ISDP Voices

May and June were busy times for Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Within a week, Abe hosted several heads of state, including  Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Hasina. Amidst a recent push to develop “quality infrastructure”, the meeting ended with Abe committing 1.2 billion USD towards infrastructure projects, ranging from a high-speed rail network to a commercial […]

U.S.-DPRK relations have reached an uncertain stalemate after the Hanoi Summit resulted in no deal. With both sides seemingly unwilling to compromise, and putting the onus on the other to make the first move, what can we expect in the months ahead? ISDP Korea Center’s Alec Forss chatted with Frank Aum, a former advisor to […]