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…
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…
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…
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…
North Korea Denuclearising North Korea: an intractable process November 26, 2018 0 Written by Liang Tuang Nah. Recently, the Kim regime in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has threatened to resume the development of the…
International Relations A Realistic Analysis of the Third ROK-DPRK Summit September 24, 2018 0 Written by Liang Tuang Nah. Following the recently concluded summit in Pyeongyang between President Moon Jae-in of South Korea and Chairman Kim Jong-un of North…
North Korea Middle powers showing initiative: North and South Korea getting it done June 4, 2018 0 Written by Liang Tuang Nah. On 24 May, President Trump called off the planned 12 June summit with Chairman Kim Jong-un of North Korea, to…
Asia Asia presents the biggest challenge to global nuclear orders June 12, 2017 0 Written by Ramesh Thakur. Of all the continents, Asia presents the most complex and the most urgent challenges to the uneasy nuclear peace that has…
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.…