Won Gon Park, Chair of the EAI Center for North Korea Studies (Professor at Ewha Womans University), analyzes the strategic implications the recent U.S.-Iran War poses for the Kim Jong Un regime. He characterizes the war as a "preventive war" executed before Iran could complete its nuclear arsenal, arguing that President Trump's unpredictability se...

Won Gon Park, Chair of EAI’s North Korea Studies Center (Professor at Ewha Womans University), analyzes the strategic shift in the 2026 U.S. National Defense Strategy (NDS), which now prioritizes the defense of the U.S. homeland and pragmatic national interests above all others. Chair Park points out the dramatic changes in the security environme...

Won Gon Park, Chair of EAI Center for North Korean Studies (Professor at Ewha Womans University), analyzes the situation surrounding the arrest of Venezuelan President Maduro, pointing out that the U.S. is shifting toward a 'leadership change' strategy that maintains the existing regime but precisely targets and removes only anti-American leaders. ...

Won Gon Park, Chair of the North Korea Research Center at EAI (and Professor at Ewha Womans University), analyzes the military and diplomatic benefits that the Russia-Ukraine war has provided for North Korea-Russia cooperation, along with the underlying structural constraints. Chair Park notes that despite achievements such as the accumulation of c...

Won Gon Park, Director of EAI's North Korea Research Center (Professor of North Korean Studies at Ewha Womans University), analyzes the background and implications of the meeting that didn’t materialize between President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un during the APEC summit. Director Park points out that despite Trump's signals to resume dialogue...

Won Gon Park analyzes the significance of the October 10 military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Workers' Party. He points out that, through this parade, North Korea sought to demonstrate that the Workers' Party and its supreme leader firmly hold power in North Korea. Furthermore, Professor Park analyzes tha...

Won Gon Park, Chair of EAI’s North Korea Studies Center and Professor at Ewha Womans University, analyzes the Lee Jae Myung administration's North Korea policy and denuclearization vision based on statements made at the UN General Assembly and North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly. He points out that the conceptual confusion revealed in the thr...

Won Gon Park, Chair of EAI's North Korea Studies Center and Professor at Ewha Womans University, analyzes the strategic implications of the 2018 Singapore Summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un. Park argues that the joint statement's vague phrasing around "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" constituted a significant diplomatic concessio...

Park Won Gon, Chair of EAI’s North Korea Studies Center and Professor at Ewha Womans University, analyzes the background and strategic significance of North Korea’s development of the nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine revealed on March 8th. Park reviews current deterrence capabilities of South Korea and the US in responding to ...

Won Gon Park, Chair of EAI’s Center for North Korea Studies and Professor at Ewha Womans University, analyzes the foreign policy direction of the second Trump administration through the lens of Elbridge Colby’s strategic vision. Park argues that Colby’s approach prioritizes countering China while expecting greater contributions from allies in...