Search results for: Sang Hyun Lee
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Politics in East Asia Today: Between Democracy, Debates, and Discourse
...in the world goes hand in hand with a global power shift; and Yeau-Tarn Lee discusses how the democratization in Taiwan impacts the prospects for peace across the Taiwan Strait....
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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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Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea
...Hyun requested the United States return wartime OPCON as a means of regaining South Korean national sovereignty and pride by “overcoming the nation’s psychological dependence on the United States”. The...
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How to Score the U.S.-DPRK Hanoi Summit
Summary: U.S. President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un will soon meet for the 2nd U.S.-DPRK summit in Hanoi. How should we score the outcome of this historic...
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Economic Cooperation Can’t Lead to Denuclearization
Summary: A long-awaited second Trump-Kim summit will be held in Hanoi soon. Despite the high expectations, experts are worrying about the possibility that the summit will end in...
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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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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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Obligations & Roles of the U.S. and Neighboring Countries for the Reunification of Korea
...the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and President Roh Moo-hyun of the Republic of Korea. President Roh visited Pyongyang from October 2-4, 2007. During the...
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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...