Asia-Pacific Pyongyang’s cycle of provocation and negotiation: A dispassionate analysis October 21, 2019 0 Image Credit: Pyongyang by Jen Morgan/Flickr; Licence: CC BY-ND 2.0. Written by Nah Liang Tuang and Shawn Ho. In a recent commentary entitled ‘Handshakes and Missiles:…
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…
North Korea The Hanoi Summit: Ruined by over-ambitious hard bargaining? March 21, 2019 0 Written by Liang Tuang Nah. From 27–28 February 2019, US President Donald Trump met with North Korean leader Chairman Kim Jong-un in Vietnam's capital Hanoi…
North Korea North Korean denuclearisation: Verification in a quid pro quo framework February 19, 2019 0 Written by Nah Liang Tuang. Apparent significant progress in North Korean denuclearisation should be treated with cautious optimism. If Pyongyang's sincerity can be verified, there…
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…
North Korea ‘Much ado about nothing’: the media view of North Korea November 28, 2018 0 Written by Maria Rosaria Coduti. The relationship between the media and politics and its influence on public opinion is a complex one. Scholars debate whether…
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),…
International Relations The Kremlin seeks a greater role on Korean Peninsula February 18, 2015 0 Written by Alex Calvo. When discussing North Korea, many observers tend to focus on relations with South Korea, the United States, China, and Japan. But…
International Relations The Yin and the Yang: China’s Delicate Balancing of North-South Korea Relations November 5, 2014 0 Written by Brian Benedictus. When it comes to the level of trust and friendship between China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea…