Search results for: Sang-Yoon Ma
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Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit: Has It Burdened Japan’s Taiwan Trajectory?
...approach, although Japan-Taiwan relations made a significant headway during Shinzo Abe’s tenure , who famously pointed out that an “emergency” for Taiwan was one for Japan and the Japan-US alliance,...
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Did Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Close the Thucydides Trap?
...President Yoon Suk-yeol and his foreign minister during Pelosi’s visit to South Korea, which was noted by China, is a signal to avoid any unnecessary diplomatic controversy with Beijing. Japan’s...
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Japan’s Stance on a United Korea: Ambivalence or Realpolitik?
...the increasing hostilities with some neighbors; South Korea’s election of the conservative Yoon Suk-yeol as the country’s 20th president, which has raised hopes and fears; and North Korea’s resumption of...
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Seoul’s Changing Indo-Pacific Manifesto and India: Policy Prescriptions for India-ROK Ties
...forefront challenges that Seoul must overcome to raise its global profile. Panda explores the potential impact of the Yoon administration’s initiative of aligning with the US Indo-Pacific strategy on the...
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What to Make of Kim Yo Jong’s Verbal Attack of South Korea’s Defense Minister
...new South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol has explicitly taken a hawkish stance on North Korea and showed more conservative responses to the North’s missile tests. Thus Seoul’s Defense Ministry is...
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1325 NAPs Beyond East and West: Institutionalizing the WPS Agenda in Sweden and South Korea
...women, peace, and security efforts in many East Asian countries that do not fit into this binary are easily overlooked and not as known to the broader public. To counteract...
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North Korea Is Preparing to Confront the US in 2022
...and possibly even nuclear tests in response to U.S. sanctions, the upcoming South Korea-U.S. joint military exercises, and the potential victory of South Korean main opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol...
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Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea
...of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and ROK Minister of National Defense Yoon Kwang Ung agreed that wartime OPCON of ROK forces under a U.S.-led command would be handed over sometime between...
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How to Score the U.S.-DPRK Hanoi Summit
...The bottom-line for the success of the Hanoi summit is that it should contain substantial progress in relation to the Singapore statement last year. Most importantly, many experts envision a...
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Economic Cooperation Can’t Lead to Denuclearization
...has pledged to engage in massive economic cooperation with the North. Moon’s plan intends to facilitate North Korea’s denuclearization process by promoting inter-Korean joint economic development projects. This initiative is,...