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July 18, 2024

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Dan DePetris

Dan DePetris

Daniel R. DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities and a foreign affairs columnist at Newsweek.

Opinion

Unimaginative US response to North Korea does little to stop weapons advances

Washington should break out of its sanctions-focused limbo and propose a deal to ensure peace on the peninsula

Dan DePetrisDan DePetrisApril 14, 2022
Opinion

When assessing North Korea’s missiles, keep a cool head

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un won’t fire his new cruise and ballistic missiles at the US or its allies

Dan DePetrisDan DePetrisSeptember 17, 2021
Opinion

Washington can learn to live with a nuclear-armed North Korea

The U.S. should support inter-Korean projects as a step towards this reality

Dan DePetrisDan DePetrisMay 20, 2021
Opinion

Why promises of a “great economy” won’t induce North Korea’s denuclearization

Pyongyang cares much more about self-preservation than it does about prosperity

Dan DePetrisDan DePetrisMay 27, 2020
Opinion

Free of the impeachment saga, can Trump kick-start diplomacy with North Korea?

The President may wish to resume talks with Kim, but the U.S. must be more realistic about what it can actually achieve

Dan DePetrisDan DePetrisFebruary 9, 2020
Opinion

Why birthday card diplomacy can’t revive failing U.S.-North Korea talks

Good relations between Kim and Trump can't conceal how broken the diplomatic process has become

Dan DePetrisDan DePetrisJanuary 15, 2020
Opinion

Why, despite bleak prospects, we shouldn’t rule out U.S.-DPRK diplomacy just yet

Denuclearization may be off the table, but a more traditional arms control agreement might just still be possible

Dan DePetrisDan DePetrisDecember 19, 2019
Opinion

Why establishing a peace regime on the Korean peninsula is long overdue

President Trump will need to break outdated Cold War thinking in Washington if progress is to be made with the DPRK

Dan DePetrisDan DePetrisNovember 6, 2019
Opinion

In the wake of failed talks with North Korea, it’s time to change tack

Moving away from pie in the sky hopes of CVID may be the only way to secure an effective deal

Dan DePetrisDan DePetrisOctober 9, 2019