ISDP Voices

The much anticipated second summit between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un has come to an abrupt end with absolutely no agreement made. What does this outcome mean? How does it affect future negotiations regarding the Korean Peninsula? Sangsoo Lee and Alec Forss of ISDP’s Korea Center answer some of the key questions that have arisen post Hanoi. […]

Over the past decade China has demonstrated an ever-increasing interest in both the countries and regional dynamics of Eastern Europe. As a part of their ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Beijing has sought to infuse its foreign relations with infrastructure projects that imbue countries in need of economic transformation to pivot towards their development aims. […]

Taking place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27-28, the second summit between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un is fast approaching. What can we expect from this next meeting? What have negotiations led to so far? Alec Forss, of ISDP’s Korea Center, answers some of the key questions surrounding the expectations and realities of the […]

The first summit between President Trump and Chairman Kim last June in Singapore was a success in terms of being the first ever meeting between the serving leaders of the U.S. and North Korea. However, the resulting joint statement lacked substance and was more a vague rehashing of previous commitments rather than something concrete that […]

Seen as the main source of social mobility, education is a highly charged issue in South Korea. As an advocate for educational reform, Hyunjung Kang argues the need to tackle inequality and stress, as students compete to get to the best colleges. Perhaps in most other countries the leakage of exam test papers at Seoul’s […]