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Future of US-Russian arms control worsens

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RUSSIA/US

Putin said Moscow was not withdrawing from the treaty and would conduct nuclear arms tests only if Washington did so. New START compliance is now explicitly wrapped into the…

Kim's health is the worst of North Korea's many risks

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NORTH KOREA

No UN condemnation ensued. Separately, South Korean intelligence claims that supreme leader Kim Jong-un’s health has worsened again.

Border will strain US-Mexican ties as elections near

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US/MEXICO

The meeting, held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, followed discussion of the same issues by numerous government officials at the bilateral…

North Korea’s missiles are a double defeat for allies

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NORTH KOREA

They included new models which can penetrate missile defence systems. Despite this, three UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings failed to agree on the usual condemnatory…

Hypersonic weapons could jeopardise global security

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RUSSIA/US/CHINA

The threat to global security from developing hypersonic weapons.

US-Russian arms treaty is at risk but not dead

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RUSSIA/US

Uncertainty around the future of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty.

Hypersonic arms alter US-Russian threat perceptions

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RUSSIA/US

Hypersonic missiles and their implications.

US-North Korea summit would have modest outcome

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US-NORTH KOREA

The message was conveyed by a South Korean delegation in Washington, briefing Trump on its talks earlier this week in Pyongyang. North Korea had said, the delegation reported…

Pyongyang’s Beijing and Moscow ties will be complex

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NORTH KOREA/CHINA/RUSSIA

The PoE has since 2009 reported regularly on North Korea’s violations of UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions. Beijing and Moscow are resisting an ineffective UN sanctions…

North Korea may goad South Korea into limited conflict

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NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA

Pyongyang claims to have tested a new nuclear-capable underwater drone -- Seoul is sceptical -- and North Korea’s foreign minister has visited Moscow. South Korean President Yoon…