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A Plum for a Peach? Issue Linkage, Taiwan, and China’s Policy toward North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program
A Plum for a Peach? Issue Linkage, Taiwan, and China’s Policy toward North Korea’s Nuclear Weapons Program
This article offers a novel explanation for the variation in China’s policy toward…
How the Soviet Collapse Shaped North Korea
How the Soviet Collapse Shaped North Korea
Dr. Young argues that the fall of the USSR profoundly influenced Pyongyang's grand…
Saving Socialism: What North Korea Learned from the Collapse of the Soviet Union
Saving Socialism: What North Korea Learned from the Collapse of the Soviet Union
The sudden collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s sent shockwaves through the…
US Policy Toward North Korea: Quo Vadis?
US Policy Toward North Korea: Quo Vadis?
As the Trump administration recalibrates America’s global priorities, containing…
Lost Seoul? Assessing Pyongyang’s Other Deterrent
Lost Seoul? Assessing Pyongyang’s Other Deterrent
For decades the North Korean military has fallen ever further behind its South Korean…
Davy Crockett and the Boy Scouts: The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict
Davy Crockett and the Boy Scouts: The Korean War and Mismanaging Protracted Conflict
The specter of protracted large-scale ground combat has grown more real in the wake of…
Marching Toward a U.S.-North Korea Summit: The Historical Case for Optimism, Pessimism, and Caution
Marching Toward a U.S.-North Korea Summit: The Historical Case for Optimism, Pessimism, and Caution
The history of denuclearization efforts on the Korean peninsula gives reason for…
North Korea Defied the Theoretical Odds: What Can We Learn from its Successful Nuclearization?
North Korea Defied the Theoretical Odds: What Can We Learn from its Successful Nuclearization?
How well do the existing theories about nuclear proliferation predict North Korea's…
Policy Roundtable: Are There any Good Choices When it Comes to North Korea?
Policy Roundtable: Are There any Good Choices When it Comes to North Korea?
We asked a group of experts to weigh in on the North Korea crisis.