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Featured Essays
- October 1st 2013Kujenga Amani launches Radar, a feature section on breaking events, with “The Westgate Mall Siege: Reassessing Kenya’s Security Architecture,” by Awino Okech, advisory board member for the African Peacebuilding Network →
- September 26th 2013Read about practices of prayer in Quebec in "Wayside Crosses," by Hillary Kaell, the latest essay in the Reverberations Materiality of Prayer series →
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April 2013
- April 24th 2013
- Leon Sigal, director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project, discusses escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula in "Better Understanding North Korea," a Q&A with the Federation of American Scientists’ Strategic Security Blog →
- April 16th 2013
- "In Korea, Overheated War Rhetoric Obscures Real Dangers": Leon Sigal of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project writes for the International Peace Institute's Global Observatory →
- April 9th 2013
- "Deterrence Will Not Bring Korean Peace": Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project director Leon Sigal calls for sustained diplomacy and political rebalancing in an article for the National Interest →
March 2013
- March 29th 2013
- Leon Sigal, director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project, proposes three steps to addressing regional tensions in "North Korea's Earthquake: Just Let the Dust Settle" for the East Asia Foundation's Global Asia →
- March 20th 2013
- "Behind the Nuclear Threats: A Q&A on Tensions between North and South Korea": Leon Sigal, director of the Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project, speaks with the Star-Ledger →
- March 14th 2013
- Northeast Asia Cooperative Security Project director Leon Sigal discusses the prospects for diplomatic engagement between North Korea, South Korea, and the United States on Wisconsin Public Radio →
February 2013
January 2013
October 2012
April 2012
- April 23rd 2012
- Program director Leon Sigal examines "North Korea's Treacherous New Course" for The National Interest →
December 2011
- December 21st 2011
- Program Director Leon V. Sigal writes "1994 Redux: The rebirth of North Korean leadership" for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists →
- December 6th 2011
- Program Director Leon V. Sigal on "Stopping a Nuclear North Korea" for The National Interest →
November 2011
- November 1st 2011
- Program Director Leon V. Sigal writes "Managing an Unmanageable North Korea" for The Huffington Post →
August 2011
February 2011
- February 11th 2011
- Program Director Leon V. Sigal finds that "WikiLeaks Reveals South Korean Hopes, Not North Korean Realities" →
November 2010
- November 29th 2010
- PBS interviews Program Director Leon Sigal on North Korea →
May 2010
- May 10th 2010
- Program Director Leon Sigal’s work on North Korea spotlighted in Korea Times →
- May 6th 2010
- “Looking for Leverage in All the Wrong Places” by SSRC’s Lee Sigal examines efficacy of N. Korean sanctions →
November 2009
- November 24th 2009
- Lee Sigal speaks to World Focus about Obama’s approach to North Korea →
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