Tag: Korea
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Lessons from the Russia-Ukraine and U.S./Israel-Iran Wars for the Korean Peninsula
The Russia-Ukraine and U.S./Israel-Iran wars have revealed considerable evolution in technologies, weapons, and tactics. UAVs (drones) and unmanned surface and underwater vehicles, cluster munitions, ballistic and hypersonic missiles, and electronic warfare systems have featured prominently in one or both of the conflicts, among other weapons, as have information operations and targeting of critical infrastructure. On
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Clean Energy and Korean National Security
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has emphasized renewable energy and small modular nuclear reactors in an effort to reduce his country’s greenhouse gas emissions. In the midst of this effort, the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, and Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, have disrupted supplies of oil and liquefied natural gas. On Thursday,
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Gyeonggi Province: The Engine That Leads U.S.-Korea Partnership
On October 29, 2025, the Center for the National Interest, the Gyeonggi Research Institute, the Korean Association for Policy Studies, and the Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) held an international conference on the evolving dimensions of U.S.–Korea relations. The conference highlighted the
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How Stable is North Korea?
North Korea has fallen out of Western media headlines in recent months, but the situation inside that country appears dire. The Kim regime has been reeling under the pressure of sanctions from the international community, the strains of severe food shortages brought forth by natural disasters and resource mismanagement, and the weight of COVID-19 in a
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How Kim Jong-Un Sees a Biden Administration—and How Kim Will Respond
Election day has come and gone, and now North Korean leader Kim Jong-un knows he will have to deal with Joe Biden in the White House. Kim has gone through a lot over the last four years. He faced off through a period of high tensions with President Donald Trump before meeting in a historic
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