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South Korea’s nuclear industry secures ongoing support
The nuclear energy export industry now has support from all mainstream candidates and will gain momentum under the next administration.
The narrowness of speculative fiction on Korea
North Korean nukes, spies, and despot thrillers have as much depth as a sneaky nose pick in a busy cafe.
Storytelling in international relations
Thinktanks connect to the public because they tell stories. Scholars behind academic paywalls don’t.
An International Commission on the Korean Peninsula?
The diplomatic environment today offers a narrow but real window of opportunity to reframe diplomacy on Korean terms.
Transactional diplomacy started in Korea, not America
The KORUS alliance will survive as long as both sides believe it serves their interests. It will falter when it doesn’t.

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South Korea’s nuclear industry secures ongoing support
The nuclear energy export industry now has support from all mainstream candidates and will gain momentum under the next administration.
Analysis: South Korea advances satellite and surveillance capabilities
South Korea’s progress on satellite and surveillance capabilities are part of a gradual shift within the ROKUS alliance.
Analysis: South Korea's anti-China fringe
South Korea–China relations will strengthen despite fringe anti-China sentiment
Analysis: Presidential candidates raise South Korea’s capital relocation proposal
Current calls by presidential candidates appear more symbolic than strategic, aiming to capture attention in Chungcheong constituencies rather than…
Analysis: South Korea faces significant challenges after Yoon removed
South Korea's constitutional court's decision is less a victory for democracy and more a sign of challenges ahead.
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Korea and the worst possible timing to negotiate with Trump
The idea that South Korea can walk into Washington this week and walk out with a balanced agreement is pure fiction.
Will Seoul get a worse deal than Tokyo?
Trump likes to punch down and will need to pick the low-hanging fruit as criticisms of poorly thought out tariff strategies mount.
Japan’s “One Theater” proposal won’t fly in South Korea
The political cost is too high, the strategic benefit too low, and the risks—military, diplomatic, and historical—too great.
Analysis: South Korea's anti-China fringe
South Korea–China relations will strengthen despite fringe anti-China sentiment
South Korea’s deeper democratic crisis lies in economic inequality
Disillusionment is setting in—not with a particular administration, but with the democratic process itself.
Analysis: Presidential candidates raise South Korea’s capital relocation proposal
Current calls by presidential candidates appear more symbolic than strategic, aiming to capture attention in Chungcheong constituencies rather than…
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