It’s at this point of time in a Trump Administration that every foreign policy analyst, everyone schooled under the conventions of liberal democratic international relations, wonders wtf is going on.
Donald Trump’s return to the White House has already reshaped U.S. foreign policy, and some commentators believe there will be no return to post-Cold War norms.
This curated list provides not just information, but a more nuanced way to interpret and understand the complex realities of the Korean Peninsula, making them essential reading for any foreign policy analyst seeking clarity in a region defined by uncertainty.
Concern is growing that President Yoon Suk-yeol’s deepening of ties with the U.S. and Japan increases medium-term risk.
South Korea’s response to North Korea’s balloons of trash is representative of the creative stagnation in foreign policy thinking.
Here are just a few points to bring up the next time someone says you don’t speak Korean well enough, or you didn’t study enough international relations
Yoon’s performance has been marked by a glaring gap between rhetoric and implementation: a president that nominally supports pro-US policies, but in practice is caught cursing US lawmakers on a hot mic; a president that nominally supports freedom, but in practice stumbles in support of Ukraine; a president that nominally stands for international norms and the rule of law, but in practice sparks a debate on securing nuclear weapons.
