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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
February 27, 2018 Special Forum
US-ROK Alliance

North Korea’s Olympic outreach brought an easing of tensions between North and South Korea after a year of escalating tensions throughout 2017. After delivering a somewhat conciliatory New […]

Sue Mi Terry

comfort women, Kim Yo-jung, KORUS FTA, OPCON, Pyeongchang Olympics, THAAD, trilateralism, Victor Cha
February 20, 2018 Country Reports
Country Report: China (February 2018)

In late 2017 to early 2018, Chinese analysts explored Modi’s Indian Ocean policy and evaluated the construction of the Indo-Pacific as a region and its implications for quadrilateral […]

Danielle F. S. Cohen (assisted by Dong Jiaxin)

"common security", free and open Indo-Pacific strategy, proactive pacifism, Project Mausam, Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, THAAD
February 13, 2018 National Commentaries
A Chinese Perspective

Trick or Treat: Will the Inter-Korean Rapprochement Last? The Korean Peninsula never lacks for drama. While many people were wondering if a war would break out on the […]

Cheng Xiaohe*

Kim Yo-jong, Moonlight policy, Pyeongchang Olympics, sports diplomacy
February 13, 2018 National Commentaries
A Russian Perspective

Russia’s Gambit in the Korean Nuclear Crisis Since the late 19th century Russia has been a major stakeholder in Korean affairs, at times capable of exercising critical influence […]

Artyom Lukin

double freeze, parallel advancement, Pyeongchang Olympics, roadmap, Six-Party Talks
February 13, 2018 National Commentaries
A South Korean Perspective

On November 29, 2017, after conducting its longest-range missile test yet, North Korea declared itself a globe-spanning nuclear-weapons power and insisted that the United States acknowledge it as […]

Oh Joon*

Kim Jong-un, maximum pressure, New Year’s Day Address, Pyeongchang Olympics, Six-Party Talks, strategic patience
February 5, 2018 Open Forum
Washington Insights

The mood in DC approached alarmism at the beginning of 2018. Following the Olympic Games in South Korea, not only was it assumed that North Korea would revert […]

Editorial Staff

BRI, free and open Indo-Pacific, North-South talks, Pyeongchang Olympics, Quad, THAAD