Watching the North Korea Watchers
Who is watching, researching, analyzing and reporting on the potential for the next Korean Peninsula crisis to occur?
2018 11 03
Vale the Ambassador
Is being a frontline CEO and soft power brand ambassador enough, or is the role of the modern ambassador in decline?
2018 10 05
Debating South Koreas Military Service
With declining birth rates; an ever-present, albeit momentarily reduced North Korean threat; and smoldering social dissatisfaction regarding its management; mandatory military service will remain a simmering social and political issue for South Korea.
2018 09 07
Is South Korea Really a Middle Power
Despite the flood of academic papers, think tank reports, workshops and seminars on the topic, there appears to be few ideas on how being a middle power helps resolve Korean Peninsula issues.
2018 05 02
Defining Middle Powers
Academic research on the nature and criteria for definition in the social sciences and the failure to define the middle power.
2017 12 18
Pre Emptive Talk on Pre Emptive Strikes
Articles discussing pre-emptive strikes on North Korea often ignore the potential long-term strategic change that would result from a conflict on the Korean peninsula.
2017 12 04
Embassy Websites and First Impressions
In traditional diplomacy, a foreign public’s first impressions are formed by the architecture of embassy compounds, the grandeur of ambassadorial vehicles, the candor of diplomatic representatives, or the elegance of diplomatic functions, now it's websites.
2017 08 11
South Korea's Foreign Policy Public Engagement
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2017 07 17