2025APR09

Issue Briefs

Policy Recommendations for South Korea’s Middle East Strategy in 2025

By Jang Ji-Hyang

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Jang Ji-Hyang

Tags : FTA, Gulf Countries, Israel-Hamas War, Korea-Gulf Cooperation Council, KORUS, Middle East Strategy, Nuclear Power Cooperation, trump administration, UAE

2025APR09

Issue Briefs

Outlook for DPRK-Russia Relations in 2025 and South Korea’s Response

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Lee Sang Joon

Tags : DPRK-Russia Relations, EU–Russia relations, NATO, North Korea, ROK-U.S.-Japan trilateral cooperation, South Korea, U.S.–Russia

2025APR09

Blog/Op-ed

[Korea JoongAng Daily] In a second Trump term, liberal democracies must lead themselves

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : "Indo-Pacific Four", confiscation of democracy, Greenland, NATO, Putin, Russia, tariffs, Trump, U.S. Allies

2025MAR28

Blog/Op-ed

[The Dong-a Ilbo Op-ed] We Should Establish the Asian Monetary Fund (AMF) (March 28)

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : Asian Financial Crisis, Asian Monetary Fund, China-led AMF, Donald Trump, IMF, trade policy

2025MAR25

Issue Briefs

The Ishiba-Trump Summit: Japan’s U.S. Diplomacy and Implications for South Korea

By Choi Eunmi

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Choi Eunmi

Tags : Abe’s diplomacy, AI, Ishiba-Trump Summit, ROK-U.S. Alliance, ROK-U.S.-Japan trilateral cooperation, Trump, U.S.-China summit

2025MAR14

Blog/Op-ed

[Munhwa Ilbo Op-ed] A Bold Deal is the Solution to Trump’s Unilateralism (March 14)

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : American dream, Cold War, FTA, Make America Great Again, ROK-U.S. Alliance, tariff rate, Trump

2025MAR14

Issue Briefs

Evaluation of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) of North Korea

By Han Ki-bum

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Han Ki-bum

Tags : China, Kim Jong-un, North Korea, SED, SPA, Workers’ Party

2025MAR04

Blog/Op-ed

[The Chosun Ilbo Op-ed] U.S.-Russia Ceasefire Talks Invite a Serious Threat to Korean Peninsula Security (February 26)

By Choi Kang

CHOI Kang, President

Tags : Korean Peninsula, NATO, nuclear-sharing arrangements, Putin, South Korea, U.S.-Russia negotiations, Ukraine, Zelensky

2025FEB24

Issue Briefs

Strategies of the Philippines, China, and the US in the South China Sea in 2025 and Future U.S. Policies on Alliances and the …

By Lee Jaehyon

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Lee Jaehyon

Tags : China, Indo-Pacific Region, Marcos administration, Philippines, Re-Horizon, SCS, South China Sea

2025FEB18

Blog/Op-ed

[Speech] Establishment of the “MJ Chung Distinguished Chair in Security Studies” at the Johns Hopkins SAIS

By Chung Mong Joon

Chung Mong Joon, Honorary Chairman