Search results for: S. Frederick Starr
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Chun In-bum on Seoul’s Security Policy Amid the Mounting North Korean Missile Threat
...Introduction The failed Hanoi summit meeting between the United States and North Korea in February 2019 effectively scuttled South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s peace process, and his bid to...
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A Way Out from the US-DPRK Deadlock: Toward North Korea’s Denuclearization
...Abstract: This Issue Brief focuses on three points essential to the resumption of denuclearization talks. First, this paper will analyze North Korea’s unique status as a de facto nuclear...
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North Korea’s Signaling on Nuclear Weapons and Negotiations
...Introduction: The US-DPRK Summit in Hanoi in 2019 ended without a deal due to disagreements over the right mix of sanctions relief for the nuclear concession Kim Jong Un...
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Challenging Moon’s Symbolic End-Of-War Declaration
...Introduction: In South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s address to the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in September, he called on the United States, North Korea, and...
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What Is Kishidanomics? Can Japan achieve the new prime minister’s plan for income doubling and economic security?
...with the economic policy of the Kishida administration. What is the nature and prospect of Kishida’s economic policy, or “Kishidanomics”? The full article is available on The Diplomat’s website....
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Tokyo and Taliban 2.0: Gauging Japan’s Political Stake in Kabul
...or major security provider in Afghanistan, Tokyo is a significant stakeholder as a major economic actor in the region and the country. Nevertheless, Japan’s outlook and stance vis-à-vis Taliban remains...
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Japan’s Multi-Domain Defense Force: The Space, Cyber, and Electromagnetic Domains
...This article sheds light on Japan’s “Multi-Domain Defense Force” formulated in the National Defense Program Guidelines (NDPG) as well as the Medium Term Defense Program (MTDP) (FY2019-FY2023) approved by...
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China’s Health Diplomacy: Taking Forward the Health Silk Road in Southeast Asia
...Geopolitical competition over Covid-19 vaccines is at its peak. In the absence of a fair and equitable mechanism to coordinate vaccine access, procurement seems to be based either on...
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China’s Energy Security
...China is the second-largest economy in the world yet it faces serious energy security challenges due to the country’s reliance on coal, a fuel with multiple environmental and social...
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Europe’s Involvement in the Indo-Pacific Region: Determined on Paper, Timid in Reality
...Introduction France adopted its Indo-Pacific strategy in 2018, Germany in 2020 and the EU in 2021. None of this comes a minute too soon as geo-political and geoeconomic competition...