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Monday, June 11, 2018
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From the CEO: Cipher Brief News



Cipher Brief CEO & Publisher Suzanne Kelly is proud to announce the launch of a Cipher Brief– Level One Membership for dedicated readers of The Cipher Brief.  Stay tuned this week for more on how to become a member as well as the announcement of a slate of in-person live events featuring Cipher Brief Experts…




Difficulties Integrating North Korean Defectors Suggest Challenges in Reunifying Korea



Photo: Getty/NK/Chung Sung Jun

During the height of the Cold War, North Korean defectors were celebrated as symbols of freedom and served as a direct indictment of a brutal North Korean regime…. Yet over time, the perception of North Korean defectors steadily changed.  Sebastian J. Bae writes for The Cipher Brief:
  • North Korean defectors became living monuments to the complex facets of the frozen conflict: broken families, increasing disparity between the North and South and, most importantly, the fragile dream of a unified Korean Peninsula.
     
  • Now, with the tenuous prospect of an enduring peace, the experience of North Korean defectors offers a glimpse into the challenges of reintegrating the two countries.  
Read the full analysis here
 
 




North Korea’s Path to Denuclearization


Cipher Brief Expert and former Special Envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea, Ambassador Joseph Detrani writes that the June 12th summit with North Korea could be an important beginning to a process that eventually results in the Complete, Verifiable and Irreversible Dismantlement (CVID) of North Korea’s nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons facilities. 
  • This is the goal, but there’s justified skepticism that this objective can be achieved, especially after 2017, when North Korea launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that can reach the continental U.S. and successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. Thus, many are asking: Why would North Korea give it up, after spending billions of dollars over decades to accomplish this capability?
     
  • It all depends on Kim Jung-Un, the young leader who studied in Switzerland and wasn’t groomed to replace his father, Kim Jong il. 
     
  • But after almost seven years in power, Kim appears to have consolidated power with the appointment of loyalists, who share his vision, to leadership positions in the government and the party.  What is his vision? 
Read the full column from Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph DeTrani here….

 


This Week’s Dead Drop


Each week, we bring readers tidbits of gossip from the world of national security and intelligence.  The Dead Drop is a source of fun or intriguing news you can’t get anywhere else.  Here’s a snippet of this week’s drop:

GLAD HE DIDN’ T TAKE IT PERSONALLY:  Former CIA Director John Brennan recently wrote an op-ed for The Washington Postresponding to critics who have suggested that as a former Agency director, he should bite his tongue and mute any criticism of the current Commander in Chief. Doesn’t sound like he plans to stifle himself any time soon, saying…

Get the week’s full Dead Drop here…