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-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,…
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…
China Small islands, big issues in East Asia July 10, 2018 0 Written by Tim Liao. Tokyo’s new National Museum of Territory and Sovereignty opened this year, a permanent collection of historical documents highlighting Japan’s official territorial…
China How China could use trade to force North Korea to play nice August 9, 2017 0 Written by Greg Wright. North Korea got the world’s attention – and President Donald Trump’s – when it said on July 4 that it had successfully…
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 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…
China Why China takes a softly-softly line on North Korea May 11, 2016 0 Written by Astrid Nordin. In the run up to its first party congress since 1980, the North Korean government increased its drive to develop nuclear…
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…