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Following the failure of the United States and North Korea to reach an agreement on denuclearization at the Hanoi Summit in February 2019, Pyongyang has reverted to a pattern of missile tests and provocations. At the same time that North Korea’s nuclear and missile capabilities continue to expand, we see signs of weakening alliance ties between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) as negotiations for a new Special Measures Agreement have faltered.

Sanghoon Kim spoke with Mira Rapp-Hooper (Council on Foreign Relations) on the current state of the U.S.-ROK alliance and the issue of the credibility of U.S. extended deterrence in the face of a growing North Korean nuclear threat.