Iran’s Bargaining Card That North Korea Never Had
Last week, the United States and Iran concluded a memorandum of understanding (MOU), ending nearly four months of conflict and bringing the two countries back to the…
North Korea’s New Constitution Buries the Reunification Project
North Korea has amended its constitution to remove references to reunification with South Korea. The Supreme People’s Assembly apparently made the change in March, but it was not publicly known…
Tactical and Operational Lessons North Korea Is Learning From the Iran War
The Iran war may push North Korea to lower its nuclear threshold rather than raise it, and that is the lesson U.S. and South Korean…
North Korea’s Human Rights Record Worsens as UN Pushes for Concrete Benchmarks
Iran’s failure to achieve nuclear latency has significant implications for South Korea and Japan’s thinking on their own nuclear strategy.
Iran Conflict Hardens North Korea’s Nuclear Posture
The ongoing conflict in Iran will harden, not moderate, North Korea’s nuclear resolve, with implications for U.S.-South Korea security planning.
How Russia Hopes to Help North Korea Blunt the U.S.-South Korea Alliance
The two nations are steeped in the same ideological brew of ultra-nationalism, hyper-militarism, and illiberalism.
2025 Year in Review: U.S.-South Korea Alliance Faces Record North Korean Cybercrime
Washington and Seoul must coordinate more effectively against an evolving North Korean cyber threat.
2025 Year in Review: Kim Jong Un’s Financial Conundrum
As 2025 draws to a close, reporting suggests that financial conditions may be stabilizing—but at levels radically worse than just two years ago.
UN Condemnation of North Korea’s Human Rights Abuses Holds Firm Despite Political Shifts
The gravity, scale and nature of human rights violations in North Korea are without parallel in the contemporary world.
Power on Parade but Crisis at Home as North Korea’s Economy Wavers
The Kim regime has weathered adversity before, but today’s convergence of inflation, fiscal opacity, and decay poses deeper, more structural challenges.