The Next Potential Flash Point with North Korea – August Military Exercises
Although tensions with North Korea seem to have eased during the past few days, there is urgency to the question, “What will happen next?”
Although tensions with North Korea seem to have eased during the past few days, there is urgency to the question, “What will happen next?”
Sanctions have played a foundational part in the international community’s efforts to curtail North Korea’s weapons programs over the past decade.
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously passed new sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang’s intercontinental ballistic missile tests on July 4 and 28.
ICBMs are not the only things soaring in North Korean skies. Comprehensive second quarter data released by China Customs last week shows a huge jump in North Korea’s trade deficit with China.
Last week, the House of Representatives and the Senate overwhelming passed and sent to President Trump’s desk a new sanctions bill for his expected signature.
Just a few days ago, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) issued a report that North Korea is facing its worst drought in 16 years.
According to news reports, the State Department will soon publish a new regulation to ban Americans from visiting North Korea for tourism.
While sanctioning Chinese entities that are evading sanctions to do business with North Korea is a key step, the administration should continue to go after non-Chinese actors engaged in sanctioned activities with North Korea.
With summer already well underway, KEI staff members wanted to share a few books that are on our personal reading lists before autumn is on our doorstep!
KEI President Donald Manzullo, a former member of the House of Representatives, recently interviewed Charlie Rangel, a former Congressman from New York and a Korean War Veteran, for the KEI podcast.