Ahead of Kim-Trump II, interviews with leading U.S. experts and an analysis of statements by top officials have identified a common refrain: The focus of that meeting has shifted. jtim.es/oSYP30nLw1w

“Ahead of the Trump-Kim summit next week, the prevailing view in the U.S. is that North Korea expanded its nuclear program in 2018 despite pledging to do the opposite. But our findings paint a different picture.” —Siegfried Hecker in @TheWorldPost washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

.Siegfried Hecker, Robert Carlin, and Elliot Serbin review where we stand ahead of the upcoming Trump-Kim summit on #NorthKorea in this op-ed The Washington Post : washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

My latest in @TheWorldPost, with Bob Carlin and Elliot Serbin, assesses the status of #NorthKorea's nuclear arsenal and the state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula heading into the #TrumpKimSummit washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinio…

U.S. experts conclude that North Korea may have produced material for 6 more nukes in 2018, on top of the 30 it already had. But they say the threat of its program decreased overall. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

The stage may be set for progress at the #TrumpKimSummit this week, writes Siegfried Hecker in @TheWorldPost. #HanoiSummit washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/…

How Civilian Firms Fact-Check North Korea's denuclearization efforts by Doug Bock Clark for The New Yorker looks at the work done by Dr. Jeffrey Lewis & CNS, Victor Cha & CSIS Beyond Parallel and CISAC & on Bluesky @stanfordcisac.bsky.social Siegfried Hecker newyorker.com/news/news-desk…

Regarding #HanoiSummit, I'm disappointed but still optimistic. Disappointed because opportunity to take concrete steps toward denuclearization/ normalization was missed. Optimistic because Trump and Kim did not return to ‘fire and fury’ days of 2017. They left Hanoi on good terms

While it is important to examine what went wrong in Hanoi, a myopic focus on President Trump’s inability to strike a deal overlooks the larger picture: Both sides are still at the beginning of a fundamentally long-term process. bit.ly/2tNXzWK

I spoke with Ari Shapiro on All Things Considered today about the Hanoi summit and the latest developments at Tongchang-ri: npr.org/2019/03/07/701…

New interview: Siegfried Hecker is an American nuclear scientist & was director of Los Alamos National Laboratory from 1986 to 1997. He discusses his time at Los Alamos, the importance of US-Russia collaboration during the 1990s and 2000s, & his trips to North Korea. manhattanprojectvoices.org/oral-histories…

The role that #nuclear power could play globally to mitigate the effects of #ClimateChange continues to be debated. In this Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists series, we present perspectives on the future of nuclear power from Russian and American young professionals. thebulletin.org/2019/06/the-fu…

My latest with Bob Carlin in the @TheWorldPost on the danger that Washington and Pyongyang may let the current window of opportunity pass them by: berggruen.org/the-worldpost/…