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Lee Chung Min*

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January 20, 2020 Special Forum
The Case of Moon Jae-in

The fact that North Korea assumes such center stage in the conduct of South Korea’s foreign and security policies is hardly surprising. Seventy years since the outbreak of […]

Lee Chung Min*

inter-Korean summit, Moon Jae-in, Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Sunshine Policy, Trump-Kim summit, US-ROK alliance
March 1, 2019 National Commentaries
A View from South Korea

Trump: Negotiator-in-Chief As US President Donald Trump wraps up his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with the announcement of a major foreign policy victory, we […]

Lee Chung Min*

Hanoi summit, King Kojong, Munich Agreement, Singapore Summit, US-ROK alliance
December 16, 2016 Special Forum
Running into a Long Brick Wall? Trump and the Future of US-China Relations

The surprise election of Donald Trump as the United States’ 45th president triggered alarm bells in capitals across the world including Beijing, given Trump’s haphazard foreign policy remarks […]

Lee Chung Min*

APEC, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Balance of power, burden-sharing, climate change, Duterte, FTAAP, Iran, ISIS, NATO, nuclear proliferation, nuclear umbrella, Paris Climate Accord, Philippines Asia pivot, RCEP, sanctions, Silk Road Economic Belt, South China Sea, Syria, Taiwan, terrorism, THAAD, Thucydides trap, TPP, trade deficit, trade war, Tsai Ing-wen
October 12, 2015 National Commentaries
The South Korean Perspective

"The Challenge for Park’s Summit with Obama after Abe’s Summit."   As President Park Geun-hye prepares for her meeting with President Barack Obama on October 16, her visit […]

Lee Chung Min*

China's military parade, Japan-US alliance, Japanese SDF, National security, North Korea, Sino-ROK Relations
May 15, 2015 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

  "Reading Abe’s Washington Visit"   A View from Seoul   From the standpoint of what Prime Minister Abe Shinzo and President Barack Obama wanted to achieve during […]

Lee Chung Min*

China’s rise, comfort women, historical revisionism, Kono Statement, territorial issues
April 9, 2015 Special Forum
Recalibrating the Rebalance: A View from South Korea

Akin to other key Asian powers that have a long-standing alliance with the United States, South Korea has welcomed America’s renewed attention to Asia although this is hardly […]

Lee Chung Min*

AIIB, CFC, Sino-DPRK relations, THAAD
March 25, 2014 National Commentaries
Circling the Square: History and Alliance Management

This article is available in hardcopy & eBook format at the following site: http://www.palgrave.com/kr/book/9781137541703

Lee Chung Min*

50th Anniversary of Normalization, Abe Shinzo, historical revisionism, Park Geun-hye, public opinion, trilateral summit
October 7, 2013 Special Forum
South Korea’s Strategic Thinking on North Korea and Beyond

For more than six decades, South Korea has coped with one of the most enduring geopolitical asymmetries in the world, namely, the South-North conundrum on the Korean Peninsula. […]

Lee Chung Min*

hybrid security template, need for security guidance, North Korea, North Korea challenges, opinion surveys, polarized worldviews