A Door Ajar, a High Bar: Whither North Korea-US Relations?
Regardless of what President Trump’s recent social media was intended to achieve or to whom it was really…
Can America and South Korea strengthen ties amid economic frictions?
The United States’ alliance with the Republic of Korea (ROK) remains strategically strong. Both governments have expanded cooperation…
From martial law to democratic renewal in South Korea
On the night of Dec. 3, 2024, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law, triggering…
China, North Korea, and the Xi-Kim summit
On June 8, Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to Pyongyang for a two-day summit with North Korean leader…
Should Japan change its approach to North Korean denuclearization?
Like its predecessors, the Sanae Takaichi administration recognizes that Japan is experiencing a deteriorating security environment in Northeast…
China is confronting new realities on the Korean Peninsula
China’s view of the Korean Peninsula in 2026 can no longer be understood through the narrow lens of…
Rethinking North Korea diplomacy | Brookings
The Trump administration’s strike against Venezuela and its war in Iran have drawn the spotlight away from the…
Pyongyang’s northern turn is reshaping the Korean Peninsula
North Korea’s regional diplomacy is undergoing a structural shift. With the declaration of the “two hostile states” theory…
Pyongyang’s diplomatic calculus in an unstable multipolar order
North Korea’s contemporary diplomatic posture cannot be understood solely through the lens of U.S. relations with the Democratic…