Read More 5 minute read MMiddle East A Failure of Compellence: Why the US-Iran Situation Has EscalatedbyMark HaichinJuly 8, 2019 During the past few weeks, the news has been dominated with stories about the sharp escalation in tensions…
Read More 5 minute read CConflict and Security Why We Believed North Korea Executed Its Nuclear NegotiatorsbyMark HaichinJune 24, 2019 Just when we thought we had moved past the failed US-North Korea nuclear summit in Hanoi back in February, it…
Read More 3 minute read CConflict and Security The Failure of US-North Korea Talks in Vietnam: Maybe Not Such a Bad Thing?byMark HaichinMarch 4, 2019 Well, I certainly didn’t expect the summit in Hanoi to go the way it did. When it was…
Read More 4 minute read NNorth America In Bob Woodward’s Fear, There’s Plenty to be Afraid of in the White HousebyMark HaichinSeptember 17, 2018 The constant comparisons of Donald Trump’s White House to Richard Nixon’s administration and to the Watergate scandal in…
Read More 4 minute read GGlobal Book Review: The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United StatesbyMark HaichinAugust 27, 2018 It’s only been about two months since US President Donald Trump proclaimed that North Korea was “no longer…
Read More 4 minute read CConflict and Security “You Keep Using That Word:” Trump and Denuclearization on the Korean PeninsulabyMark HaichinApril 27, 2018 Academic discussion on the subject of nuclear weapons has been dominated for the past two months by the surprise…
Read More 4 minute read CConflict and Security Launching a “Bloody Nose” Attack Against North Korea is Likely to BackfirebyMark HaichinFebruary 20, 2018 Throughout the past few weeks, there’s been considerable speculation that the Trump administration is considering a preventive military strike against North Korea…
Read More 5 minute read CConflict and Security What Does Trump’s Rejection of the Iran Nuclear Deal Mean for the North Korea Crisis?byMark HaichinOctober 30, 2017 Last Friday, Donald Trump announced, to absolutely nobody’s surprise, that he would not certify that Iran has been in…
Read More 5 minute read CConflict and Security North Korea’s ICBM and What It Means for the Ongoing Nuclear CrisisbyMark HaichinJuly 18, 2017 Well, it’s finally happened. After years of threats by North Korea and warnings by US administrations (both Obama…
Read More 5 minute read GGlobal byMark HaichinOctober 18, 2016 Well, it’s taken over 60 years, but Toho has finally made a Godzilla movie that matches the original…