2025JUN30

Issue Briefs

Managing Decline? NATO’s Uneasy Future After the 2025 Summit

By. Kim Saeme

[Issue Brief] Kim Saeme

Tags : Euro-Atlantic security, G7, GDP, Middle East, NATO Summit, North Korea, Russia, Trump, U.S., Washington Summit Declaration

2025JUN23

Blog/Op-ed

[The Chosun Ilbo Op-ed] It is time for South Korea to become a full member of the G7 and the Quad (June 23)

By. Choi Kang

Choi Kang, President

Tags : Australia, China, G7, India, Japan, MCM, Quad, South Korea

2025JUN05

Blog/Op-ed

[Korea JoongAng Daily] Korea’s new government faces critical choices on foreign and security policy

By. Yang Uk

[Blog/Op-ed] Yang Uk

Tags : China, Korea-U.S. alliance, security policy, Ukraine

2025MAY28

Issue Briefs

Worth the Squeeze: A Conditions-based Analysis of South Korean Public Support for Nuclear Deterrence

By. Peter K. Lee, Kang Chungku

[Issue Brief] Peter K. Lee, Kang Chungku

Tags : NATO, NCG, South Korea, U.S. forces, U.S. nuclear umbrella, U.S. tactical nuclear weapons

2025MAY28

Blog/Op-ed

[The JoongAng Ilbo] Continental shelf agreement emerges as a new variable in Korea-Japan relations

By. Shim Sangmin

Shim Sangmin, Senior Research Fellow

Tags : Continental Shelf, East Asia Security, geopolitics, international law, JDZ, Korea-Japan relations

2025MAY16

Issue Briefs

Recommendations for ROK’s North Korea Policy in a Time of Turbulence

By. Cha Du Hyeogn

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Cha Du Hyeogn

Tags : “Two Belligerent States”, Kim Jong-un, North Korea policy, North Korea-Dominant Inter-Korean Relationship, U.S.–DPRK talks, unification

2025MAY12

Blog/Op-ed

[The Chosun Ilbo Op-ed] The Case for Seven-Party Talks Including The UN Security Council Plus the Two Koreas (May 7)

By. Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : China, North Korea, ROK-U.S.-Japan security cooperation, Six Party Talks, U.S. tactical nuclear weapons, UN Security Council

2025MAY09

Issue Briefs

A Sixties Comeback: Restoring U.S. Nuclear Presence in Northeast Asia

By. Choi Kang, Peter K. Lee

[Issue Brief] Choi Kang, Peter K. Lee

Tags : 2005 Six-Party Talks, B61, Cold War, North Korean nuclear threat, Northeast Asia, Soviet Union, tactical nuclear weapons, U.S., U.S. strategic weapons

2025MAY09

Issue Briefs

Outlook for North Korea Policy under the Second Trump Administration and South Korea’s Response

By. Kim Dong Sung

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Kim Dong Sung

Tags : “no-first-use”, North Korea policy, ROK-U.S.-DPRK trilateral talks, Second Trump Administration, Seoul-led unification process, U.S.-DPRK

2025APR23

Blog/Op-ed

[Asan Plenum 2025] Welcoming Remarks

By. Chung Mong Joon

Chung Mong Joon, Founder & Honorary Chairman

Tags : Japan, Korea-Japan Normalization, North Korea, nuclear submarine, Tactical Nuclear Weapon, World War Two