North Korea
Opportunity or trap: President Trump suddenly decided to accept a meeting with Kim Jong-un
Pantelis Ikonomou, a former IAEA nuclear safeguards inspector, writes: US President Trump suddenly decided to accept a meeting with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un. Was it an erratic reaction to a long-lasting deadlock? Or was it conscious cutting of the Gordian knot, a well-planned move towards the solution of the nuclear crisis?
Nonproliferation shortcomings: The on-going North Korean nuclear crisis
Pantelis Ikonomou, former International Atomic Energy Agency nuclear safeguards inspector, writes: The on-going North Korean nuclear crisis, in addition to the previous nuclear crises with Iraq and Iran, demonstrates that we lack a coherent, peaceful approach to respond decisively to major nuclear proliferation threats.