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Track II Diplomacy with Iran and North Korea: Lessons Learned from Unofficial Talks with Nuclear Outliers
June 6, 2017
By: Daniel Wertz
This report provides a comparative assessment of the role that Track II talks and other forms of people-to-people engagement initiatives have played in addressing the challenges posed by Iran and North Korea. It is informed by the findings of a March 23, 2017 workshop convened by the National Committee on North Korea and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. | READ MORE
Summary of the Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act
April 6, 2017
By: Daniel Wertz
This NCNK summary reviews major provisions of HR 1644, a sanctions bill introduced by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) on March 21, 2017. | READ MORE
North Korea: Beyond the Six-Party Talks
June 16, 2015
This report discusses Six-Party talks, regional concerns, and recommendations for China, Japan, NorthKorea, Russia, South Korea, and the United States | READ MORE
Report of the Special Rapporteur onthe situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
March 9, 2015
By: Marzuki Darusman
This report analyzes the development of a multi-track strategyaimed ataddressing the issue of international abductions, enforced disappearances and related matters, as recommended by the commission of inquiryon the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. It seeks to maintain the momentum on, and visibility of, the issue in the international arena, and thereby sustaining continuous and targeted pressure on the authorities of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to resolve such issue to the satisfaction of victims, their families and the international community. The support of all relevant stakeholders in the implementation of this strategy will be paramount. | READ MORE
U.S. Policy Towards North Korea: Strategic Shaping and Interim Steps to Denuclearization
February 26, 2014
By: National Security Network, National Committee on North Korea
Joint report by the National Security Network and the National Committee on North Korea. | READ MORE
Threat Escalation Timeline, December 2012 to May 2013
May 31, 2013
By: Myeongshin Lee, Daniel Wertz
In the months following North Korea's third nuclear test, tensions on the Korean Peninsula soared to extremely high levels, with North Korea threatening to launch nuclear strikes, the U.S. making mock bombing runs with nuclear-capable bombers, and the Inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex shutting down. This timeline surveys some of the major statements and actions made by the two Koreas, the U.S., and other countries as the crisis escalated. | READ MORE
North Korea’s Estimated Stocks of Plutonium and Weapon-Grade Uranium
August 16, 2012
By: David Albright and Christina Walrond
This analysis discusses North Korea's nuclear development and provides a policy recommendation in addressing North Korea's nuclear weapons program. | READ MORE
Sanctions and Nonproliferation in North Korea and Iran: A Comparative Analysis
June 15, 2012
By: Daniel Wertz, Ali Vaez
Federation of American Scientists report comparing the sanctions regimes targeted against the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea. | READ MORE
Preventing a Nuclear North Korea
June 23, 2011
By: Leon V. Sigal
Article on how to prevent North Korea from becoming a nuclear state. | READ MORE
Imports from North Korea: Existing Rules, Implications of the KORUS FTA, and the Kaesong Industrial Complex
June 2, 2011
By: Congressional Research Service
This Congressional Research Service report examines the issue of U.S. imports from North Korea in three parts: U.S. rules and practices governing imports from North Korea; North Korea’s exports to South Korea (via the KIC) and China, its dominant export market; and the KORUS FTA’s potential effect on U.S. imports of North Korean. | READ MORE