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

2013JUN09

Issue Briefs

Economic Improvement in North Korea

By Go Myong-Hyun

Nutritional indicators suggest that North Korea may not be the economic basket-case we imagine.

Tags : Aid, economy, foreign aid, Global Acute Malnutrition, import, Malnutrition, North Korea, WHO, World Food Program

2013MAY09

Issue Briefs

Think Twice: A Comparative Perspective on the Political Transition in Egypt

By Jang Ji-Hyang, J. James Kim

Korea's democratization suggests that conflict does not necessarily contradict the spirit of change in Egypt.

Tags : Arab Spring, democracy, Egypt, Libya, Morsi, Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, political transition, regional security

2013MAY08

Issue Briefs

Managing Political Transitions in Seoul and Washington: The ROK-US 123 Agreement

By Bong Youngshik, John J. Lee

Korean and American perspectives on the future of ROK-US civil nuclear cooperation.

Tags : 123 Agreement, alliance, North Korea, Nuclear, Regional Issue, ROK-US

2013APR09

Issue Briefs

A Perspective on Korea’s Participation in the Vietnam War

By Glenn Baek

Contrary to conventional wisdom, Korea's involvement in the Vietnam War was a "war of choice."

Tags : Asan Survey, Forgtotten War, Glen Baek, Global Korea, Park Chung Hee, Poll, public opinion, Regional Issue, Vietnam, Vietnam War

2013MAR27

Issue Briefs

X-Events and Social Processes How Human Systems Collapse-and Are Reborn

By John Casti

Human-caused events leading to great social damage should be seen as being as much an opportunity as a problem.

Tags : Assmilation, Complexity, Fukushima, Japan, John Casti, X-events

2013MAR11

Issue Briefs

The Way Ahead: The Next Decade of PRC-ROK Relations

By 刘 群, Shan Wu

Promoting and deepening PRC-ROK relations is key to ensuring peace and stability in Northeast Asia.

Tags : Bilateral Relations, China, Economic Cooperation, Goguryeo, Liu Qun, mutual, North Korea, Poll, PRC (People's Republic of China), PRC-ROK Relations

2013FEB24

Issue Briefs

The Fallout : South Korean Public Opinion Following North Korea’s Third Nuclear Test

By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff

While North Korea’s non-lethal provocations have a limited effect on the South Korean public, support for nuclear weapons is …

Tags : Economic Sanctions, national security, North Korea, Nuclear, Nuclear Test, nuclear umbrella, public, public opinion, public opinion survey

2013JAN17

Issue Briefs

Syria and the Arab Spring: Unraveling the Road to Syria’s Protracted Conflict

By Housam Darwisheh

Elite cooptation, a loyal business class, and institutionalized fear and violence may help in understanding the Syrian civil war.

Tags : Arab Spring, Assad, Ba'thist, Housam Darwisheh, Regional Issue, Syria, Uprising, Violence