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A Changing Calculus Towards North Korea in Beijing?
...strategic assessment of North Korea may be changing, as North Korea goes from being an intermittently problematic but generally stable entity during the Kim Jong Il years to a source...
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US-DPRK Bilateral Talks
...The United States and North Korea resumed talks in Beijing on February 23–24, 2012, after a delay following the death of Kim Jong Il two months ago. Present at...
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North Korea’s Grey Huddle: A Reverse Perspective of its Analog Military
Defense reform has been the keyword for South Korea’s military strategy for over 20 years and recently the country upgraded its strategic defense plan with the new name...
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North Korea’s Pandemic Conundrum: Self-Containment and Humanitarian Crisis
...they decided to loosen border control on trade with China last autumn. Since Kim Jong Un and other leaders of North Korea declared an extreme national emergency regarding COVID-19 just...
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Did Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip Close the Thucydides Trap?
...an isolated North Korea coupled with enhanced American alliances with Japan and South Korea portends an even trickier situation given Kim Jong Un’s impending seventh nuclear test. The absence of...
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How Will the Ukraine War Affect the Korean Peninsula?
...North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he no longer felt bound by his self-moratorium on nuclear and ICBM tests. Pyongyang may also consider an ICBM test to send a...
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Biden Must Recalibrate Policy on North Korea
...with the United States and South Korea, nor do its missile tests represent Kim’s desire to return to the negotiating table by enticing the U.S. to make concessions first. More...
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A Way Out from the US-DPRK Deadlock: Toward North Korea’s Denuclearization
...weapon state in relation to its nuclear policy and strategy. Second, it will conduct a critical assessment of the Trump-Kim summits to draw lessons for future talks. Lastly, it will...
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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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North Korean Women as New Economic Agents: Drivers and Consequences
Abstract This Issue Brief explores the changing social and economic role of women in North Korea since the so-called Arduous March of the 1990s. With the breakdown of...