Summary Nearly half a century after the fighting stopped, the 1953 Armistice has yet to be replaced with a peace treaty formally ending the Korean…
Topic: East Asian Security
Summary China and South Korea have come a long way since they were adversaries. The arc of their relationship since the late 1970s is an…
Abstract Victor Cha of Georgetown University explains why President George W. Bush should continue U.S. engagement with North Korea, contrary to the opinion of hard-liners…
Summary US relations with North and South Korea have been characterized by profound asymmetries of power and perception which in recent years have led to…
Summary Since its partition in the 1950s, the Korean peninsula has directly or indirectly shaped the broader security relations between regional powerhouses, and the recent…
Summary Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have been two of the most critical pillars of peace, stability, and prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region…
Abstract The long-standing strategic disconnect between South Asia and the Korean Peninsula is breaking down. Driven by the changing balance of power in Asia, India and South Korea have…
Abstract China criticized North Korea’s nuclear test in 2006, but Beijing refused to condemn Pyongyang’s provocations in 2010. When will China punish North Korea’s belligerence?…
Abstract Relocating the forward-deployed U.S. forces in Korea south of the Han River is part of the Pentagon’s Global Defense Posture Review, a process that stems from…
Abstract Since the collapse of the U.S.-North Korea Agreed Framework in 2002, the Bush administration has failed to restrain North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions, principally because of…
Abstract Despite agreements in 2007 in the Six-Party Talks, the U.S. and South Korea have had trouble reaching consensus in dealing with subsequent nuclear crises spawned by…
Abstract For the Obama administration, unforeseen dynamics in East Asia over the past year have escalated the importance of the U.S.-ROK alliance to unprecedented levels…
Abstract The tendency for Chinese foreign policy elites to securitize culture in international relations by portraying it as a zone of intense contestation with other…
Abstract This article reviews both the developments of and problems within Russian—South Korean arms trade cooperation. From a nontraditional and economic security perspective, this article…
Summary Since the late 1970s a number of regional developments have impacted upon South Korea’s political and economic standing in Asia. China’s spectacular growth and…
