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Watching the North Korea Watchers
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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
Commentary

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
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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
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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
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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
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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
Do Analogies Steer South Koreas Foreign Policy
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Do Analogies Steer South Koreas Foreign Policy

South Korea’s position at the intersection of US and North Korean intentions and capabilities stirs substantial domestic debate and the use of analogies to frame different policy approaches is a perennial feature of debates.

2017 09 12
Embassy Websites and First Impressions
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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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South Korea's Foreign Policy Public Engagement

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2017 07 17
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