2014JAN14

Issue Briefs

Assessment of North Korea’s Latest ICBM Mock-Up

By. Markus Schiller, Robert H. Schmucker, J. James Kim

An assessment of North Korea’s long range delivery capability based on photographic analysis.

2014JAN02

Issue Briefs

Why North Korea 2013 Is Not East Germany 1989

By. John Feffer

Certain assumptions that carry over from the East European experience of 1989 cloud the debate on North Korea’s future.

2013SEP29

Past Events

Asan North Korea Conference 2013

The Asan North Korea Conference 2013 was held on September 25-26, 2013.

Tags : Asan North Korea Conference, international coordination, long term scenarios, North Korea, North Korean economy, North Korean regime, nuclear capability, smart sanctions

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

2013SEP02

Past Events

US-ROK-Japan Extended Deterrence Trilateral

Joint workshop between the Asan Institute and Pacific Forum CSIS.

Tags : balance of power, China, extended deterrence, military reform, national defense posture, North Korea, reassurance, regional stability, strategic perspectives, trilateral dialogue, trilateral relations, US-ROK-Japan relations

2013JUN26

Past Events

Richard Weitz, "U.S. Missile Defense and Its Implications for China, …

34th Dosirak Series with Experts with Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for …

Tags : Asan Dosirak Series, Asian implications, BMD, China, DPRK, Hudson Institute, Japan, MD, Northeast Asia, Richard Weitz, ROK, Russia, US

2013MAY20

Past Events

Terence Roehrig, "North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program: Motivations, …

33rd Asan Dosirak Series with Experts with Terence Roehrig, Professor in National Security Affairs and Director …

Tags : Asan Dosirak Series, deterrence theory, doctrine, motivation, North Korea, nuclear weapons program, nuclear weapons strategy, Terence Roehrig, US Naval War College

2013MAY13

Asan in the News

Jang Ji-Hyang [Chosun Weekly] “A Reputation for Consistency is Essential …

By. Jang Ji-Hyang

Dr. Jang Ji-Hyang offers comparative analysis of Israeli and South Korean foreign policy.

Tags : deterrence, game theory, Israel, Korea

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

2013FEB19

Publications

Future of the ROK-US Alliance

Report based on discussions from a May 25, 2012 Strategic Dialogue co-hosted with the Center for Strategic and …