Search results for: Mark Byung Moon Suh
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Winds of Change in South Korea’s Gender Debate
…dissatisfaction with the gender progressive policies adopted under the Moon administration. In South Korea, as in many other countries, it has been common for young voters to lean more liberal….
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GSOMIA and The Regional Implications of Worsening ROK-Japan Relations
…Moon on the side-lines of a trilateral meeting with China in December. For Washington this was welcome news, a situation where two U.S. allies are at each other’s throats is…
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A Jilted Japan: Developments on the Korean Peninsula
…as their nuclear weapons program continues and bilateral concerns, such as the abduction issue have not been solved. Although the new South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, stressed the need for…
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New Dawn or False Hope on the Korean Peninsula?
…arms. First is a new leadership under President Moon in South Korea (since May 2017). Moon has clearly been willing to try and engage North Korea in a dialogue in…
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Reducing Risk: What Inter-Korean Military Talks Need to Address
…on how armistice-related issues are conducted in South Korea. Another practical activity would be to try to engage North Korea in a project to correctly mark the MDL separating the…
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The Past Holds Clues to Thailand’s Foreign Policy under Pheu Thai
Predictions of a foreign policy reset following the upset of Thailand’s long-dominant conservative establishment in the May 2023 election have proved to be premature. The junta-appointed Senate,…
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Time Running Out on Indonesia’s Myanmar Diplomacy
Indonesia had been among the ASEAN member-states that advocated a firm position on diplomacy with Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the plotter and leader of the February 2021…
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From the India Dividend to a Bad Bet: Changing U.S. Expectations or a Veiled Threat?
…Delhi as America’s “best hope” in Asia, and dismissed any complaints about the bilateral relations not transforming into an alliance, as “off the mark.” What has changed? Has U.S. expectations…
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Looking Forward: South Korea-Japan Dialogue and East Asian Security
…on the issue. Meanwhile, former South Korean President Moon Jae-in struggled with a stagnating economy and setbacks in North Korea contacts, at which point a hard line on Japan offered…
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Iran’s Worldview post-Ukraine: Forging a non-Western Order
…In March 2023, the three countries held a joint military exercise in the waters of the Sea of Oman. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, during…