Debate around South Korea’s Role in the Alliance Splits along Partisan Lines
The transfer of wartime operational control of South Korean military from Washington to Seoul remains a wedge issue in Korean politics.
Missile Testing – What is North Korea Signaling and to Whom?
What is North Korea signaling with the missile test? Pyongyang is frustratingly opaque, but U.S. response should be based on its own desired outcomes.
What U.S.-Iran Tensions Mean for South Korea
South Korea could find itself facing both rising energy prices and an energy shortage if supplies from the Middle East were disrupted over an Iran conflict.
Growing Congressional Assertiveness on U.S. Foreign Policy: Implications for Korea
Congress is showing greater assertiveness in shaping U.S. foreign policy, but concerns arise that this could also complicate talks with North Korea.
10 Issues to Watch for on the Korean Peninsula in 2019
A look at 10 issues that will have an impact on the Korean peninsula in the year ahead.
2018 in Review: When Donald Met Jong-un
If 2017 was the year of “fire and fury,” 2018 saw the United States and North Korea turn from the rhetoric of war to diplomacy.
Of Conscripts and Athletes: Origins of the Exemption System
Recent developments have placed a spotlight on the guidelines that the Korean government has used to determine military exemptions for the last 30 years.
North Korea’s Benign 70th Birthday
North Korea celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of its state on September 9 in a notably non-belligerent fashion.
Revisiting the Korean War Armistice
It is worth revisiting the history and current status of the Armistice, as ending the Armistice raise complex legal and political questions.
Did China Use North Korea as Smoke Screen for the South China Sea?
Has China used the distraction of recent crisis over North Korea’s nuclear weapons program to entrench itself in the South China Sea?