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April 24, 2018 Special Forum
South Korea

Despite the announcement on October 31, 2017 to improve South Korea-Chinese bilateral relations,1 and the summit between presidents Moon Jae-in and Xi Jinping in December 2017, South Korea […]

Choi Kang*

BRI, Confucius Institutes, Qi Guohong, Sharp power, THAAD
April 19, 2018 Alternative Scenarios
Negative Scenario II

Jennifer Lind has sketched positive prospects for South Korean-Japanese relations and the history issue. She broadly finds that geopolitical pressures will overwhelm historical narratives of animosity or re-write […]

Robert Kelly

anti-Japanism, comfort women, Dokdo /Takeshima, Park Geun-hye
April 19, 2018 Alternative Scenarios
Positive Scenario II

Those hoping for progress in historical reconciliation between Japan and South Korea would have been disappointed by Seoul’s recent commemoration of the March 1 independence movement. Such holidays […]

Jennifer Lind

anti-Koreanism, comfort women, Dokdo /Takeshima, Flying Tigers, March 1 address
March 19, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: Japan (April 2018 with Focus on Korea)

Not only was Abe battered by a domestic scandal, his foreign policy was rocked by diplomacy, history, and trade shocks. The North Korean presence at the Winter Olympics […]

Editorial Staff

“smile diplomacy”, comfort women, Dokdo /Takeshima, Pyeongchang Olympics, Six-Party Talks, Yasukuni
March 8, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: South Korea (March 2018)

In February and March 2018, South Korean news editorials focused on developments in US-South Korean relations and inter-Korean relations before, during, and after the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. […]

Eun A Jo

Kim Jong-chul, Kim Yo-jung, Mike Pence, North-South talks, Pyeongchang Olympics, trade war, Victor Cha
March 1, 2018 Open Forum
With Friends Like These: Japan-ROK Cooperation and US Policy

Although they share a common ally, history and politics keep Japan and South Korea at arm’s length and severely limit their defense cooperation. Since at least the mid-1990s, […]

Eric Heginbotham

comfort women, Dokdo /Takeshima, GSOMIA, Three Eyes, Yasukuni
February 27, 2018 Special Forum
Introduction

As the diplomatic prospects for resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis took center stage while the military focus remained fixed on North Korea’s persistent advances and the “fire […]

Editorial Staff

comfort women, KORUS FTA, Pyeongchang Olympics, THAAD, US-ROK alliance
February 27, 2018 Special Forum
South Korean Public Opinion

The year 2017 brought unusual dynamism all around the world and particularly related to the Korean Peninsula. In the United States, an unprecedented type of president was inaugurated […]

Kim Jiyoon*

Cheonan, KORUS FTA, Pyeongchang Olympics, THAAD, US-ROK alliance
February 27, 2018 Special Forum
North Korean Intentions

The Korean Peninsula is at a possible inflection point at the beginning of 2018, defined by the growing nuclear capabilities of North Korea on one hand and the […]

Austin Long

byungjin policy, Kim Jong-un, Kim Yo-jung, Nikita Khrushchev, Pyeongchang Olympics, Saddam Hussein
February 27, 2018 Special Forum
US-ROK Deterrence Architecture

The North Korean nuclear and missile threat has been rapidly increasing especially since 2017. During this past year, US intelligence agencies released two major new assessments of North […]

Seol In-hyo*

decoupling, Kill-Chain, Korean Air Missile Defense, Korean Massive Punishment and Retaliation, US extended deterrence