Outside the Beltway

Because Afghanistan and Hurricane Ida weren’t enough for the Biden administration to deal with.

More evidence that Trump really doesn’t know what he is doing. (Or just doesn’t care).

With one speech, Kim Jong-Un has demonstrated the Trump Administration’s North Korea policy to have been an utter failure.

New reports indicate that the North Koreans never took any of the steps to reduce their research programs that President Trump claimed they did.

The DPRK is promising a “gift” to the United States. The only question seems to be what form it will take.

WIth North Korea’s end of the year deadline for progress on talks quickly approaching, it is clear that the Trump Administration’s policies with regard to the DPRK have failed.

With the clock ticking down to the end of the year and a deadline imposed by the DPRK on talks with the U.S., the Trump Administration’s North Korea policy is in a shambles.

The Trump Administration’s strategy in North Korea is an utter failure.

North Korea appears to be pulling back from any future negotiations over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs, leaving the Trump Administration’s Korea policy in shambles.

President Trump announced late yesterday that he had called off secret meetings with the Taliban. The fact that they were even going to happen reveals yet again what’s wrong with his foreign policy.

Meanwhile, on the Korean Peninsula…..

Is the United States finally ready to give up on the fantasy that North Korea will surrender its nuclear weapons?

President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un met at the Demilitarized Zone for what amounts to their third summit in a year. As with the previous two, there was nothing of substance accomplished.

The Trump Administration continues to misstate what the DPRK agreed to regarding its nuclear program. That’s why talks between the two nations are stalled.

The Trump Administration still doesn’t have realistic goals for its negotiations with North Korea.

In the wake of the failure of the Hanoi Summit to reach any agreement at all, North Korea appears to be returning to old form.

Once again, President Trump gets taken for a sucker by the North Koreans.

In the end, the reason the Hanoi Summit failed is because the Trump Administration is pursuing an unattainable goal.

The second summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un ended early without any kind of agreement, signalling that no real progress has been made in talks between the two countries.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un hold their second summit in Hanoi later this week, but it’s unlikely anything significant will happen.

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet again in February, but it’s hard to see why.

In his annual message, Kim Jong Un sent a message to President Trump on denuclearization and the future of the Korean Peninsula.

The North Korean government is making clear what it means when it speaks of denuclearization, and its far different from what the United States means.

Three months after the Singapore summit, evidence grows that North Korea is still making nuclear weapons.

To the surprise of nobody other than, apparently, the President of the United States, the North Koreans are dragging their feet after getting what they wanted out of the Photo Op Summit in Singapore.

More evidence that North Korea isn’t living up to the promises it made in Singapore.

The supposed promises made at the Singapore Summit don’t appear to be working out in the real world.

The Singapore Summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong Un was about as substance-less as most analysts anticipated it would be.

A couple weeks ago, the North Koreans made a big deal about destroying their nuclear test site. It now appears that the event the media witnessed was less than meets the eye.

Not surprisingly, the North Koreans are pushing back against American efforts to force them into a corner on denuclearization.

The Kim regime has announced the end, for now, of its nuclear and ballistic missile testing programs. To understand why they made this concession, one needs to read between the lines.

North Korea’s Dear Leader has baited the President of the United States into a trap.

A preemptive attack on North Korea would be illegal, immoral and, most importantly, insane.

On North Korea, there are two options, deterrence and war. And only one of those options makes sense.

Despite the fact that everyone seems to agree that Iran is complying with the nuclear weapons deal, President Trump took steps that will undermine that agreement and do serious damage to American credibility around the world.

Reports are indicating that President Trump will decertify the nuclear weapons deal with Iran. This would be a foolish and potentially dangerous mistake.

The Trump Administration’s effort to impose sanctions against North Korea suffered a significant defeat in the United Nations Security Council.

Absent significant changes, expecting normal diplomatic relationships with the DPRK is a pipe dream.

More provocative action from North Korea, and another reminder that there are no easy answers to the problems represented by the Kim regime.

Things are getting far more complicated on the Korean Peninsula. Diplomacy isn’t working, and a military option would most likely lead to disaster.

North Korea is pushing back against increased pressure from China over its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.

North Korea continues to advance its nuclear program but it’s unclear what anyone can do about it.

North Korea conducts yet another nuclear weapons test, and it’s unclear what anyone can do to stop them.

More saber rattling from Pyongyang.

Experts are casting doubt on North Korea’s claim that it tested a thermonuclear device earlier this week.

North Korea’s mercurial leader now claims to have thermonuclear weapons, but analysts are saying this is likely braggadocios nonsense.

There are again reports of Chinese frustration with the Kim regime in North Korea, but change is unlikely to happen in the DPRK until Beijing is ready to let it happen.

North Korea has conducted its third test of a nuclear weapon.