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Last week, North Korea launched its Seventh Worker's Party Congress, a major meeting of regime leaders that has not been convened in 36 years. Although analysts had high expectations for…

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Region: Asia

May 10, 2016

In this episode, we take a step back from the Korean Peninsula and take a look at Northeast Asia from the perspective of one of its neighbors – Russia. In…

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Region: Asia

May 9, 2016

Since the death of Kim Il-sung in 1994 there have been numerous predictions that the collapse of the North Korean political system would be imminent, yet the Kim dynasty continues…

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Region: Asia

November 20, 2015

On October 16, 2015, President Park Geun Hye and President Barack Obama will hold a summit meeting, where they are expected to address a range of issues concerning South Korea…

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Region: Asia

October 15, 2015

This past June, President Bush made a series of telephone calls to leaders in the region calling on them to use their influence with Pyongyang in an effort to halt…

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Region: Asia

May 25, 2011

In September 2008, reports began to circulate in the world media that Chairman Kim Jong-il might be in serious condition after having suffered a stroke, and discussion on possible post-Kim…

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Region: Asia

May 25, 2011

The dramatic events of recent months—and, above all, North Korea’s second nuclear test and long-range missile launch—demonstrated once again that the Barack Obama administration and the international community at large…

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Region: Asia

May 25, 2011

Security relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea, like those of any other two closely entwined neighbors, glisten with the multiple facets of complexity. A number of structural conditions…

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Region: Asia

May 25, 2011

This piece is part of a series based upon the fifth annual survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov. On Thursday, October 10, KEI will host an event and release a report summarizing the results from the annual KEI/YouGov poll at our Washington, D.C. office. American public opinion on US foreign policy may be…

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This piece is part of a series based upon the fifth annual survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov. On Thursday, October 10, KEI will host an event and release a report summarizing the results from the annual KEI/YouGov poll at our Washington, D.C. office. The fifth annual KEI/YouGov poll on American attitudes toward…

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After the 1946 midterm elections, Republicans gained control of both the US Senate and House of Representatives under the Harry Truman administration. The years between 1947 and 1948 were particularly contentious between the Republican-controlled Congress and the Democrat-controlled White House. Truman had branded the Republican-controlled legislature as the “Do-Nothing Congress” due to the lack of…

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September 23, 2024

The transformation of relations between South Korea and Japan during the past two-plus years is one of the signal accomplishments of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration. However, there remain doubts over the durability of this achievement. A troubling question remains whether the historical past of Japan’s colonial rule over Korea will again roil relations. The ongoing…

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Region: Asia

August 14, 2024