Dong Ryul Lee, Professor in the Department of Chinese Studies at Dongduk Women's University, warns that concerns over the North Korea-China-Russia alignment, appearing after China's recent Victory Day celebrations, are being overstated. The author observes that simplifying the situation into bloc structures could cause the South Korean government t...

Seong-ho Sheen, Professor at Seoul National University, suggests that the recovery of Wartime Operational Control by South Korea has become an issue that can no longer be postponed amid the rapidly shifting security landscape of the current ROK-US alliance and Northeast Asia. The author argues that South Korea has sufficient grounds to justify the ...

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 Research Center and Professor at Ewha Womans University, examines the issues and limitations of the Lee Jae Myung administration's approach to North Korean denuclearization as revealed through the ‘Three-Step Denuclearization Initiative’ and the ‘END Concept’. The author points out that the South K...

Inhwan Oh, Senior Research Fellow and Executive Director at EAI, discusses the role of the U.S. Congress in ROK-U.S. shipbuilding cooperation and North Korea policy, and its implications for the future of U.S. maritime hegemony and South Korea’s strategy. Dr. Oh observes that ROK-U.S. shipbuilding cooperation is constrained by U.S. legislations r...

Kyung-young Chung, Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Hanyang University, addresses the modernization of the ROK-U.S. alliance in a transforming security environment. After assessing the current strategic background, Professor Chung identifies the alliance’s core areas for development. According to the author, the areas ...

Chaesung Chun, President of EAI and Professor at Seoul National University, analyzes the shifts in the international order represented by China’s recent Victory Day celebrations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and examines North Korea’s strategic position within the solidarity of authoritarian states. President Chun highlights...

Jaewoo Jun, an Associate Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA), provides a sweeping analysis of the evolving role of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) within the broader currents of U.S. grand strategy and East Asian security. Tracing shifts from the Cold War through the present U.S.-China rivalry, Dr. Jun underscores that the R...

Ho Ryung Lee, a Senior Research Fellow at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, analyzes Kim Yo Jong's statements to examine North Korea’s strategic shifts concerning South Korea. Kim Yo Jong’s statements since 2020 reflect North Korea’s expansion of its strategic space and value. The current strategic environment, coupled with Seoul and ...

Hyeongjung Park, Independent Researcher on North Korean Affairs, analyzes North Korea’s strategic culture to examine its “Two Hostile States” doctrine. By examining North Korea's fundamental reliance on hard realpolitik, Dr. Park provides a nuanced explanation of how Pyongyang strategically justifies aggressive military posturing as defensive...