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Will Trump Reopen Back-Channel Diplomacy with North Korea?
By Hanjin Park and Jiachen Shi
Drawing lessons from the back-channel diplomacy of his first term, Trump may well reengage North Korea through secret negotiations.
Could US-North Korea Talks Resume Under Trump?
By ISOZAKI Atsuhito
How the Kim Regime Managed to Survive in North Korea (So Far)
By Chan Young Bang
The North Korean regime managed to stay afloat, but its survival strategy, heavily depending on labor extraction and repression, only further distorted the economy.
How North Korea Views Yoon’s Declaration of Martial Law
By Mitch Shin
Amid the political chaos in South Korea, Pyongyang is maintaining a strategic silence.
The EU Is Following the US North Korea Playbook – But Should It Be?
By Rita Durão
EU policy often amounts to a softer echo of the United States’ failing pressure approach. It’s time for a change.
North Korea’s Struggles to Deliver on Its Plans
By ISOZAKI Atsuhito
The yawning gap between Pyongyang’s pledges and reality.
In Handling the North Korea-Russia Alliance, Trump Should Follow Nixon
By Jongsoo Lee
It is high time to improve North Korea-U.S. relations, and the U.S. president-elect is uniquely positioned to do so.
Expect the Worst From Russia and North Korea
By Dan White
Over the last year, the autocratic regimes in Moscow and Pyongyang have increasingly intertwined their fates via ever deepening commitments and greater escalation.
Talks With North Korea Will be Troublesome for Trump
By Troy Stangarone
A second Trump administration is likely to find engaging North Korea more complex this time, thanks to drastically reduced leverage.
What’s Driving North Korea’s Unstoppable Military Buildup?
By Takahashi Kosuke
Facing a security dilemma, the Indo-Pacific region needs dialogue and de-escalation, not further confrontation and escalating tensions.
South Korea, US Hold ‘2+2’ Meeting Amid Spiking Tensions With the North
By Mitch Shin
The two sides condemned the North’s ICBM test and its apparent deployment of troops Russia.
North Korean Balloons and Kim Jong Un’s New Psychological Warfare
By Lee Sang-yong
North Korea’s “trash balloons” are billed internally as “enemy attack drills” – and the latest round targeted the Presidential Office in Seoul.
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