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South Korea and Trump’s five percent defense spending in the Indo-Pacific
The end result of a five percent increase will be competitive insecurity—an unstable regional buildup that feeds mistrust and accelerates arms races.
South Korean nukes and "more may be better"
Waltz’s “The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: More May Be Better” has passed from academic to popular reading in South Korea. But is it relevant?
South Korea's turn from NATO
South Korea’s NATO moment was not the beginning of a new global role. It was the final stage of an export strategy.
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U.S. Iran strike raises concerns in Korea
The days of assuming strategic alignment and democratic solidarity are over. What remains is risk calculation. America is now a variable, not a…
Call for speculative fiction on Korea
Call for contributions! Imagine and create a different Korea!
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Analysis: Broadcast suspension reveals early lack of diplomatic acumen
Had Lee Jae‑myung first informed Trump, and timed it to follow their meeting, he would have played to Trump’s well-documented need for personal credit.
Analysis: Foreign policy and South Korea's presidential elections
South Korea’s foreign policy trajectory will be decided by external forces with the determining factor being South Korea’s need to steer a more…
Analysis: Electoral politics in South Korea’s presidential election
It's a mistake to assess South Korea’s foreign policy trajectory based on campaign rhetoric and election-period positioning. A mistake many outside…
Analysis: Strategic flexibility is excluded from South Korea's electoral discourse
South Korea’s June presidential election will sideline strategic flexibility to preserve centrist swing votes.
Analysis: SK Telecom cyberattack implications remain unclear
The breach not only threatens individual privacy and financial security but also has broader implications for national security and international trust.
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Will geography determine South Korea’s future?
While the voice that prevails at any moment may be political, geography shapes the questions and may ultimately hold the long-term answers.
South Korea's social media problem
The line between protecting democracy and controlling speech is thin — and will be easily crossed in South Korea. How far will the Lee Administration…
The pointlessness of North Korea policy
For the next three years, briefs on North Korea policy will be a testament to the fecklessness of the field and the glaring chasm between scholars and…
The American left’s misguided crush on Lee Jae-myung
Like watching porn in tracksuit pants, America’s left-leaning commentators can’t hide their fondness for Lee Jae-myung.
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South Korea needs a content strategy!
American right-wing influencers have already labelled South Korea's new president Lee Jae-myung as a “communist”. Trump is suredly watching...
Manufacturing the next generation of North Korea Watcher
Thinktank "next generation" programs are highly refined processes to create dull, unthinking, but influential supporters of the status quo.
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