Escaping the ‘security dilemma’ on the Korean Peninsula
Kim Jong Un again threatens to go nuclear — maybe this time Washington and Seoul will react the right way. Here’s how.
Kim Jong Un again threatens to go nuclear — maybe this time Washington and Seoul will react the right way. Here’s how.
Fake news about Kim Jong-Un gets wall-to-wall coverage but citizens of a key ally opposing a joint military exercise goes largely unnoticed.
Washington needs to look beyond the nuclear threat to work toward a sustainable peace on the peninsula.
While it might seem like the right thing to do at the moment, military showcasing doesn’t replace the hard work of diplomacy.
President Yoon Suk-yeol campaigned as a hawk, but domestic constraints and economic considerations are now coming into play.
The country’s population of 25 million unvaccinated people offers COVID an extraordinary opportunity not only to spread but also to mutate.
Pyongyang’s latest provocations are largely being ignored and the White House appears to have no strategy. This is folly.
President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol’s early personnel appointments suggest Seoul’s foreign policy will take a hardline turn.
The conservative Yoon Suk-yeol will take a harder line on North Korea and China. This might be harder — and more dangerous — than it sounds.
The conservative has won the closest presidential race in the country’s history — so where does he stand on the contentious issues?
Follow the money fomenting conflict on the Korean Peninsula, and all roads lead to Annie M.H. Chan.
New brief underscores need for flexible diplomacy, including gradual concessions that can be reversed if not reciprocated.
Regardless of the outcome of the presidential contest, Biden will not have the luxury of leaving Korean issues on the back burner, any longer.
One year in, the president has yet to make any moves to disrupt the status quo.
Coercive tactics could generate blowback among Asian countries divided on what to do about Beijing’s rise.
Over-the-top displays of strength can be viewed as part of a contest for military supremacy on the peninsula.
Economic sanctions have demonstrably failed to change North Korean behavior. So, when is the world going to try something new?
There are legitimate challenges facing a formal end to the war, but they can be overcome through balanced analysis.
I served along the DMZ in South Korea 65 years after the start of that conflict, and still have friends stationed there today.
There is some logic to the idea that Seoul should have its own deterrent. But proliferation brings a host of new problems no one is quite ready for.
If we are to keep punishing the North with sanctions, the least we can do is understand the people who are affected by them.