Peter E. Harrell is an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. From 2012 to 2014, he served as the deputy assistant secretary for counter threat finance and sanctions in the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs.
A journalist takes pictures of a projection screen prior to the start of Germany's auction for the construction of a 5G mobile network in Mainz on March 19.
Foreign dignitaries, including European Union foreign-policy chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (center), meet in Vienna on July 6. (Hans Punz/AFP/Getty Images)
A South Korean soldier walks past a television displaying images of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a railway station in Seoul on March 9. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 04: A British and American flag rest in a bag before a ceremony to unveil a statue of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in the grounds of the American Embassy on July 4, 2011 in London, England. Today would have been Reagan's 100th Birthday. The 40th President of the United States of America enjoyed close ties with the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. (Photo by Matthew Lloyd/Getty Images)
