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

Issue Briefs

Xi Jinping’s Attendance at Russia’s Victory Day Parade: China’s Regional Strategy and Its Implications for ROK-China …

By Lee Dong Gyu, Kim Jee Yeon

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

Tags : ‘America First’, China-Russia partnership, ROK-China relations, Russia, Russia’s Victory Day, Trump

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

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