Michael Krepon

Stories by Michael Krepon

How To Avoid War With North Korea

How To Avoid War With North Korea
How To Avoid War With North Korea

Donald Trump spirals downward. As long as he remains in the White House, we are called upon to do everything in our power to limit the damage he can do. Above all, there is the need to prevent a war of choice to disarm North Korea of its nuclear weapons. There are many reasons to…

How To Strengthen Alliances On President Trump’s Watch

How To Strengthen Alliances On President Trump’s Watch
How To Strengthen Alliances On President Trump’s Watch

America’s Asian allies have been unnerved by President Donald Trump’s dismissive rhetoric about alliances based on cost/benefit grounds, and his decision to dump the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. That’s part of the reason Defense Secretary Jim Mattis traveled in Asia to calm nerves in Tokyo and Seoul. America’s European allies are also deeply unsettled by Trump’s…

Beef Up Conventional Forces; Don’t Worry About A Tactical Nuke Gap

Beef Up Conventional Forces; Don’t Worry About A Tactical Nuke Gap
Beef Up Conventional Forces; Don’t Worry About A Tactical Nuke Gap

At the end of this week, thousands of experts in one of humanity’s most terrible possibilities — nuclear war — will meet here in Washington to discuss how to avoid what they have spent their careers planning to do, in hopes they never will. Michael Krepon, one of America’s most experienced practitioners of the arcane art of…