Editors note: This is the third article in a five-part series featuring interviews with former members of the U.N. Panel of Experts. (Part 1 is here | Part 2 is here) | (Part 3 is here) | (Part 4 is here) | (Part 5 is here)

With no new U.N. sanctions or designations issued relating to North Korea since 2017, it appears that the geopolitical appetite to decisively support the Panel of Experts (PoE) is declining.

Some important countries are also increasingly less interested in implementing existing North Korea-related sanctions, which has led to squabbling about evidence.

This has allowed the