Hans Nichols

Hans Nichols has reported on North Korea denuclearization negotiations from in the region as well as the White House and the Department of Defense, with an emphasis on China’s role in the negotiations. If Biden wins the White House, North Korea will be one of his most immediate challenges – and his potential first international crisis. And while Biden has pledged to engage with China he has also promised to hold them to a higher standard and demand that they do more for human rights within their borders. Overlaying these challenges is an older one: nuclear arms talks with Russia.

Hans Nichols has been examining the kind of policies – and personnel moves – that Biden will not only pursue but prioritize as he seeks to keep the progressive wing of his party content. This dynamic will play out in debates about health care, climate, courts, defense spending, and criminal justice reform. How Biden balances his centrist instincts with the progressive energy is his party will have immediate implications in the 2022 mid-term elections as well his party’s ability to control the White House in 2024.