KORUS FTA vs. Korea-EU FTA: Why the Differences?
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…
Preparing for Change in North Korea: Shifting Out of Neutral
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…
Similar Policies, Different Outcomes: Two Decades of Economic Reforms in North Korea and Cuba
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…
Engaging North Korea on Mutual Interests in Tuberculosis Control
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…
The Markets of Pyongyang
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…
Green-Collar Politics: Perils and Opportunities for South Korea in the Green-Tech Race
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…
Buying into North Korea: Practices and Implications for Foreign Investment into the DPRK
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…
China-ROK Trade Disputes and Implications for Managing Security Relations
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…
North Korea, Libya, and Iran: Economic Sanctions and Nuclear Proliferation
On 19 December 2003, the leader of Libya, Col. Muammar El-Qaddafi, shocked the world by abruptly stating that his country was renouncing its attempts to…
The Republic of Korea and the Middle East: Economics, Diplomacy, and Security
South Korean–Middle Eastern relations have been neglected in the literature throughout the years, mainly owing to the focus on Korea’s relations with the United States…