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.
Analysis
This NCNK summary reviews major provisions of HR 1644, a sanctions bill introduced by Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) on March 21, 2017.
Joint report by the National Security Network and the National Committee on North Korea.
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.
Federation of American Scientists report comparing the sanctions regimes targeted against the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea.
Article on how to prevent North Korea from becoming a nuclear state.
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.