Search results for: Sung Kyung Kim
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A Changing Calculus Towards North Korea in Beijing?
...strategic assessment of North Korea may be changing, as North Korea goes from being an intermittently problematic but generally stable entity during the Kim Jong Il years to a source...
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US-DPRK Bilateral Talks
...The United States and North Korea resumed talks in Beijing on February 23–24, 2012, after a delay following the death of Kim Jong Il two months ago. Present at...
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South Korea as a Nuclear State: Trade-Offs and Choices
...via intensified missile attacks on the ROK and its revised nuclear strategy. China’s influence further complicates the nuclearization debate. Not only has Beijing has been instrumental in supporting the Kim...
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Russia-DPRK Space Cooperation: It’s Politics, Not Science
...The recent Vostochny summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin has attracted much international attention. The fact that both leaders pledged to strengthen...
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What Comes Next for North Korea-Russia Relations?
...Moscow have enjoyed close ties since the foundation of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 1948, the relationship is seeing a significant upgrade. The visit by Kim Jong...
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South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, Atmanirbhar Bharat, and the IPEF: Convergence and Commonality
...“Export dependency on China wanes,” Korea Herald, June 6, 2023, https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230606000125 (accessed on August 21, 2023) [8] KITA, “All Countries”; Ibid. [9] Kim Hyun-bin, “Korea’s export dependency on China dips...
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North Korea’s Grey Huddle: A Reverse Perspective of its Analog Military
Defense reform has been the keyword for South Korea’s military strategy for over 20 years and recently the country upgraded its strategic defense plan with the new name...
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North Korea’s Pandemic Conundrum: Self-Containment and Humanitarian Crisis
...they decided to loosen border control on trade with China last autumn. Since Kim Jong Un and other leaders of North Korea declared an extreme national emergency regarding COVID-19 just...
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Did Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Close the Thucydides Trap?
...an isolated North Korea coupled with enhanced American alliances with Japan and South Korea portends an even trickier situation given Kim Jong Un’s impending seventh nuclear test. The absence of...
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Ukraine-Russia War: A prelude to a post-Western international order?
Abstract: This Issue Brief analyzes how the collective action of developed countries in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has demonstrated just how dominant the so-called “Western” international...