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Joseph R. DeTrani

Joseph R. DeTrani

jdetrani@washingtontimes.com

Joseph R. DeTrani is a former Associate Director of National Intelligence and former member of the Senior Intelligence Service of the CIA. He served as special envoy for the Six-Party Talks with North Korea from 2003 to 2006 and as director of the National Counterproliferation Center. He regularly contributes columns to The Washington Times as part of the paper's Threat Status initiative.

Columns by Joseph R. DeTrani

Russia-aligned with nuclear weapon ready North Korea illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Dangers of a Russia-aligned nuclear North Korea

On Christmas Day, North Korea announced that leader Kim Jong Un had inspected construction of a 8,700-ton-class, nuclear-propelled submarine -- a crucial step in the country's nuclear armament.

December 30, 2025
President Donald Trump's National Security Strategy illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

A bold National Security Strategy

Out with a "rules-based international order" and in with "U.S. core national interests," according to the U.S. National Security Strategy of 2025.

December 17, 2025
In this image taken from video provided by Russian Presidential Press Service on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks as he visits one of the command posts of the West group of Russian Army in an undisclosed location. (Russian Presidential Press Service via AP)

An emboldened Vladimir Putin

President Trump's 28-point peace plan is a humanitarian attempt to halt the killing and destruction in Ukraine, although Russia's Vladimir Putin may view the peace plan as an appeasement attempt.

November 24, 2025
Democracy in Myanmar illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The plight of democracy in Myanmar

After decades of military rule in Myanmar, free and fair general elections were permitted in 2015 and the National League for Democracy and its leader, Aung San Su Kyi, won by a landslide.

November 19, 2025
President Donald Trump, with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, speaks to members of the military aboard the USS George Washington, an aircraft carrier docked at an American naval base, in Yokosuka, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump strengthens deterrence in East Asia

President Trump's meetings in East Asia last week did more to enhance our relationship with a few allies and partners in the region than the past 15 years of talking about a "pivot to Asia" combined.

November 5, 2025
North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Trump talking to Kim Jong-un

North Korea's Kim Jong-un publicly announced over the weekend that he is prepared to meet with President Trump.

September 24, 2025
China's history with Russia illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

China is forgetting its history with Russia

Significant news and photo coverage have been given to meetings in the past month between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.

September 16, 2025

South Korea: An indispensable ally

South Korea's allied relationship with the U.S. since the July 27, 1953, Korean Armistice Agreement has brought peace and stability to the Korean Peninsula and to Northeast Asia.

August 22, 2025
Democracy in South Korea illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

U.S.-South Korea Summit: A special relationship

In December 1952, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower visited South Korea, during the brutal war with North Korea, for the first presidential summit of the leaders of our two countries.

August 22, 2025