The denuclearization agreement reached by US President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un in Singapore on June 12 is in trouble, in large part because of its vagueness, with no common understanding ...More
EJ Insight2018-08-20
Who came out on top in Singapore, where the president of the most powerful nation on earth met the North Korean leader, who has made significant steps towards becoming a nuclear power? The world’s pre ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-19
Unless Donald Trump or Kim Jong-un flip-flop again, the eagerly anticipated and highly significant summit between the leaders of the US and North Korea will take place on June 12 in Singapore as sched ...More
EJ Insight2018-06-07
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to invite experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea when the country shuts its nuclear test site in May, Reuters reports, citing Seoul offici ...More
EJ Insight2018-04-30
In February 2017, I wrote an optimistic commentary called "The Global Economy’s Surprising Resilience." The piece came as a surprise to those who saw only bleak prospects for Western countries, not ...More
EJ Insight2018-01-12
On Sunday, United States President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on the first leg of his much anticipated Asian tour. During his visit to the Yokota air base, Trump warned that the US is ready to defe ...More
EJ Insight2017-11-08
An online feud between US President Donald Trump and NBA superstars Stephen Curry and LeBron James may have grabbed some headlines around the world, but what the international community is truly conce ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-26
Hurricane Irma lashed the Gulf Coast of Florida with the brunt of its fury on Sunday afternoon, knocking out electricity to 2.5 million homes and businesses statewide while flooding streets and swayin ...More
EJ Insight2017-09-11
Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers have flown a rare mission around the Korean Peninsula, prompting Japan and Seoul to scramble jets to escort them, Reuters reports. The show of force by Moscow ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-25
Ten sailors are missing after a US warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore on Monday, Reuters reports, citing the US Navy. It was the second accident involving US Navy destroyers in Asia ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-21
North Korea's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has shown that Pyongyang now may be able to reach most of the continental United States, two US officials tell Reuters. The as ...More
EJ Insight2017-08-01
The United States flew two supersonic B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force on Sunday and the US ambassador to the United Nations said China, Japan and South Korea needed to do mor ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-31
As tensions on the Korean peninsula continue to boil, President Donald Trump's choice for the next US ambassador to Seoul has become a subject of particular interest both in the academic and diplomati ...More
EJ Insight2017-07-12
Recently, there has been an unrelenting thunderstorm within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Middle East, with its leading members Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain suddenly ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-14
Last month, Chinese President Xi Jinping presided over a heavily orchestrated "Belt and Road" forum in Beijing. The two-day event attracted 29 heads of state, including Russia's Vladimir Putin, and 1, ...More
EJ Insight2017-06-13
