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The Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) is pleased to issue Vol. 3, Issue 2 of its new flagship journal, Korea Policy.
The gravity, scale and nature of human rights violations in North Korea are without parallel in the contemporary world.
Data shows enduring support for South Korea as a partner and consistent preference for more open trade, investment, and cultural exchange.
The path ahead in Japan is likely to be fraught with ongoing political instability until the party wins a new election and regains its majority.
The Trump administration is asking Asian allies to contribute more to their defense and collectively step up military coordination to deter China.
Washington and Seoul must cast their vision to the broader challenge of shaping regional peace and prosperity.
If the value of the partnership is diminished from within, it will become increasingly difficult for the alliance to be sustained.
The two Asian neighbors and allies of the United States appear determined to tightly coordinate their response to the Trump administration.
The primary challenge may be whether Trump and Lee can abandon “America First” and “Korea first” instincts to “Make the Alliance Great Again.”
For the first time since 1994, the ruling LDP coalition controls neither chamber of the Japanese legislature.
North Korea issues like human rights may be awkward and controversial for the Lee administration, but Seoul is committed to testing the waters.
Leaders Lee and Ishiba emphasize overlapping concerns about global turmoil as their primary security partner turns inward.
South Korea’s friends and neighbors are watching not just what Lee says but whether he governs as the centrist he campaigned to be.
Depending on how Lee leads, South Korea may be on the threshold of dramatic domestic and international policy changes.