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Analysis: Broadcast suspension reveals early lack of diplomatic acumen
Had Lee Jae‑myung first informed Trump, and timed it to follow their meeting, he would have played to Trump’s well-documented need for personal credit.
Will geography determine South Korea’s future?
While the voice that prevails at any moment may be political, geography shapes the questions and may ultimately hold the long-term answers.
South Korea's social media problem
The line between protecting democracy and controlling speech is thin — and will be easily crossed in South Korea. How far will the Lee Administration…
The pointlessness of North Korea policy
For the next three years, briefs on North Korea policy will be a testament to the fecklessness of the field and the glaring chasm between scholars and…
The American left’s misguided crush on Lee Jae-myung
Like watching porn in tracksuit pants, America’s left-leaning commentators can’t hide their fondness for Lee Jae-myung.
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Analysis: Broadcast suspension reveals early lack of diplomatic acumen
Had Lee Jae‑myung first informed Trump, and timed it to follow their meeting, he would have played to Trump’s well-documented need for personal credit.
Analysis: Foreign policy and South Korea's presidential elections
South Korea’s foreign policy trajectory will be decided by external forces with the determining factor being South Korea’s need to steer a more…
Analysis: Electoral politics in South Korea’s presidential election
It's a mistake to assess South Korea’s foreign policy trajectory based on campaign rhetoric and election-period positioning. A mistake many outside…
Analysis: Strategic flexibility is excluded from South Korea's electoral discourse
South Korea’s June presidential election will sideline strategic flexibility to preserve centrist swing votes.
Analysis: SK Telecom cyberattack implications remain unclear
The breach not only threatens individual privacy and financial security but also has broader implications for national security and international trust.
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Fiction, foreign policy, and the tyranny of the plausible
The tyranny of the plausible governs academic publishing, policy discourse, and strategic forecasting across international relations. Fiction escapes…
Cybersecurity best practice for North Korea watchers
North Korea watchers are targeted by foreign actors and their own governments. In this space, cybersecurity is a practice not a singular technique.
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Fiction: Ivy League
Teaching was nearly over and the summer vacation was before us, and one professor had already left Seoul....
East Asian scholars for hire! A new norm?
Consultancy, PR agency, and lobbying firm funding of individual scholars normalizes practices already applied to corporate-funded think-tanks.
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The international relations academic paper is dead
The closest to policy that academic papers about South Korea as a middle power come is when they’re wedged under the minister’s door as an ad hoc…
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A turning point in strategic thought on Asia policy?
To compare Brzezinski’s Grand Chessboard to Colby’s Strategy of Denial is to compare empire-building to moat-digging. U.S. Asia policy has changed.
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