Jun 11, 2019

From Failed Economic Interfaces to Political Levers: Assessing China-South Korea Competition and Cooperation Scenarios on North Korean Special Economic Zones

By Théo Clément

While North Korea has developed Special Economic Zones for several decades now, these zones have attracted little attention from foreign investors, due to a mix...

Jun 5, 2019

Hypothesizing Kim Jong-un: A Framework for Analyzing North Korean Behavior

By Bryan Port

A coherent North Korea strategy must proceed from a theory of North Korean politics, strategy, and decision-making. Structured analytic techniques, particularly the analysis of competing...

Apr 23, 2019

Is Pyongyang Different in Washington and Seoul? English and Korean Language Policy Discourse on North Korea

By Jeffrey Robertson

During 2017-18, international attention turned to the Korean Peninsula as the threat of conflict reached new heights. This led to an explosion in the growth...

Apr 9, 2019

Converting Maximum Pressure to Maximum Leverage: The Role of Sanctions Relief in Negotiations with North Korea

By Daniel Wertz

The Trump administration’s maximum pressure campaign has led to the imposition of a nearly comprehensive international sanctions regime targeting North Korea and its nuclear weapons...

Jan 2, 2019

Renewable Energy in Trade Wars: Solar Power in South Korea’s Energy Mix and the Impact of Protectionism

By June Park

This paper examines the impacts of global competition in solar panel production and the conflict of domestic interests among solar-related industries in the U.S. on...

Dec 4, 2018

The Sun Sort-of Rises: The “Strong and Prosperous” Slogan in Recent North Korean Fiction

By Meredith Shaw

Kim Jong-un’s sudden ascent as leader came at a significant time for North Korea—a year that had coincidentally been long foreshadowed in state media as...

Oct 1, 2018

Unification in Action? The National Identity of North Korean defector-Migrants: Insights and Implications

By Christopher Green, Steven Denney

What can the resettlement of North Korean defector-migrants into South Korean society today tell us about Korean national identity and the likely challenges of integrating...

Jun 7, 2018

The Evolution of the North Korean Nuclear Program: from Survival Strategy to Ideological Legitimization

By Marco Milani

In recent years the North Korean nuclear program has increasingly become a major concern for East Asian security. Pyongyang has repeatedly demonstrated its advancements in...

May 24, 2018

Making Korea Grow Again: Rebalancing the Moon Jae-in Economic Agenda

By Choong Yong Ahn

The Moon Jae-in administration in South Korea has taken a two-pronged approach to ensure urgently needed job creation and inclusive growth. Although measures towards each...

May 2, 2018

The Economic Importance of the KORUS FTA: A Case Study of the Korean Beef Market After Renegotiations

By Jin Kyo Suh

Beef trade was a major sticking point between the United States and South Korea in ratifying the KORUS FTA. The outcome of the renegotiations that...

Apr 12, 2018

Science Diplomacy: An Underestimated Toolkit of South Korea’s Foreign Policy

By Olga Krasnyak

Science diplomacy is becoming increasingly popular in foreign policy. Branching out of public diplomacy, science diplomacy is a sophisticated and knowledge-based toolkit to secure and...

Mar 22, 2018

A Way Out of the North Korean Labyrinth

By Stephen Blank

The sudden announcement of a North Korea-U.S. summit in March 2018 upended all previous diplomacy concerning North Korea’s nuclear program. In return for a bilateral...