Asia's Response to Climate Change and Natural Disasters
This new report by energy, regional, and humanitarian disaster specialists at CSIS examines the politics of climate change in Asia, the region’s response to natural disasters, and the implications for...
View ArticleFormer U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Mission to North Korea
Since Aijalon Mahli Gomes’s incarceration in North Korea began in January, the U.S. State Department has been laboring along with the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang to secure his release. In July, the...
View ArticleSuccession in North Korea
Kim Jong-il’s stroke back in August 2008 and his continued frail health have brought the succession question to the center of the North Korean political/military agenda and to the forefront of global...
View ArticleReport on U.S. Attitudes Toward the Republic of Korea
In this report, we present and analyze public opinion data regarding U.S. attitudes toward the Republic of Korea (ROK). We include response data regarding the U.S.-Korea Alliance, U.S. military...
View ArticleComparative Connections v.12 n.3 - US-Korea
The sinking of the Cheonan remained the predominant issue in the US-ROK relationship as both countries spent the quarter coordinating and undertaking punitive measures against North Korea. The UN...
View Article“America’s First Pacific President” Attends the Seoul G-20 Summit
In the week following the November 2 midterm elections, President Barack Obama is scheduled to make several stops in Asia on his way to and from the November 11–12 G-20 Summit in Seoul, South Korea....
View ArticleUranium and Artillery: North Korean Revelations and Provocations
On November 12, nuclear scientist Siegfried Hecker and his Stanford University colleagues John Lewis and Robert Carlin were taken on a tour of the recently updated Yongbyon Nuclear Complex in North...
View ArticleWhat to Do About North Korean Aggression?
There is a real possibility of war on the Korean Peninsula. The cause is not a second North Korean invasion of the South like in June 1950, which was successfully deterred by U.S. and South Korean...
View ArticleApproaching Korean Unification
This interim conference report chronicles the progress of the CSIS–University of Southern California joint project on Korean unification. The project’s primary purpose is to frame a discussion on the...
View ArticleChina's Rise, the Changing Northeast Asian Security Environment, and the...
With the advent of the G2 era, the security dynamics of Northeast Asia have changed rapidly, and new security and North Korea policies are in demand. While this issue is fervently debated among...
View Article중국의 부상에 따른 동북아지역 안보환경의 변화와 한국과 미국의 대응 전략
G2시대를 맞아 동북아지역 안보지형이 급변하면서 한반도를 둘러싼 새로운 안보전략 및 통일정책이 요구되고 있다.read more
View ArticleHu Jintao’s State Visit: China and the Korean Peninsula
On January 19, President Hu Jintao of China will arrive in Washington for his third visit since President Barack Obama’s inauguration. On the agenda will be discussion of a wide range of issues,...
View ArticleComparative Connections v.12 n.4 - US-Korea
US-Korea relations centered around two major events. On the economic front, even though Presidents Barack Obama and Lee Myung-bak failed to seal a deal on the KORUS FTA during their meeting on the...
View ArticleTestimony Before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Foreign Affairs
Having worked on this issue in the White House and having studied it for decades, I can tell you North Korea policy truly is the land of lousy options. The choices are never between good and bad....
View Article한반도 통일을 향한 접근
CSIS 코리아체어와 남가주대학 한국학연구소가 공동 주관한 코리아 프로젝트 첫 번째 컨퍼런스의 기본구상은 한반도 통일에 수반될 장기 과제들에 대한 논의의 틀을 만드는 것이었다.read more
View ArticleComparative Connections v.13 n.1 - US-Korea
The US and South Korea continued strong solidarity and close policy coordination on North Korea in early 2011. The US made repeated calls for North Korea to improve its relations with South Korea and...
View ArticleThe New Cold War in Asia?
The most likely crisis that the next presidents of the United States, China, and South Korea will encounter at some point after they each take offi ce in 2012 will be North Korean instability. This...
View ArticleFundamental Realism: Korean Assessments of U.S. Power
Despite the global recession, Koreans will continue to have positive views of U.S. leadership, the resiliency of American hard and soft power, and an appreciation of the critical role the United States...
View ArticleSouth Korea Wins Bid to Host 2018 Winter Olympics
On July 6, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected the city of Pyeongchang in South Korea as the host city for the 2018 Olympics. The IOC decision, made in Durbin, South Africa, awarded...
View ArticleReturning to the Dance Floor North Korea: Why Now?
Unknown to most, the stage is now being set for a return to denuclearization negotiations with North Korea with Hillary Clinton’s announcement this weekend that DPRK Vice-Minister Kim Kye-gwan will be...
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