Dec 16, 2011

Proactive Deterrence: The Challenge of Escalation Control on the Korean Peninsula

By Abraham M. Denmark

Since the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty in 1953, the U.S.-ROK alliance has been tremendously successful in deterring a large-scale attack by the DPRK....

Oct 26, 2011

Developing an International Financial Center to Modernize the Korean Service Sector

By Yoon-shik Park

Along with the revolution in the information technology (IT) industry, the world economy has also witnessed a spectacular rise of the financial industry in recent...

Sep 29, 2011

2012 Nuclear Security Summit: The Korean Twist

By Duyeon Kim

The March 2012 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in Seoul, Korea comes at a critical juncture when the world continues to experience a growing number of...

Jul 1, 2011

Reviving the Korean Armistice: Building Future Peace on Historical Precedents

By Balbina Y. Hwang

Despite the critical function of the armistice, very little political attention has been paid to the agreement, with few bureaucrats, policymakers, and Korea experts sufficiently...

May 15, 2011

KORUS FTA vs. Korea-EU FTA: Why the Differences?

By Yeongkwan Song

The Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) and the Korea-European Union Free Trade Agreement (Korea-EU FTA) are the major FTAs for the Korean economy. Although...

Apr 1, 2011

Preparing for Change in North Korea: Shifting Out of Neutral

By Michael J. Mazarr

This study was undertaken to assess possible futures for the North Korean regime and the Korean peninsula that could affect U.S. and regional interests, and...

Apr 1, 2011

Similar Policies, Different Outcomes: Two Decades of Economic Reforms in North Korea and Cuba

By José Luis León-Manríquez

This article is aimed at analyzing, in a comparative perspective, the economic reforms undertaken by Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) and...

Feb 3, 2011

Engaging North Korea on Mutual Interests in Tuberculosis Control

By Gary Schoolnik, Heidi Linton, Louise Gresham, Sharon Perry

As this paper goes to press, relations on the Korean Peninsula are at their tensest level in more than 20 years. Since 2006, when the...

Jan 31, 2011

The Markets of Pyongyang

By John Everard

In 2006–08 Pyongyang had two kinds of markets. The first were "official" markets that had started out many years earlier as farmers markets selling only...

Dec 25, 2010

Green-Collar Politics: Perils and Opportunities for South Korea in the Green-Tech Race

By Damien Ma, Will Pearson

This paper examines policies in the renewables sector across various countries and where political tensions could generate suboptimal outcomes for the sector’s development. In its...

Nov 25, 2010

Buying into North Korea: Practices and Implications for Foreign Investment into the DPRK

By Kevin Shepard

With North Korea becoming increasingly politically isolated, there are few channels through which the international community can remain engaged. Despite the distaste most have for...

Sep 25, 2010

China-ROK Trade Disputes and Implications for Managing Security Relations

By Scott Snyder, See-Won Byun

This paper compares Sino–South Korean management of bilateral economic and political tensions; it argues that China’s WTO entry has provided an external institutional framework for...