Q&As: Korean Peninsula
June 2017
What to Expect from the First Moon-Trump Summit
Commentary
In advance of the first summit between President Trump and South Korea’s newly elected progressive president Moon Jae-in, Scott Snyder (Council on Foreign Relations) discusses Moon's most consequential foreign policy challenge: the management of the security alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
September 2012
The Revenge of Geography and the Asia-Pacific
Policy Q&A
In his new book, The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate, Robert Kaplan (Stratfor Global Intelligence) contends current global conflicts, including wars, political instability, and clashes over religion, can be better understood and even forecasted through close examination of the maps that chart our world. In this Q&A, NBR’s Abraham Denmark asks Kaplan how this theory relates to the Asia-Pacific, and what challenges geography will play for the United States’ policy toward the region.
April 2012
South Korea’s Parliamentary Election: Implications for Korea and the United States
Policy Q&A
South Korea’s National Assembly elections, held two weeks ago, were an opportunity for both the ruling conservative Saenuri Party and the liberal opposition Democratic United Party to gain the upper hand before December’s presidential election. NBR interviewed a trio of Korean political scholars to get their take on the election results, the implications for Korea’s December presidential election, and what the mood of the Korean electorate can tell us about Korea-U.S. relations and how future Korean governments might handle foreign policy issues such as North Korea, free trade, and sharing the military burden.
April 2012
Economic and Societal Impacts on North Korea and Its Regime
Policy Q&A
NBR interviewed Professor Clark Sorensen, Chair of the Korea Studies department at the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies, to shed light on North Korea’s economic situation, its regime’s decision-making process, and the ideology that drives social and political behavior.
January 2012
The Impacts of North Korea’s Leadership Transition
Policy Q&A
As North Korea begins to determine its future direction following the the December 17 death of Kim Jong-il, NBR spoke with Yong-Chool Ha, Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Social Science at the Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington.
December 2011
The Boy Who Would Be King: Can Kim III Last?
Commentary
Following the death of Kim Jong-il, attention is now on his youngest son and heir Kim Jong-un. Can the third Kim in this dynastic succession control the fragile country? Will he continue his predecessor’s bellicose behavior? NARP scholar Sung-Yoon Lee considers these questions and what a leadership change in Pyongyang would mean for the region.
July 2011
Political Change in the DPRK
Policy Q&A
This Q&A presents an interview by Asia Policy editor, Andrew Marble, on political change in North Korea with Stephan Haggard, Krause Distinguished Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California–San Diego, and Daniel Pinkston, Senior Analyst and Deputy Project Director for North East Asia at the International Crisis Group in Seoul.
April 2011
Emerging Market Economies, Global Trade Imbalances, and the U.S. Dollar
Policy Q&A
International financial institutions and leaders from key countries met in mid-April to discuss the world economy. Following these meetings, NBR spoke with Pieter Bottelier of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. A 25-year veteran of the World Bank, Bottelier explains where the tensions lie in the U.S. relationship with emerging market economies, and what we might miss reading only the U.S. media.