A Tale of Three Triangles: The Complicated Geopolitics of Northeast Asia

The highly orchestrated imagery of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin standing next to his North Korean counterpart, Kim Jong Un, on the reviewing stand in Pyongyang’s...

Increased Attention on Japanese Citizens Abducted by North Korea

The blatant abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korea around 40 years ago continues to be a sensitive and controversial issue.

South Korea’s two-year term in the UNSC: looking far and wide

In January 2024, South Korea began its two-year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

South Korea: A Catalyst for Fixing Laws on Undersea Cables

South Korea is well-positioned to become a leader in creating a new regime that regulates the undersea cable industry.

10 Issues to Watch for on the Korean Peninsula in 2024

South Korea’s rapprochement with Japan and North Korea’s embrace of Russia significantly shaped events on the Korean Peninsula in 2023. Both promise to have a...

Kim Jong-un Changes Policy on Inter-Korean Reunification and Issues Threats of War

In a historic break with a policy of most of the past eight decades, Kim Jong-un's speech made clear a different policy toward South Korea.

2023 in Review: The War in Ukraine and South Korea’s Increasingly Complex National Security

Seoul confronts the emergence of a new, far riskier nuclear order, while doubts about the credibility of U.S. extended deterrence remain.

2023 in Review: The War in Ukraine and North Korea

North Korea's support for Russia's war in Ukraine completed its turn away from efforts to normalize relations with the United States.

More Evidence of Russia’s Stronger Relationship with North Korea

Washington and Seoul must carefully watch how this partnership evolves, and prepare for an even less inhibited North Korea.

Korea Policy Volume 1 Issue 2 – Full Version

The United States-South Korea-North Korea Strategic Triangle in the Indo-Pacific

Japan’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

The Kim-Putin Summit’s Impact on the Korean Peninsula

The US and South Korea have raised concerns over the growing confluence of Russia and North Korea in the wake of the Kim-Putin summit.

2023 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula

Putin Seeks North Korean Arms for Russia’s War Against Ukraine, Threatens UN Sanctions against Pyongyang’s Nuclear Weapons

For the first time in over four years, Kim Jong-un traveled outside North Korea for an in-person meeting with Vladimir Putin.