Search results for: Hyeong Woo Lee
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Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea
...October 2009 and March 2012. In 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung Bak agreed to delay OPCON transition to December 2015. However, as North Korea...
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Denuclearizing North Korea: Challenges and Opportunities after Hanoi
...Sang Hyun Lee dissects the non-deal outcome between the U.S. and North Korea at the Hanoi Summit and what the future prospects for diplomacy are. Lee argues that, despite...
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After North Korea’s Nuclear Test: The Dilemma of Response
...accorded to strengthening sanctions and other countermeasures, it is ultimately only dialogue that will bring about a longer-term resolution of the nuclear crisis, argue Sangsoo Lee and Alec Forss. North...
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After the Pyeongchang Olympics: Prospects for Inter-Korean Relations
...In his essay, Hyeong Jung Park, Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification, ROK, places greater emphasis on the motivations and dynamics behind the thaw in relations....
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“A People’s Peace”: Inclusive Peacebuilding and the Role of Civil Society in Korea
...politicized. Subsequently, under the conservative administrations of Lee Myung-bak and Park Geun-hye, which took a more conditional approach to engagement with North Korea, progressive civil society groups lost favor and...
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Taiwan-Japan (Unofficial) Relations: In a Sea of Troubles
...in civil infrastructure and basic education, as well as public health, which a lot of Taiwanese citizens profited from – despite lacking political autonomy. Former ROC president Lee Teng-hui even...
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It’s Time for the European Union to Talk to North Korea
...Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) Mario Esteban , Senior Analyst, Real Instituto Elcano (RIE) Lucia Husenicova , Director, Institute of Asian Studies Sangsoo Lee , Senior Research Fellow & Head of...
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Taking Back Control: South Korea and the Politics of OPCON Transfer
...the U.S., thus shedding the image in Pyongyang of Seoul as Washington’s junior partner, would facilitate North-South rapprochement. The subsequent conservative president, Lee Myung-bak, postponed the OPCON transfer to 2015,...
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A Reset for U.S.-DPRK Relations: The Path Ahead
...He is Distinguished Military Fellow at ISDP. Sangsoo Lee is Head and Alec Forss Project Coordinator at ISDP’s Korea Center. © The Institute for Security and Development Policy, 2018. This...
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Rising Energy Demand in Northeast Asia
...although it is still anticipated to grow marginally from 22.1 quadrillion BTU in 2010 to 22.2 quadrillion BTU in 2040. Sangsoo Lee in Eppen. Read the full article here....