Jonathan Pollack

Brookings Institution

Guest

Jonathan D. Pollack is the Interim SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies in the Center for East Asia Policy Studies and a senior fellow in the John L. Thornton China Center at the Brookings Institution. He is also the author of No Exit: North Korea, Nuclear Weapons and International Security.

Jonathan Pollack on KCRW

It would take 30 minutes for a nuclear missile to travel from North Korea to Los Angeles. How close is that possibility?

How worried should you be about the rhetoric between North Korea and the U.S.?

It would take 30 minutes for a nuclear missile to travel from North Korea to Los Angeles. How close is that possibility?

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un greeted the New Year — and America's new President -- by threatening to develop a missile that could carry a nuclear warhead to the United States.

North Korea's threat in the Trump era

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un greeted the New Year — and America's new President -- by threatening to develop a missile that could carry a nuclear warhead to the United States.

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In the past few days, North Korea has challenged its many adversaries with a series of provocative actions.

World Responds to North Korea's 'Destabilizing and Provocative' Acts

In the past few days, North Korea has challenged its many adversaries with a series of provocative actions.

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