Joseph R. DeTrani

Will the land mine incident in the Korean Demilitarized Zone escalate?

The recent land mine incident in the Korean Demilitarized Zone could escalate into conflict on the peninsula.

October 7, 2026

Iran paints itself as victim

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's Sept. 24 speech to the United Nations did not mention Iran's history of terrorism or the thousands of innocent victims it has killed.

September 30, 2026

Will the Trump-Xi summit meet expectations?

The Thursday summit between President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will address myriad issues and perhaps give hope that Washington and China can cooperate for the common good.

September 23, 2026

We cannot miss the warning signs of another 9/11

The State Department lists 94 groups as foreign terrorist organizations.

September 16, 2026

China challenges Western alliances

At the 25th anniversary session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed an alternative model to Western alliances.

September 9, 2026

How the Unification Church could help reconcile the two Koreas

In 1954, the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly known as the Unification Church) was founded in Korea as a Christian church by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Later, in 2005, he and his wife, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, established a legally separate Interfaith organization in New York called the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), a nongovernmental organization that has maintained a close relationship with North Korea.

September 3, 2026

Why Trump must pursue his promised North Korea meeting

North Korea now reportedly has 60 to 120 nuclear warheads, with a vast arsenal of short-, medium- and long-range ballistic missiles to deliver them to South Korea, Japan and the U.S.

August 27, 2026

How to counter the North Korea threat

The Ulchi Freedom Shield -- the joint annual military drills between the U.S. and South Korea focusing on countering the drone and cyberattack threat from North Korea -- ended today.

August 20, 2026

U.S. should remain focused on North Korea

Progress with North Korea should bring some form of happiness to the Korean people and to the people in the U.S. who cry out for a more peaceful world.

August 9, 2026

Time to address the North Korean nuclear threat

North Korea is now strategically closer to Russia and China than at any other time since the Korean War.

July 28, 2026

Trump should tell Russians the truth about Putin’s war

President Trump must tell the Russian people about the carnage in Russia's war with Ukraine.

July 13, 2026

Do not let Iran enrich uranium

Ideally, Iran should not be permitted to enrich uranium, even at the 3.67% low enriched uranium level.

June 23, 2026

The recent China-North Korea summit was historic

Chinese ruler Xi Jinping's visit to North Korea for meetings with Kim Jong-un attracted no shortage of coverage from Chinese and North Korean media.

June 16, 2026

We must do more to prevent and end wars

On Sept. 19, 2005, North Korea agreed to abandon all nuclear weapons and return to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

June 11, 2026

China’s fragile relationship with Russia and North Korea

China's recent summit with Russia and the likely upcoming visit of President Xi Jinping to North Korea are tactical moves that ignore the historical tensions between China, Russia and North Korea.

June 1, 2026

U.S. position on Taiwan has stayed the same

Xi Jinping made abundantly clear during the recent U.S.-China summit in Beijing that the mishandling of Taiwan could lead to an "extremely dangerous situation."

May 19, 2026

The administration needs a better relationship with the Vatican

President Ronald Reagan formed an alliance with Pope John Paul II in the 1980s that contributed to the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.

May 14, 2026

The glaring failure at the U.N.’s current nuclear weapons conference

Last week, the 11th Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, in session at the United Nations, elected Iran as a vice president.

May 7, 2026

Ending the Iran war the right way

The United Nations Charter was signed in June 1945 to save future generations from the scourge of war, uphold international peace, promote human rights and ensure global cooperation.

April 28, 2026

Beware a nuclear North Korea aligned with China, Russia

North Korea is building more nuclear weapons and more sophisticated ballistic missiles to target the region and the U.S. while ensuring close alignment with China and Russia.

April 22, 2026