mara Karlin, Samantha Gross, Frank A. Rose, Richard Nephew, Steven Pifer, Célia Belin, Dror Michman, Tamara Cofman Wittes, Tanvi Madan, and Kadira Pethiyagoda

Tuesday, May 8, 2018

Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference at the Ministry of Defence in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 30, 2018. REUTERS/ Amir Cohen - RC11C40F3DE0

Israeli intelligence coup could help Trump “fix” the Iran deal

Friday, May 4, 2018

Somali government soldiers secure the scene of an attack on a restaurant by the Somali Islamist group al Shabaab in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia, October 1, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - S1BEUEMCYWAA

Somalia, facing severe challenges, also shows signs of hope

Thursday, May 3, 2018

A used needle sits on the ground in a park in Lawrence, Massachusetts, U.S., May 30, 2017, where individuals were arrested earlier in the day during raids to break up heroin and fentanyl drug rings in the region, according to law enforcement officials. REUTERS/Brian Snyder - RC1B1DEBCC10

How synthetic opioids can radically change global illegal drug markets and foreign policy

Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jonathan P. Caulkins, and Keith Humphreys

Monday, April 30, 2018

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a banquet on the Peace House at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, April 27, 2018. Korea Summit Press Pool/Pool via Reuters - RC1D1F072B50

After a modest step forward in the Korean Peninsula, how to think about nuclear weapons and sanctions

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, April 27, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump responds to a reporter's question about North Korea as he departs the White House, Washington, DC, U.S., for a day trip to suburban Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a Make America Great Again rally supporting Republican candidate Rick Saccone, March 10, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Theiler

Making sure Trump doesn’t sell the farm in Kim summit

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Ryan Hass

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Men walk past the ruins of a building that was destroyed during clashes between Libyan forces and Islamic State militants, in Sirte, Libya, November 1, 2017. Picture taken November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah - RC16BEF8E700

All politics is local—in Libya, that could be an opportunity

Federica Saini Fasanotti

Friday, April 20, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump announces military strikes on Syria while delivering a statement from the White House in Washington, U.S., April 13, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas - RC135DB715B0

4 essential elements of a U.S. strategy on Syria

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Michael O'Hanlon and General Turner.

General Turner: Afghan forces are outmatching the Taliban when properly enabled

Thursday, April 12, 2018