2025MAY29

Issue Briefs

Europe’s Shifting Security Landscape and Implications for South Korea

By Kim Saeme

[Issue Brief] Kim Saeme

Tags : Indo-Pacific, JCPOA, NATO, Russia, South Korea, 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

2025MAY23

Issue Briefs

Submarine Cable Sabotage: International Responses and Implications for South Korea

By Shin Sohyun, Lim Jeong Hee

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Shin Sohyun, Lim Jeong Hee

Tags : Cable Protection Zone, China, Grey Zone Strategy, Russia, Sabotage, Submarine Cable, UNCLOS, Undersea cable

2025MAY19

Issue Briefs

Controversy Surrounding China’s Structures in the West Sea (Yellow Sea) and Their Implications under International Law

By Shim Sangmin

[Issue Brief Executive Summary] Shim Sangmin

Tags : international law, PMZ, South Korea-China Fisheries Agreement, UNCLOS, yellow sea

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

2025APR28

Public Opinion Surveys

South Koreans and Their Neighbors 2025

Asan Public Opinion Survey Report