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

2013AUG13

Past Events

Greg Scarlatoiu, "Human Rights in North Korea under the Kim Jong-un …

36th Asan Dosirak Series with Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North …

Tags : Asan Dosirak Series, Greg Scarlatoiu, HRNK, human rights, international legal framework, Kim Jong-un regime, North Korean human rigths

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

2013JUL03

Past Events

Mostafa Dolatyar, “Iran’s Strategic Choices”

Closed Roundtable with Mostafa Dolatyar, Director General of the Institute for Political and International …

Tags : Institute for Political and International Studies, Iran, Iran's foregin relations, Mostafa Dolatyar, nuclear program, regional security outlook, Syria, Syrian crisis

2013JUN04

Past Events

Asan Transitional Justice Conference 2013

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies held a conference […]

Tags : Amnesty International, Andrew Natsios, Asan Transitional Justice Conference, David Cohen, Frank Jannuzi, human rights, human rights violation, Korean unification, North Korea, post-unification Korea, Raijiv Narayan, Robert King, Roberta Cohen, Ruti Teitel, Shin Dong-hyuk, transitional justice

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

2013MAY01

Past Events

"Escape From Camp 14" Book Launch

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted a book lau […]

Tags : Blaine Harden, book launch, Camp 14, North Korea, political prison camps, Shin Dong-hyuk

2013APR30

Past Events

Asan Plenum 2013 "New World Disorder"

The Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted the Asan P […]

Tags : Asan Plenum, ASEAN, Asian capitalism, China, cyber security, democracy, East Asia, economic crisis, economic regionalism, G-20, global capitalism, history issues, human security, leadership deficit, maritime security, New World Disorder, North Korea, nuclear security, Post-Arab Spring, post-crisis party systems, refugees, ROK-US Alliance, Syria, trade disputes, US pivot

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

2012NOV21

Issue Briefs

To Apologize and To Forgive: Lessons for Asia from Europe’s Struggle with History

By. Thomas U. Berger, Bong Youngshik

Improved Japanese-Korean relations can provide the kernel around which a truly integrated East Asia can form.

Tags : Comfort Women, Dokdo, Europe, Germany, Guilt, History, Japan, reconciliation, Regional Issue, Thomas Rerger