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

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

2025JAN03

Blog/Op-ed

[Munhwa Il-bo Op-ed] The US-ROK nuclear alliance should precede US-North Korea talks (December 24)

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : Korean Peninsula issue, Negotiations, North Korea, Nuclear, nuclear weapons, ROK-U.S. joint exercises, U.S., US-ROK Alliance

2024DEC17

Issue Briefs

Should South Korea Join AUKUS Pillar 2?

By Peter K. Lee

[Video Issue Briefs] Peter K. Lee

Tags : AUKUS, AUKUS Pillar 2, Australia, Electronic warfare, Indo-Pacific, Quantum technology, ROK, SCM, U.S.

2024DEC12

Issue Briefs

Should South Korea Join AUKUS Pillar 2?

By Peter K. Lee

[Issue Brief] Peter K. Lee

Tags : AUKUS, AUKUS Pillar 2, Australia, Electronic warfare, Indo-Pacific, Quantum technology, ROK, SCM, U.S.

2024AUG13

Blog/Op-ed

[The Dong-a Ilbo Op-ed] Crisis of U.S. Democracy Shakes the Liberal International Order

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : Donald Trump, liberal international order, NATO, Republican Party, U.S., U.S. Democracy, U.S. isolationism

2024JUN18

Blog/Op-ed

[Munhwa Il-bo Op-ed] Putin’s Regression into Kim Jong Un’s Mouthpiece (June 18)

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : Kim Jong-un, North Korea, Putin, Russia, South Korea, U.S., U.S.-DPRK Geneva Agreed Framework, Ukraine, UN Security Council

2024MAR27

Issue Briefs

Comparing Allied Public Confidence in U.S. Extended Nuclear Deterrence

By Peter K. Lee, Kang Chungku

[Issue Brief] Peter K. Lee, Kang Chungku

Tags : B61, NATO, NCG, North Korea, nuclear deterrence, ROK, ROK - U.S, SNOWCAT, SSBN, U.S.

2024FEB29

Issue Briefs

Taiwan’s 2024 Presidential Election and Taiwan Issues: Prospects and Measures

By Lee Dong Gyu

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Lee Dong Gyu, Chang Young Hee

Tags : Biden, China, DPP, Lai Ching-te, Taiwan Independence, Taiwan Issues, U.S., U.S.-China, U.S.-ROK alliance, Xi Jinping

2024JAN04

Issue Briefs

China’s Position on Increasing Military Cooperation between North Korea and Russia

By Lee Dong Gyu, Kim Jee Yeon

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Lee Dong Gyu, Kim Jee Yeon

Tags : 'zero-COVID', China, Cold War mentality, GSI, North Korea-Russia, Russia, security cooperation, U.S., U.S.-China summit