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From the CEO: Cipher Brief News
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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…
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Difficulties Integrating
North Korean Defectors Suggest Challenges in Reunifying Korea
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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…
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North Korea’s Path to
Denuclearization
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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….
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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…
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