2013JUL18

Asan Poll

Sources of Social Conflict

By Kim Jiyoon, Karl Friedhoff

Koreans see class, partisanship, ideological, and generational divisions to be relatively intense.

Tags : Class Conflict, Generational Conflict, Idealogical Conflict, infographics, Metropolitan-Province Conflict, Partisan Conflict, Regional Conflict, Social conflict

2013JUL09

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A: Egypt’s 2013 Coup and the Demise of Democracy

By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

The Egyptian people have sold their hard-won democracy in exchange for temporary relief from economic frustration.

Tags : 2013 coup, Egypt, Egyptian democracy, Egyptian politics, Middle East, Mohamed Morsi, Muslim Brotherhood, North Africa, Regional Issue, regional security

2013JUL04

Issue Briefs

Time to Address North Korea’s Prison Labor Camps

By Roberta Cohen

The U.S. and South Korea must end the exceptionalism accorded North Korea in the human rights area.

Tags : Commission of Inquiry, North Korea, North Korean human rights violation, prison labor camps, Roberta Cohen, The Brookings Institution

2013JUN27

Publications

Building International Confidence and Responsibility

Summary report from the 3rd Nuclear Security Governance Experts Group Workshop in Amman, Jordan in Nov. 2012.

Tags : Nuclear, regional security

2013JUN20

Public Opinion Surveys

South Korean Perceptions of ROK-US Relations and Foreign Affairs

 

2013JUN16

Publications

Asan Nuclear Forum 2013 – Proceedings

Proceedings book from the Asan Nuclear Forum 2012 held on February 19-20, 2013, containing summaries, photos, …

Tags : Nuclear

2013JUN10

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A : Turkey’s 2013 Taksim Square Protests

By Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

The renowned “Turkish Model” must uphold the democratic values that made it so highly-regarded in the first place.

Tags : Arab Spring, democracy, Protest, Regional Issue, Taksim Square, Turkey

2013JUN09

Issue Briefs

Economic Improvement in North Korea

By Go Myong-Hyun

Nutritional indicators suggest that North Korea may not be the economic basket-case we imagine.

Tags : Aid, economy, foreign aid, Global Acute Malnutrition, import, Malnutrition, North Korea, WHO, World Food Program

2013MAY19

Publications

South Korea as a Responsible Nuclear Supplier

 CSIS-Asan Workshop on “Korea as a Responsible Nu […]

Tags : Nuclear

2013MAY09

Issue Briefs

Think Twice: A Comparative Perspective on the Political Transition in Egypt

By Jang Ji-Hyang, J. James Kim

Korea's democratization suggests that conflict does not necessarily contradict the spirit of change in Egypt.

Tags : Arab Spring, democracy, Egypt, Libya, Morsi, Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood, political transition, regional security