A Balanced Approach to North Korea

Although Washington has not signaled any intended shift in foreign policy, the rapidly changing East Asian security environment and the failure of current strategies necessitate...

AAS 2015 | Dealing with North Korean Provocations: Regional Military Responses and the Hope for a Diplomatic Solution

The Whisper in the Ear: Re-defector Press Conference as Information Management Tool

Although coercion is a key element in the governing strategy of the North Korean party-state, the authorities in Pyongyang do not hold political power at...

Are U.S.-ROK Military Exercises Unnecessary Provocations?

Reasonable people might wonder if the North Korean may have a valid point when they complain that U.S.-ROK joint military exercises are unnecessarily provocative.

Telling Tales: North Korea’s Use of Re-Defectors

10 Issues to Watch For on The Korean Peninsula in 2015

The issues that will be shaping events on the Korean Peninsula in 2015.

North Korea’s Asymmetrical Cyber Threat

The casual observer may be perplexed by the recent headlines of supposed North Korean hackers effectively bringing Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer systems to its knees.

The Implications of the United States’ First Response to the Sony Cyber Hack

In its first public response to North Korea’s suspected cyber attack on Sony, the Obama Administration announced new financial sanctions on three North Korean entities...

What Might a Proportional Response to North Korea’s Sony Hack Look Like?

North Korea’s cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment and the subsequent threats to target theaters that screened “The Interview” have had a chilling effect beyond...

UK View: DPRK Human Rights Situation

For Human Rights Day Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Hugo Swire, blogs on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of...

Northeast Asia’s Odd Couple?: The Implications of a Putin-Kim Summit

In light of the current geopolitical environment, would a summit meeting only deepen ties between Moscow and Pyongyang or could it also break North Korea’s...

North Korea’s Cyber Warfare and Challenges for the U.S.-ROK Alliance

Despite an inferior information communication environment, North Korea has a high capacity to conduct robust cyber operations aimed at collecting foreign intelligence, disrupting foreign comput-ers,...

Helsinki Accords for Northeast Asia?

There is a desire to replicate the Helsinki process in Northeast Asia as a tool to decrease tensions on the Korean peninsula and to improve...

Six Implications from the Mid-Term Elections for U.S Policy Towards East Asia

With Republicans winning a majority in the Senate for the first time in eight years, President Obama will face a Republican Congress for his final...

Eyes on North Korea: Threats from the Hermit Kingdom