nuclear proliferation

It’s not just the gaslighting, it’s also the chutzpah

By Dan Nexon

In iran

On September 10, 2019

John Bolton. Photo by Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA 2.0) Back during the Obama administration, opponents of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) peddled a lot of nonsense in their attempt to derail a pretty robust non-proliferation deal. Some hawks argued that the United States...

foreign policy

National Security as Magical Thinking

By Dan Nexon

On October 21, 2018

Trump just announced that the United States.

international affairs

North Korean Preferences

By Dan Nexon

On May 1, 2018

Over at Politico, Van Jackson provides a fascinating discussion of the possible underlying preferences that drive Kim Jung Un's recent overtures. Jackson argues that Kim has more concrete goals that are.

Notes on North Korea

By Dan Nexon

In General

On April 27, 2018

There's no doubt that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in qualifies as historic. At the same time, it's really too soon to say if this marks a genuine turning point or will go down as yet another false...