China The Sino-Russian Partnership and the North Korean Nuclear Crisis June 21, 2019 0 Written by Elizabeth Wishnick. Image Credit: Tri-Border area by Caitriana Nicholson/Flickr, License: CC BY-SA 2.0. This brief outlines Chinese and Russian interests in North Korea, examines how…
Asia American distrust vis-à-vis North Korea’s desperation and dismal reputation: A poor negotiating cocktail May 13, 2019 0 Written by Liang Tuang Nah. Image Credit: North Korea - Flag by Roman Harak/Flickr, License CC BY-SA 2.0. Following the failure of the second summit between…
Asia-Pacific The illusion of personal diplomacy: Can Trump outsmart Kim in Hanoi after disappointment in Singapore? February 27, 2019 0 Written by Peter J. Li. The U.S.-North Korea (officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK) relations are arguably the most intractable of America’s foreign…
China President Trump, China has probably done all it can on North Korea – the ball’s in your court now December 3, 2018 0 Written by Gregory J. Moore. Despite the hoopla and high expectations surrounding the meeting between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un in Singapore earlier this year,…
China North Korea’s Chinese-style ‘Reform and Opening Up’ November 29, 2018 0 Written by Emily Weinstein. 2018 has seen a significant shift in the positioning of North Korean (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un. Once known for touting his…
China The China factor in US-DPRK negotiations November 27, 2018 0 Written by Rorry Daniels. Although the world generally applauds the upward trajectory of the rapprochement between North Korea (the Democratic People's Republic of Korea: DPRK),…
China Targeting Northeastern Tigers: The Anti-Corruption Campaign in Liaoning February 23, 2017 2 Written by Adam Cathcart In assessing the depth and the impact of Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, few provinces are as interesting as Liaoning (遼寧). The…
China Sino-North Korean Relations: Blood Allies without Mutual Trust January 31, 2017 0 Written by Mikyoung Kim. Unlike South Korea which submitted itself to the US for security protection, North Korea has never compromised its national defence with China.…
China China, South Korea, the U.S. and THAAD January 30, 2017 1 Written by Stephan Haggard. It is hard to know which country would be the first to challenge the Trump administration with a serious foreign policy crisis,…
China To curb North Korea’s nuclear program, follow the money September 21, 2016 0 Written by John S Park. North Korea’s fifth nuclear test on September 9 sparked a new round of questions about how to contain this rapidly…
