North Korea

North Korea as the ‘Boy Who Cried Wolf’: A Response

Robert E Kelly • Apr 17 2013 • Articles

Ignoring North Korea is the worst sleight of all. It reminds the elites what they know, and hate – that no one takes them seriously. North Korea is another ‘Upper Volta with nuclear weapons,’ and we should treat it as such.

Escalation Gambit: North Korea’s Perilous Play for Security and Prosperity

Benjamin Habib • Apr 10 2013 • Articles

The hostile posturing of the North Korean leadership is decipherable if located within the context of its symbiotic national security and economic development goals.

IR Theory and the DPRK

Robert W. Murray • Apr 10 2013 • Articles

Looking at interpretations of current events through an IR theory lens, it is astonishing at how often claims have been made that war is likely, and that we have no way of understanding what North Korea might do.

Opportunity and Peril in the North Korean Standoff

Dan G. Cox • Apr 9 2013 • Articles

Most pundits have determined that Kim Jong Un has consolidated power and is now about to, irrationally, strike out against South Korea and her allies. But, what if this assumption is an error?

The Paradox of Russo-Chinese Relations

Stephen Blank • Jun 22 2012 • Articles

Even as Russia and China have been presenting a united front on a whole host of global issues in recent months, the underlining sense of mistrust that has long pervaded the bilateral relationship is becoming more acute. Competition in Asia is likely to persist.

The Cold War is Sustained Through Pyongyang: The East-West Divide in Northeast Asia

Steven C. Denney • Jun 21 2012 • Articles

Though frustrating for the U.S., South Korea and Japan, the geopolitical reality is that northeast Asia remains mired in a Cold War-esque East-West divide between the Continental and Oceanic powers.

Regional Implications of the 21 May U.S.-South Korea-Japan Trilateral Meeting

Stephanie Nayoung Kang • Jun 13 2012 • Articles

The trilateral meeting provides insight on underlying issues within current policy approaches towards North Korea and Pyongyang’s potential response to pressures arising from the international community.

Regional Responses to the DPRK’s Satellite Launch

Benjamin Habib • Apr 7 2012 • Articles

The international community approaches North Korea with a poor tasting carrot and a broken stick. This gives Pyongyang a great deal of leverage in regional diplomacy.

To Strike or Not to Strike: What is the Endgame in Iran?

Mira Rapp-Hooper • Mar 12 2012 • Articles

Amid all the debate over whether to attack Iran, the most important question to ask is whether this policy will keep Iran non-nuclear indefinitely?

North Korea in the Kim Jung-un Era, Where to Go?

Ryan Shin • Dec 30 2011 • Articles

The North Korean ‘Dear Leader’ Kim Jong-il unexpectedly passed away on 17th December. Now, Kim Jong-un comes under the political spotlight. The new North Korean leader is in his late 20s and has been so unknown to the outside world that a torrent of predictions on the future of North Korea is being suggested.

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