North Korea is planning something big for the 2018 Olympics

No, it's not an electrifying ice dance

Kim Jong Un.
(Image credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

It has been 60-plus days since North Korea fired off its last missile into the skies above northeast Asia, causing a global freakout.

And while I love being able to do things like sleep, spend time with my wife and crazy dogs, and have something resembling a normal life that isn't interrupted by the latest Pyongyang paranoia, the biggest questions I get these days are this: What is North Korea waiting for? When is the next big missile test going to be?

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Harry J. Kazianis

Harry J. Kazianis is director of defense studies at the Center for the National Interest, founded by former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon.