Breakdown of the Feb. 13, 2007 North Korea Agreement
Posted: March 5, 2007
In a welcome break-through to an impasse in the negotiations to stop North Korea’s nuclear weapon program, which had lasted almost eighteen months, the members of the Six Party Talks (United States, China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, and South Korea) announced on February 13, 2007 an agreement to shut down North Korea’s nuclear reactors at Yongbyon. The agreement sets out a process to begin implementation of steps that will move North Korea closer to rolling back its nuclear weapon program.
Agreement with North Korea Signals Promising Step for Addressing North Korea's Nuclear Weapon Program
Posted: February 13, 2007
Washington, D.C. - The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation welcomed the announcement of an agreement negotiated with North Korea that may lead to a verifiable dismantlement of North Korea’s nuclear weapon program. This promising development is all the more important as lack of diplomatic engagement and progress had plagued negotiations for the last several years.
Clock Ticking: US needs viable diplomatic strategy as North Korea threatens to test a nuclear weapon
Posted: October 4, 2006
Washington, D.C. – The Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation warned that the threat from North Korea will only continue to escalate unless the United States pursues a more effective and viable plan to engage North Korea in negotiations that will lead to North Korea abandoning its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
Report on Meetings with North Korea: An Insider's View
Posted: August 12, 2005
Dr. Jim Walsh, a Board Member of the Council for a Livable World and Executive Director of the Managing the Atom Project at Harvard University is one of few Americans to have visited North Korea where he met with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Gae Gwan and other senior North Korean officials from the Foreign Ministry, the Supreme People’s Assembly, the Trade Ministry, and the Korean People’s Army. His trip coincided with the announcement of the resumption of the six-party talks. The report includes detailed notes from his meetings and trip to Pyongyang, Beijing, and Seoul from June 25 - July 4, 2005.
Six Party Talks are a Window of Opportunity for Necessary Progress on North Korean Nuclear Weapons
Posted: July 27, 2005
Washington, D.C., July 27 – As the six-party negotiations resume this week after a hiatus of thirteen months during which North Korea has extracted enough plutonium for up to five or six nuclear weapons, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation was encouraged by these new rounds of negotiations. The group also cautioned that difficult issues remain and that failure could lead to increased risk of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism.
North Korean Nuclear Talks: Bush Administration Perpetuating the Stalemate
Posted: February 25, 2004
A second round of six-party talks to address North Korea’s nuclear programs is scheduled to begin February 25th in Beijing. Participating nations, including the United States, North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, and Russia, last met in August of 2003 but did not achieve any significant results. The Administration’s position has changed little since those talks, and U.S. suggestions of multi-lateral security guarantees from November 2003 have faded into the background.
Déjá-Vu All Over Again: How Reliable is U.S. Intelligence on North Korea's Nuclear Program?
Posted: February 1, 2004
Two months before the U.S. invasion of Iraq in March 2003, President Bush warned in his State of the Union address, "If Saddam Hussein does not fully disarm, for the safety of our people and for the peace of the world, we will lead a coalition to disarm him." In the face of this imminent threat, Iraqi officials continued to flatly deny possessing any weapons of mass destruction.
North Korea: Expert Policy Prescriptions
Posted: November 6, 2003
North Korea is one of the only nation-state adversaries of the United States and its regional allies that is currently, and possibly rapidly, developing nuclear weapons. Stopping North Korea's nuclear program is imperative for international security and should be an immediate priority for the Bush Administration.
North Korean Nukes Nothing New: diplomacy still the answer to threats
Posted: August 28, 2003
North Korea announced today during multilateral talks in Beijing that it has nuclear weapons, is prepared to test those weapons, and will soon declare itself a nuclear power. Though the statement, as reported by a U.S. official, casts a cloud over the six-way talks that run through Friday, it is not a new disclosure. Similar statements have been made before by North Koreans.
North Korea: Talks More Important Than Terms
Posted: July 17, 2003
While the Bush Administration continues to stall on further talks with North Korea, critical opportunities for a diplomatic resolution to the nuclear standoff on the peninsula may be slipping away. Former Defense Secretary William Perry even warned about the possibility of war.
North Korea's Nukes No Reason to Stop Talking
Posted: April 24, 2003
April 24, 2003 Contact: Steve LaMontagne (202) 546-0795 x100 Despite North Korea’s reported admission today that it has nuclear weapons, the Bush Administration should continue talks with North Korea and other regional powers with the goal of complete...
Pride, Politics Hamper Bush Approach to N. Korea
Posted: April 14, 2003
The following OpEd by Center analysts Steve LaMontagne and Matt Martin appeared in the April 14 edition of Defense News. The bureaucratic paralysis in President George W. Bush’s administration in the face of a mounting nuclear crisis with North Korea...
Resolution of the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, February 12, 2003
Posted: February 12, 2003
IAEA Board of Governors Adopts Resolution on Safeguards in North Korea The Report of the Director General to the Board of Governors (is also available in pdf format (). For full coverage, see the pages on IAEA and DPRK....
North Korea Upping the Nuclear Ante
Posted: January 31, 2003
January 31, 2003 Contact: Steve LaMontagne (202) 546-0795 x100 New satellite intelligence reportedly indicates that North Korea may be removing spent nuclear fuel rods from storage, possibly with the intention of reprocessing plutonium for nuclear weapons. If confirmed, the move...
U.S. Policy Towards North Korea: Priorities for Congress
Posted: January 8, 2003
January 8, 2003 North Korea's violation of its obligations under the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and the 1994 Agreed Framework poses a serious challenge to the nonproliferation regime and a serious threat...
Joint Statement by the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group, January 7, 2003
Posted: January 7, 2003
Press Statement Richard Boucher, Spokesman Washington, DC January 7, 2003 Joint Statement by the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group Following is the text of a joint statement by the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group released in Washington, D.C. on January 7,...
Talking Points on North Korean Nuclear Brinkmanship
Posted: January 6, 2003
Media Advisory from the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation January 6, 2003 Contact: Steve LaMontagne (202) 546-0795 ext.100 As the diplomatic standoff over North Korea’s nuclear program continues to evolve, the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation will continue...
IAEA Board of Governors Adopts Resolution on Safeguards in North Korea
Posted: January 6, 2003
IAEA Board of Governors Adopts Resolution on Safeguards in North Korea For full coverage, see the pages on IAEA and DPRK. The IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution on the implementation of IAEA safeguards in the Democratic People's...
North Korean Brinkmanship Continues
Posted: December 12, 2002
For Immediate Release - December 12, 2002 Contact: Steve LaMontagne 202-546-0795 x100 Stacie Robinson 202-546-0795 x105 North Korean Brinkmanship Continues North Korea's announcement today that it intends to restart its 5-Megawatt plutonium production reactor, frozen under...
IAEA Board of Governors Adopts Resolution on Safeguards in the DPRK
Posted: November 29, 2002
IAEA Board of Governors Adopts Resolution on Safeguards in the DPRK Also read related story on the Director General's statement to the Board and previous press releases of 17 October and 18 October. Also see the pages on IAEA:DPRK....
Joint Statement by the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group, Tokyo, November 9, 2002
Posted: November 9, 2002
Joint Statement Richard Boucher, Spokesman Washington, DC November 9, 2002 Following is the text of a joint statement by the Trilateral Coordination and Oversight Group released in Tokyo, Japan on November 9, 2002 [Begin text:] "The delegations of Japan, the United...
Non-Proliferation Project Issue Brief: Volume 2 Number 10 North Korea's Nuclear Program: An Assessment of U.S. Options
Posted: October 29, 2002
October 29, 2002 North Korea’s recent admission that it has continued to pursue a nuclear weapons program in violation of the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty, the 1992 Joint Declaration on the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, and the 1994 Agreed Framework...
Joint U.S.-Japan-R.O.K. Trilateral Statement on North Korea
Posted: October 26, 2002
Joint Statement Washington, DC October 26, 2002 Released by the White House Office of the Press Secretary (Los Cabos, Mexico) Today President George W. Bush, President Kim Dae-Jung, and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi met to reaffirm their commitment to a...
North Korea's Nuclear Admission: Opportunity for Diplomacy
Posted: October 17, 2002
October 17, 2002 For Immediate Release: Contact: Steve LaMontagne 202-546-0795 x100 North Korea's startling admission that it has continued its nuclear weapons program in violation of its treaty commitments and pledges to the United States raises a number of critical...
Bush Policy Aims to Pull Plug on US-North Korea Talks
Posted: March 21, 2002
March 20, 2002 Contact: Steve LaMontagne 202.543.0795 x100 The Bush administration's finding that North Korea is not complying with the 1994 Agreed Framework could be the death knell for the agreement and also kill negotiations aimed at freezing North Korea's...
North Korean Offer Could Pave Way for New Missile Negotiations
Posted: May 3, 2001
May 3, 2001 In an apparent demonstration of good faith, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told a visiting delegation of European Union officials today that Pyongyang would continue its moratorium on ballistic missile tests until at least 2003. Kim...
Key Issues for North Korea Policy
Posted: March 5, 2001
Missile Negotiations and the 1994 Agreed Framework South Korean President Kim Dae Jung visited Washington today to discuss with President Bush several important issues affecting relations between the U.S. and South Korea. Among the top concerns were U.S. policies...