Northeast Asia

December 1, 2023 | David Maxwell |

Revitalizing America’s North Korea Policy

Kurt Campbell has been nominated as the next Deputy Secretary of State. Here are five recommendations for his possible successor as Asia Czar.

July 4, 2023 | David Maxwell |

Mongolia Forum: Peace and security in Northeast Asia through Korean unification

Since Mongolia transitioned from communism to democracy it has been quietly working behind the scenes as a peace builder serving as a convening location for numerous talks, dialogues, processes, workshops...

May 8, 2023 | David Maxwell |

Sometimes less is more: The most important 26 words of ROK-US summit

By all measures the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the United States (ROK-U.S.) summit and state visit by President Yoon Suk Yeol was a resounding success. It celebrated the 70-year blood friendship kindled...

April 19, 2023 | David Maxwell, Mathew Ha

The Biden-Yoon Summit: An Opportunity To Chart A New Alliance Course

It is time for the U.S. and its ally South Korea to execute a political warfare strategy that flips the conventional wisdom.

February 9, 2023 | Mathew Ha, David Maxwell

North Korea’s Political Warfare Strategy Has Failed: ROK – U.S. Alliance Needs A Superior Strategy

Approximately halfway into his first term, President Joe Biden has been given a wake-up call from Kim Jong Un that North Korea continues to remain a primary national security threat. Some policymakers,...

October 10, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero |

When Will Biden Put Pressure on North Korea?

Letter to the Editor: A once-robust sanctions program has atrophied since Trump embraced summit-level diplomacy with Kim in 2018.

September 2, 2022 | David Maxwell |

A Three Part Plan To Enhance President Yoon’s North Korea Strategy: Toward A Free And Unified Korea

On August 15th, in his Liberation Day speech, President Yoon described his “audacious initiative” for North Korea. In summary, it is an economic engagement proposal that is intended to be a first step...

May 10, 2022 | David Maxwell, Chung Kyung-young

It’s time for a new U.S.-Korea alliance for a free, unified peninsula

A small group of civil society stakeholders from the Republic of Korea (South Korea), North Korea, the United States, Japan and China recently convened in the mountains of Virginia to address the security...

April 15, 2022 | Eric S. Edelman, Franklin Miller

The Lessons of Ukraine for Taiwan—and the U.S.

The policy of “strategic ambiguity” with respect to the defense of Taiwan is played out.

March 28, 2022 | David Maxwell |

How To Respond To North Korea’s ICBM Test

On March 24, North Korea possibly tested its new Hwasong-17 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). Kim Jong-un broke part of his self-imposed moratorium on ICBM (and nuclear) tests that he promised...

January 25, 2022 | David Maxwell |

How Joe Biden Can Push Back Against North Korea’s Political Warfare Strategy

North Korea conducted a spate of missile launches testing various systems five times in 2022, so far.  Kim Jong-un knows how to stir up a reaction. Just a few subtle words from the party about reconsidering...

October 28, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, John Hardie, Zane Zovak

Don’t Assume the US Will Fight China and Russia One at a Time

Beijing and Moscow are boosting their strategic coordination along with their militaries.

March 8, 2021 | David Maxwell |

How to Conduct the Biden Administration’s Korea Policy Review

The way ahead is deterrence, defense, denuclearization, human rights upfront, and solving the “Korea question” (e.g., unification) with the understanding that denuclearization of the north will only happen when we resolve that “Korea question.”

August 25, 2020 | Mathew Ha |

Beijing Seeks to Divide Seoul and Washington

Last week, the South Korean and Chinese governments held high-level meetings to enhance coordination on North Korea policy. Beijing seeks to erode Seoul’s commitment to working with the United States...

April 21, 2020 | David Maxwell |

Kim Jong Un’s Health and What Comes Next

Following a South Korean report that Kim Jong Un is suffering complications from a cardiovascular procedure, U.S. media reported that the North Korean leader may be in grave danger. If true, the Korean...

February 19, 2020 | David Maxwell |

The Nature of The Kim Family Regime: The Guerrilla Dynasty and Gulag State

Excerpt While all desire an end to hostilities on the Korean peninsula, denuclearization of North Korea, a reduction of the conventional military threat, and an end to the human rights abuses against the...

December 31, 2019 | Andrea Stricker |

To Successfully Denuclearize North Korea, Washington Should Make it Think Like South Africa

If Mr. Trump opts to augment the pressure on North Korea, he will need to patiently wait out attempts by Kim to scare the international community into concessions. He shouldn’t be shaken. The United States should instead keep tightening the rope that led South Africa to abandon nuclear weapons.

November 15, 2019 | David Maxwell |

U.S.-ROK Relations

An Ironclad Alliance or a Transactional House of Cards?

April 25, 2016 | John Hannah |

It’s the Proliferation, Stupid

As the world prepares for a possible fifth nuclear weapons...

October 15, 2015 | Soo Kim, Mark Dubowitz

Proliferation Fallout from the Iran Deal: The South Korean Case Study

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