Politics

The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks shocked the world twice: first, their unimaginable method of attack and, second, the U.S. response in their wake. Doctrines, policies, and actions that emerged…

North Korea has recently shown signs of rapprochement with the outside world by agreeing to the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula at the six-party talks. The changing dynamics of the…

Data from 2004 show the grain harvest in North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; DPRK) consisted of a bit more than 4.4 million tons. A nationwide campaign was announced…

A controversy has arisen over entrenched regionalism in Korean politics and its resolution. There are basically two opposing views: One is the top-down institutional approach that emphasizes reforms in the…

By Donald Manzullo I served in Congress with Mike Pence from 2001 to 2013, including six years together on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  He represented southeastern Indiana, including the cities of Muncie, Anderson, Richmond, some suburbs of Indianapolis and areas just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati.  We come from similar areas in the…

By Thomas Lee In the wake of the 20th legislative elections on April 13th, the Minjoo Party edged out the conservative Saenuri Party to win the slimmest possible majority of one. This has been hailed as a revolution as this was the first instance in South Korean history of a ruling party with a sitting…

By Kyle Ferrier The result of last week’s referendum in the UK to leave the EU was an unwelcomed surprise for global financial markets. Last Friday, the day the final outcome was disclosed, the pound closed 8.4% lower than Thursday’s rate, more than doubling the drop from the previously worst day on record, and the…

By Mark Tokola To be clear, the United Kingdom has not yet left the European Union.  The June 23 referendum in the UK was an expression of the will of the people (by a majority of 52 percent to 48) that the British government should begin the process of negotiating an exit from the EU. …