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Aligned but not Allied: ROK—Japan Bilateral Military Cooperation

Conflict and cooperation are constants in the discipline of international relations. In the case of the Republic of Korea’s (ROK) and Japan’s bilateral military relations,...

Jiun Bang

April 2, 2012

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South Korea’s Nuclear Development Assistance in Southeast Asia: The Implications and Challenges of the Security Environment in the 21st Century

Since the advent of the Nuclear Age, the terrifying prospect of an accidental nuclear explosion raises grave security concerns. This issue remains under-examined in Asia,...

Lisa He

April 2, 2012

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Singh-Lee Meeting: Strategic Partnership Building Before Nuclear Summit

By Nicholas Hamisevicz Next week, President Lee Myung-bak and South Korea will host numerous leaders and heads-of-state from around the world for the 2012 Nuclear...

Nicholas Hamisevicz

March 22, 2012

Analysis

The Seoul Nuclear Security Summit: Reviewing Progress and Maintaining Momentum

The upcoming Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul will, for the second time, bring significant high-level attention to the threat of nuclear terrorism and the global...

Peter Crail

March 21, 2012

Analysis

Paradise Jeju Island: a Tahiti in the South Pacific?

Jeju Island is one of Korea’s most attractive tourist destinations for Koreans and foreign visitors. Its reputation of unique beauty and majesty has been widely...

Kim Young-mok

March 20, 2012

Analysis

The Inconvenient Truth of North Korea’s Missile Test

By Sarah K. Yun On Friday, March 16, 2012, North Korea announced that it will launch a long-range rocket in April which will carry a...

Sarah Yun

March 16, 2012

Analysis

New Boss, Same as the Old Boss in North Korea, But Progress on Nukes

We now know that the “modest progress” after the U.S’s first meeting with North Korea after the death of Kim Jong-il actually meant that a...

Nicholas Hamisevicz

February 29, 2012

Analysis

Russia and the Six-Party Process in Korea

The stagnation of the six-party process has produced great anxiety in Russia over the future of the Korean peninsula. Indeed, in September 2010, even before...

Stephen Blank

February 15, 2012

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South Korea and the Six-Party Talks: The Least Bad Option?

The six-party talks have been hindered by political shifts in the states involved, and especially by changing levels of support for the talks in Washington...

Charles K. Armstrong

February 15, 2012

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Going Global: Issues Facing South Korea as an Emerging Nuclear Exporter

In the last year, South Korea has won a number of contracts for foreign nuclear sales against stiff competition from traditional nuclear suppliers, putting it...

Chen Kane

February 15, 2012

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Korea, ASEAN, and East Asian Regionalism

As actors dwarfed in size by China and Japan, and reliant on a regional balance of power for security, Korea and ASEAN have parallel economic...

David Arase

February 15, 2012

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U.S.-Russian-Chinese Cooperation for the Security of Korea

The United States, Russia, and China have cooperated to help deter North Korea from again invading the South and thus preventing Korean tensions to become...

Doug J. Kim

February 15, 2012

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Tomorrow’s East Asia Today: Regional Security Cooperation for the 21st Century

Security cooperation in East Asia lags behind other forms of regional coopera- tion. The relationship among China, Japan, and the United States—the most powerful security...

Andrew L. Oros

February 15, 2012

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North Korea and the Assassination that Wasn’t

By Troy Stangarone On February 10, rumors that Kim Jong-un had been assassinated at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing began to rapidly spread across...

Troy Stangarone

February 15, 2012

Analysis

Inter-Korean Tensions Affecting ROK Stock Market and Foreign Exchange Markets

The news of heightened military readiness in the North on May 25 reverberated through the Republic of Korea’s stock market and foreign exchange markets, prompting...

Marc Moson

February 14, 2012

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