Search results for: Sang Hyun Lee
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How to Score the U.S.-DPRK Hanoi Summit
Summary: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un will soon meet for the 2nd U.S.-DPRK summit in Hanoi. How should we score the outcome of this historic...
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Economic Cooperation Can’t Lead to Denuclearization
Summary: A long-awaited second Trump-Kim summit will be held in Hanoi soon. Despite the high expectations, experts are worrying about the possibility that the summit will end in...
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Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea
...Hyun requested the United States return wartime OPCON as a means of regaining South Korean national sovereignty and pride by “overcoming the nation’s psychological dependence on the United States”. The...
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Taking Back Control: South Korea and the Politics of OPCON Transfer
...the U.S., thus shedding the image in Pyongyang of Seoul as Washington’s junior partner, would facilitate North-South rapprochement. The subsequent conservative president, Lee Myung-bak, postponed the OPCON transfer to 2015,...
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After North Korea’s Nuclear Test: The Dilemma of Response
...accorded to strengthening sanctions and other countermeasures, it is ultimately only dialogue that will bring about a longer-term resolution of the nuclear crisis, argue Sangsoo Lee and Alec Forss. North...
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Hyun-Jeong LeeFormer Visiting Fellow
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New Security Design on the Korean Peninsula or just a Rotation of the Guard?…Advisor. Concurrently, the incumbent National Security Advisor, Jang Ho-jin, would assume the role of Special Advisor to the President. Additionally, Kim Yong-hyun, who was serving as the Head of Security…
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Two Tines, One Fork: China’s De-dollarisation and Bond Issuance Drive Economic Independence
...Policy. Retrieved from: https://www.isdp.eu/publication/beyond-debt-how-chinas-ultralong-bonds-could-reshape-global-geopolitics/ Lee, A (2024). What makes China’s ‘ultra-long’ bonds special? Here’s what we know about Beijing’s trillion-yuan offering to stabilise economy. South China Morning Post. Retrieved from...
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Uncharted Territory: Exploring the Legal Ramifications of NATO’s Hypothetical Involvement in Taiwan
...operations, and environmental monitoring. These operations could help to bolster Taiwan’s capacity to manage its maritime and aerial zones effectively against any non-military threats or natural disasters. Lee (2024) further...
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What Comes Next for North Korea-Russia Relations?
...partners. The development is particularly noteworthy in the context of an increasingly strong Japan-South Korea-U.S. trilateral. Read this piece by Gabriela Bernal and Sangsoo Lee published in The Diplomat....