Korea, North

What if our understanding of North Korea is inadvertently colored by the very resources that we rely on to deepen our knowledge of the country? What does this say about our policies…

Even before the meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un in Hanoi, foreign policy practitioners and observers were talking about the difficulties of sequencing international sanctions relief for North Korea…

We imagine North Korea as a country that is carrying on not only a conflict left over from the Cold War, but also a decrepit legacy economy from the past.…

The second summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on February 27 and 28 ended without an agreement. The key difference in the two leaders’ negotiating…

By Robert R. King On June 19, the United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council.  In a “blistering critique” announcing the withdrawal, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley “lambasted the council for ‘its chronic bias against Israel’ and lamented the fact that its membership includes accused human rights abusers such as…

By Juni Kim South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Moscow earlier today for a three-day state visit to Russia, the first such visit by a South Korean president since 1999. In a first-time feat for a South Korean president, Moon addressed Russia’s lower parliamentary house and emphasized Russia’s key role in helping achieve peace…

By Donald Manzullo For several years, China has been claiming ownership of most of the South China Sea, using what it calls the “Nine Dash” line. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) claims it inherited this area from the Koumintang government, identified by nine dashes that outline and encompass 1.4 million square miles including several hundred…

By Mark Tokola The June 12 summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un was neither a triumph nor a defeat for the United States or North Korea.  Rather than reading the Joint Statement as a deal to be judged, it is more accurate to see it as a glimpse of a process.   In standard…

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