A Strategic Strangulation Campaign for North Korea: Is the International Community Ready for What May Come Next?
The United Nations Security Council passed what has been called the toughest sanctions regime (UNSCR 2270) against...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
A Strategic Strangulation Campaign for North Korea: Is the International Community Ready for What May Come Next?
A nation must think before it acts.
North Korea
Russia’s Role in the North Korea Conundrum: Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il in Vladivostok, Russia in 2002. (Photo ITAR-TASS...
The Race for Drones
Over the last two decades, the United States has been the world’s pre-eminent user and supplier of Unmanned Aerial...
Is the Kim Family Regime Rational and Why Don’t the North Korean People Rebel?
With the death of Kim Jong-il and the ensuing temporary focus on North Korea, I was recently asked some...
Status and Leadership on the Korean Peninsula
Abstract This article examines both South and North Korea’s search for status in international relations. By exploring how these...
Flashpoints in East Asia: Hot, Hotter, Hottest
The Taiwan Strait: Hottest The possibility of tension escalating over the Taiwan issue was by far the most contested...
Fallout from the Summit: The Consequences of Korean Detente
The unexpectedly upbeat tenor of the Korean summit meeting is prompting analysts to consider the possibility of unexpected strategic...