Search results for: Sang Hyun Lee
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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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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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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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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....
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South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy, Atmanirbhar Bharat, and the IPEF: Convergence and Commonality
...Economic Relations,” (last updated) August 18, 2023, https://www.eoibeijing.gov.in/eoibejing_pages/MjQ, (accessed on August 19, 2023) [6] Korea International Trade Association (KITA), “All Countries,” http://kita.org/kStat/byCount_AllCount.do (accessed on August 20, 2023) [7] Song Seung-hyun,...
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North Korea Needs More International Partners to Weather Its Food Crisis
...Russia, China, Cuba, Vietnam, Laos, Mongolia, Syria, and Egypt are still remaining in North Korea as points of contact. Read this article by Sangsoo Lee at The Diplomat....
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North Korea Likely to Lift Pandemic Border Restrictions in 2023
...has already been exhausted after spending three years with strict limits on cross-border trade and traffic because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sangsoo Lee writes for The Diplomat. ...