To successfully resolve regional crises, the U.S. must acknowledge and prioritize the core security interests of regional hegemons.
To successfully resolve regional crises, the U.S. must acknowledge and prioritize the core security interests of regional hegemons.
Last August, North Korea launched what is believed to be a Hwasong-12 ballistic missile towards Japan, threatening a key US ally in the region.
The United States has made some efforts to develop a missile defense system against a North Korean ICBM, but the system may not be all that we would wish.
Donald Trump and South Korean President, Moon Jae-in, wearing similar blue ties reaffirmed their ‘ironclad’ commitments to the U.S.–ROK ‘blood alliance’
Washington’s Russiagate obsession risks isolation both from international partners and, infinitely more crucial, its own citizenry.
The first week in July in 2017 saw the launch of a medium range Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, or ICBM out of North Korea. The Hwasong-14 missile was launched from a mobile launcher, similar in function to that of the Russian Topol-M launch vehicle. While tested from a mobile platform, the test firing was based near […]
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station photographing East Asia were surprised when they saw a ‘black hole’ between China and South Korea.
Earlier this month Duterte visited three Chinese warships on Mindanao island in the Philippines—the first Chinese navy port call to the country since 2010.
Lack of political will is largely motivating the inaction in the Korean peninsula. But with nuclear weapons threatening US mainland, it may be that Washington will decide on a policy of “now or never”.
South Korea’s new president will largely determine the future of the US-ROK alliance, relations with China, and the security approach in the Korean peninsula.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson concluded his visit to China earlier this month, pledging that relations between the two countries would be based on “non-conflict, non-confrontation, mutual respect, and win-win cooperation.”
The idea of using weapons to achieve equilibrium between powers to maintain peace is not novel, but its effectiveness depends on the technological balance between competing powers.
While the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye paralyzed South Korea’s diplomatic service, Japan has worked to strengthen Trump’s commitment to its defense.
“We’re going to have to send China a clear signal that, first, the island-building stops and, second, your access to those islands also is not going to be allowed.”
Pyongyang could decide to conduct a new ballistic test in the early weeks of the new administration to gauge President Trump’s response.