Xi’s North Korea Visit Puts a Trump-Kim Summit Back in Play
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a rare visit to North Korea on June 8—his first international trip this year—weeks after hosting U.S. President Donald...
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Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a rare visit to North Korea on June 8—his first international trip this year—weeks after hosting U.S. President Donald...
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It is the best of times and the worst of times for the future of the U.S.-South Korea alliance. South Korean perceptions of economic coercion...
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South Korean President Lee Jae Myung used his state visit to Hanoi last month to pitch a Korean-built reactor in southern Vietnam. Standing alongside Vietnamese...
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The White House recently announced that during the U.S.-China summit, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping confirmed their shared goal of denuclearizing North Korea....
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South Korea has become more dependent on China for imports and on the United States for exports. This concentration of trade with the two global...
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The Iran war has rapidly depleted the Middle East’s missile defenses. With uncertainty surrounding whether the current U.S.-Iran truce will hold, governments across the region are looking to restock interceptor inventories. The strong battlefield performance of South Korea’s Cheongung‑II ballistic missile defense...
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