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It’s still difficult to track and accurately measure the size and power of their nuclear arsenals, says USC Dornsife Ph.D candidate Marshall Rogers-Martinez. [4¾ min read]

As the world focuses on North Korea’s nuclear weapons, Jeffrey Fields of international relations asks: Is the U.S. doing anything to limit the size of its own nuclear arsenal?

In the wake of recent talks with its southern neighbor, North Korea seems to be showing signs through its media that it is ready to cooperate.

Jeffrey Fields of international relations, a former US Department of Defense and State Department official, explains why a hard-line approach on North Korea will likely fail, as it did with Iran.

No other autocratic regime has such a well-developed stable of artists and writers producing works aligned with the party’s ideological needs, says Meredith Shaw in "The Conversation."

Amid escalating bilateral tensions, USC Dornsife experts discuss the risk of nuclear war with North Korea and evaluate deterrents.

Jeffrey Fields, a former Department of Defense and State Department official, explains why a hardline approach on North Korea will likely fail, as it did with Iran, in "The Conversation."

Marco Milani and a colleague examine how well South Korea's recently elected president Moon Jae-in is tackling the North Korean nuclear question in "The Conversation."

Alumnus Bill Altaffer is among the world’s most traveled people. His passion for adventure was inspired by USC Dornsife’s late professor of anthropology Ivan Alexievich Lopatin and fellow alumnus John Goddard.