The Kim-Putin Summit’s Impact on the Korean Peninsula
The US and South Korea have raised concerns over the growing confluence of Russia and North Korea in the wake of the Kim-Putin summit.
The US and South Korea have raised concerns over the growing confluence of Russia and North Korea in the wake of the Kim-Putin summit.
For the first time in over four years, Kim Jong-un traveled outside North Korea for an in-person meeting with Vladimir Putin.
Every country in the world is being influenced and taught lessons by the Ukrainian war. North Korea is no exception.
South Korea’s enformcent of sanctions on Russia and the effects of the war have had a direct impact on South Korean trade.
Loyal friends, such as Kim Jong-un, will be rewarded by the Russians, particularly as the number of such friends of Russia have declined.
With Russia and China openly joined in protecting North Korea politically in the UN Security Council, the future is pretty clear.
What are the broader strategic implications of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine for the Korean peninsula?
Pursuing sanctions on Russia poses nowhere near the tough choices that arise when talking about Korea’s dependence on trade and investment with China.
The general lesson that North Korea may be learning from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is that the international system is not reasonable but barbarous.
No matter the immediate posture of North and South Korea, the Ukraine crisis has already informed new security realities on the Korean Peninsula.