Harry J. Kazianis

Harry J. Kazianis is a senior director at the Center for the National Interest, a Washington, D.C.-based national security think tank founded by President Richard Nixon. He also serves as executive editor of its publishing arm, The National Interest. In the past, Harry served as a foreign policy adviser to the 2016 presidential campaign of Sen. Ted Cruz and as editor-and-chief of The Diplomat. Follow him on Twitter @Grecianformula.

Opinion July 15

Harry Kazianis: Increased US-North Korea tensions could return them to brink of nuclear war

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seems to believe that President Trump broke a promise. That's a big problem – and in the worse-case scenario, it could return the U.S. and the North to the brink of a catastrophic nuclear war.

OPINION October 28, 2021

Harry Kazianis: Joe Biden's North Korea policy is a disaster. Now is the time to get serious

The Biden administration lacks any sense of urgency in dealing with North Korea’s growing missile and nuclear weapons programs—weapons that can strike America and could be sold in whole or in part to nations like Iran or other rogue states around the world.