Publications

This Week's Reads – A Summit in Retrospect

A week from the summit, we can say for certain that the president and his team got a very important process rolling, but we stumbled out the gate, and it's now time for the real work to start.

Deep Dish: Trump-Kim Summit: What Happened, Why, and What’s Next

President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un held a historic summit and signed a “comprehensive” agreement. To break down what happened, how we got here, and what all this means, Asia experts Katrin Katz and Karl Friedhoff join Brian Hanson on this week’s Deep Dish.

Wait Just a Minute: Commanding Officer Thomas Bodine on US-North Korea Summit

In this Wait Just a Minute episode, Navy fellow and commanding officer Thomas Bodine answers questions about the upcoming US-North Korea summit, China’s stake in it, and how it might affect US dealings with Iran.

External Commentary

If Trump Is Trying to Send China a Message on Trade, It's Unlikely They're Getting It

External Commentary

Why Trump’s Cancellation of the North Korea Summit May Undermine the US-South Korea Alliance

External Commentary

China Trade War Postponed

This Week's Reads- Foreign Policy Trade-Offs in China

Despite China's unfair trading practices or increasing competitiveness with the United States, key US foreign policy objectives cannot be achieved without China’s active cooperation. The United States must strike a delicate balance for it to hold China accountable while maintaining a strategic partnership.

North Korea Installs Speed Bumps on Path to Singapore

The path to Singapore just got a little bumpy as North Korea reinforces message that denuclearization, if it comes at all, will not come cheap.

External Commentary

President Trump and ZTE: The Perils of Self-Aggrandizing Trade Policy

Deep Dish: What's Driving North Korea Negotiations?

President Trump's "Maximum pressure" campaign could be working, or Kim Jong-un's playbook could be running the show. After an historic South-North summit, The Wall Street Journal's bureau chief in Seoul, South Korea, Jonathan Cheng, joins the Council's Karl Friedhoff to examine the drivers and developments leading up to President Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un.