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The Role of the Military in the Fall of the Ceausescu Regime and the Possible Relevance for a Post-Kim Jong-il Transition in North Korea

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,...

Greg Scarlatoiu

May 25, 2011

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Korea’s Energy Insecurities: Comparative and Regional Perspectives

For more than a half century, the specter of renewed conflict across the demilitarized zone (DMZ) has dominated thinking about Korea’s future. To be sure,...

Kent E. Calder

May 25, 2011

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Rising China and North Pacific Security: A Net Assessment

The rise of China means that the regional (not global) power structure is shifting from unipolarity to bipolarity. Whether this is a positive or negative...

Denny Roy

May 25, 2011

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North Korean Issue: What Can be Done?

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...

Andrei Lankov

May 25, 2011

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The North Korea Challenge

In the spring of 2009, North Korea’s second nuclear test, its long-range missile tests, and its provocative rhetoric once again threatened stability in Northeast Asia....

David C. Kang

May 25, 2011

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The Rise of China and its Impact on the North Pacific Security Environment

What impact will a rising China have on the North Pacific security environment? A close examination of recent developments in Beijing’s approach to dealing with...

Dr. John Park

May 25, 2011

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A Political Economy Approach to Northeast Asian Regionalism: From a Crisis Model to a Political Leadership Model?

The last two years have seen a series of changes affecting regionalism in North- east Asia. One category of changes has been the crises in...

Park Jehoon

May 25, 2011

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North Korean Questions in 2008: Taking Stock

North Korean questions can be examined from both traditional and nontraditional security perspectives. North Korea’s use of resources to maintain a large conventional military force...

Lee Shin-wha

May 25, 2011

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Preparing for Future Threats and Regional Challenges: The ROK-U.S. Military Alliance in 2008-09

President Lee Myung-bak won a landslide victory in 2007. His popularity before the election was obvious, and it came as a surprise to almost no...

Bruce Bechtol

May 25, 2011

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Guests of the Dear Leaer: Shin Sang-Ok, Choi Eun-Hee, and North Korea’s Cultural Crisis

On 19 October 1983 in Kim Jong-il’s office at the Central Party Building in Pyongyang, a private conversation took place between Kim and two South...

Kim Suk-young

May 25, 2011

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Lessons from the North Korean Nuclear Issue

The world can only hope the recent U.S.-North Korean bilateral discussions will revive the six-power talks and lead to Pyongyang’s renunciation of its nuclear weapons...

Gregory F. Treverton

May 25, 2011

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Strategic Abandonment: Alliance Relations in Northeast Asia in the Post-Iraq Era

The security alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is the foundation for the architecture of strategic stability in Northeast Asia...

Daniel Sneider

May 25, 2011

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Turning the Six-Party Talks into a Multilateral Security Framework for Northeast Asia

The Cold War in Northeast Asia became irreversible with the outbreak of the Korean War on 25 June 1950. Over the decades partial steps were...

Gilbert Rozman

May 25, 2011

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Peace in Our Time at What Cost? Possible Financial and Legal Implications of Denuclearizing North korea

On 21 June 2005 the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam flew outside of Blair House, across the street from the White House. Standing...

Scott Rembrandt

May 25, 2011

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A Real Deal or a Political Masquerade? The North Korean Nuclear Question Revisited

In less than a year, the fate of the six-party talks has swung around from the lowest ebb when North Korea conducted its nuclear test...

Lee Jung-hoon

May 25, 2011

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