2013OCT14

Issue Briefs

Rethinking Public Opinion on Korea-Japan Relations

By Karl Friedhoff, Kang Chungku

There is clear public support for President Park to take steps to repair the relationship with Japan.

Tags : country favorability, favorability of leaders, GSOMIA, Kang Chungku, Karl Friedhoff, Korea-Japan relations, Park-Abe Summit, public opinion, public opinion survey

2013OCT07

Issue Briefs

Information Sharing for Cyber-Security: Evidence from Europe

By Neil Robinson

Policy-makers should take a multidisciplinary approach to understanding information exchange when responding to cyber-security.

Tags : CERT, cyber attacks, cyber security, cybercrime, ENISA, Europe, information sharing, Neil Robinson, policy mechanisms, RAND Europe, Regional Issue, theoretical barriers

2013SEP23

Issue Briefs

Budget Driven Defense: Implications of Potential Shifts in US Defense Posture for the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific in …

By J. James Kim

Sequestration and defense spending cuts in the US are a reality that South Korea must begin planning for.

Tags : Asia-Pacific, Budget Control Act, budget driven defense, DoD, DR307, DRP2020, LPP, North Korean military capability, Regional Issue, SCMR, SMA, US defense posture, US military, USFK, YRP

2013SEP05

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A: Intervening in Syria and Lessons for North Korea

By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

South Korea should begin planning for North Korean collapse scenarios that may resemble the Syrian civil war.

Tags : Bashar al-Assad, chemical weapons, civil war, contingency planning, humanitarian assistance, humanitarian intervention, international anti-Assad coalition, Middle East, Regional Issue, responsible global actor, Syria

2013AUG21

Issue Briefs

Complex and Confusing: Public Opinion Reaction to the NIS Scandals

By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff

Despite two major scandals involving the NIS, South Korean public opinion has not reacted significantly.

Tags : confidence in institutions, Korean Public, NIS scandals, NLL, party support, public opinion reaction, public opinion survey

2013AUG11

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A: Iran’s New Moderate President and Resetting the Relationship

By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

Who is Hassan Rouhani and what does his election mean for South Korean interests in the Middle East?

Tags : DPRK-Iran relations, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, Iranian nuclear program, Middle East, reformist-centrist faction, Regional Issue, resetting the relationship, ROK-Iran trade relations, sanctions, US Iran policy

2013JUL24

Issue Briefs

A 2+2 for the Future: The First Korea-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting

By Lee Jaehyon, Joo Haeri

Korea and Australia have a golden opportunity to take the bilateral relationship to the next level.

Tags : 2+2 Meeting, Australia, Foreign and Defense Ministers' Meeting, Korea-Australia relations, middle power cooperation, middle power diplomacy, regional security, ROK

2013JUL09

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A: Egypt’s 2013 Coup and the Demise of Democracy

By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

The Egyptian people have sold their hard-won democracy in exchange for temporary relief from economic frustration.

Tags : 2013 coup, Egypt, Egyptian democracy, Egyptian politics, Middle East, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, North Africa, Regional Issue, regional security

2013JUL04

Issue Briefs

Time to Address North Korea’s Prison Labor Camps

By Roberta Cohen

The U.S. and South Korea must end the exceptionalism accorded North Korea in the human rights area.

Tags : Commission of Inquiry, North Korea, North Korean human rights violation, prison labor camps, Roberta Cohen, The Brookings Institution

2013JUN10

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A : Turkey’s 2013 Taksim Square Protests

By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

The renowned “Turkish Model” must uphold the democratic values that made it so highly-regarded in the first place.

Tags : Arab Spring, democracy, Protest, Regional Issue, Taksim Square, Turkey