North Korea

The U.S. president stumbled into rare success with Pyongyang. Now he’s screwing it up.

As tensions rise between Washington and Pyongyang, Trump tries to avert a complete breakdown in relations.

Seoul may be trying to preserve its fading diplomatic outreach to Pyongyang.

With a deadline for restarting nuclear talks looming, North Korea ups the ante on the United States.

After withdrawing from the INF Treaty, U.S. officials have been worrying about Beijing, but as Washington starts to deploy previously banned missiles in the Pacific, the real risk will come from Pyongyang.

Trump’s growing impulsiveness and unilateral decision-making may signal to Kim that he can get precisely what he wants.

Even when the country wants a deal, at least four largely psychological impediments get in the way.

Pyongyang is using a diplomatic impasse to improve its weapons technology.

Foreign Policy and the Brookings Institution are teaming up for a new podcast focused on practical solutions to the biggest challenges facing the world today.

Why the crisis in Hong Kong and a deterioration in relations between South Korea and Japan are just the beginning of a broader period of flux in Asia.

China is finding it harder and harder to steer its troublesome ally.

Mark Esper sets out to persuade U.S. allies in Asia that the United States has their back.

Defense experts fear Pyongyang has developed a new rocket that can penetrate U.S. defenses.

It won’t bring the regime in from the cold, but it will save lives.

A trade dispute has widened into a full-blown relationship crisis—and the shadow of World War II hangs over it all.

Reviews of the latest releases on mosquitoes, the Islamic State, and Kim Jong Un.

The United States is not making progress in its trade war with China or in nuclear talks with North Korea.