Iraq, the model
Biden’s military strategy for Iraq should be applied in Afghanistan
Pyongyang
North Korea Likely Behind Hack Targeting South Korean Nuclear Submarine
The South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) stated on Sunday that hackers infiltrated Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, seeking to steal documents regarding naval vessels...
Policy Briefs
South Korea Should Reassess Its Push for Inter-Korean Engagement
Has Pyongyang ever reciprocated Seoul or Washington’s goodwill gestures or concessions in the past? Unfortunately for Lee, copious evidence from prior negotiations demonstrates not only that North Korea has consistently failed to do so, but that concessions only further embolden North Korea.
Op-eds
The North Korea Threat Is Growing. U.S.-South Korea Military Training Must Press Forward.
Following the successful Joe Biden-Moon Jae-in summit on May 21, 2021, the Moon administration began backsliding on alliance commitments to military readiness. Specifically, President Moon said COVID-19...
Op-eds
U.S.-ROK Alliance Creates a New Cyber Working Group at Summit
President Joe Biden and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed at their first summit on May 21 to deepen cyber cooperation by creating a new bilateral cyber working group to confront ransomware and other...
Policy Briefs
Biden Must Push President Moon to Get Real on ROK-China Relations
Moon’s reluctance to hold the Chinese government accountable for its misdeeds underscores a challenge for the United States and other allied governments in bolstering regional cooperative efforts supporting a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
Op-eds
Choosing defeat in Afghanistan
America’s many enemies will be encouraged and emboldened
Op-eds
Anticipating the Biden Administration’s New North Korea Policy
The heart of the administration’s new Korea policy will likely focus on implementing the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to achieve North Korea’s verifiable nuclear dismantlement.
Op-eds
North Korean Human Rights Should Unite the U.S.-ROK Alliance, Not Divide It
The U.S. State Department last week released its annual report on human rights abuses throughout the world, which included comprehensive detail regarding North Korea’s ongoing human rights violations...
Policy Briefs
Biden Revives the Truman Doctrine
His call to wage a global war for freedom echoes the dawn of the Cold War.
Op-eds
Ahead of U.S.-ROK Meeting, Unresolved Policy Disputes Still Trouble the Alliance
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will meet with their South Korean counterparts in Seoul on March 17, at which point the U.S. secretaries will likely share preliminary...
Insights
The U.S. Military And South Korea Must Train To Deter North Korea
ROK/U.S. combined training – routine but necessary defensive exercises – is described in the media in various ways that causes confusion among the public. With the start of the annual computer simulation...
Op-eds
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.”
Op-eds
What’s wrong with appeasement?
Only the fact that concessions don’t actually conciliate despots
Op-eds
North Korean Hackers Could Ramp Up Cyberattacks on COVID-19 Targets in Near Future
During a closed-door parliamentary session on Tuesday, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) informed the National Assembly that North Korea’s state-sponsored hackers are attacking South...
Insights
DOJ Charges Reveal North Korean Cybercrime and Money Laundering Schemes
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday indicted three North Korean cyber operatives and a Canadian-American money launderer for numerous cyberattacks against banks, virtual currency exchanges,...
Policy Briefs
Trump’s Worst 2 Military Mistakes for Biden to Fix
Some policies may be worth keeping, but Trump’s handling of allies and withdrawals from conflict zones are not among them.
Op-eds
Suspending U.S.-ROK Military Exercises Will Not Facilitate Peace Negotiations
Seoul may have its hopes up, but history shows Pyongyang will not change course if military exercises are altered.
Op-eds
Kim Jong Un Seeks to Bully Biden on the Diplomatic Stage
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un finally broke his silence last week on his regime’s policy toward the incoming Biden administration, labeling the United States as Pyongyang’s “foremost principal enemy.”...
Insights
Biden’s choice
His mission should be to heal the nation, not bring the nation to heel