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Three Principles for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett, Young-jun Kim
May 20, 2022
The Korea Times
In his inaugural address in 1998, former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung defined three principles for Korean peninsula peace and security. How might these principles be adjusted to manage today's changing North Korean threats and the Korean security environment?
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South Korea
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Will South Korea's New President Reshape Regional Dynamics?
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Mar 15, 2022
Nikkei Asia
Yoon Suk-yeol has been elected president of South Korea. With a tall order to fill at home and abroad, the Yoon administration has the potential to reshape South Korea's future and relationships in the region. The path that he carves for Seoul in the coming weeks and months will be watched with keen interest marked by hopes and apprehension by his neighbors.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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The Most Popular RAND Research of 2021
Dec 22, 2021
As another extraordinary year draws to a close, we continue to believe that objective, nonpartisan research and analysis has a key role to play in navigating what continues to be a difficult time. Here are the 10 research projects that resonated most with rand.org readers in 2021.
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North Korea
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North Korea's Nuclear Arsenal and Prospects for Regional Peace
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Dec 16, 2021
Prospects and Perspectives
Nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea have hovered at a standstill since 2019. With the door to diplomacy seemingly closed and North Korea marching forward on weapons development and making threatening statements, what are the prospects for Pyongyang's denuclearization and peace on the Korean Peninsula?
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Joint Operations
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Preserving the ROK-U.S. Alliance by Sustaining Military Exercises
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett
Nov 30, 2021
Korea on Point
The Republic of Korea (ROK)/U.S. military forces based in the ROK are in a constant state of training, which is required to maintain military effectiveness. North Korea seeks to stop this ROK/U.S. military training, but taking the North Korean complaints seriously could be a mistake.
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North Korea
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North Korea, Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military, America's Labor Shortage: RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 5, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how to deal with a nuclear North Korea, preventing sexual violence in the military, supporting immigrant children in U.S. schools, and more.
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Nuclear Deterrence
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Reducing the Role of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Could Make North Korea Happy
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett
Oct 20, 2021
The National Interest
The threats emanating from North Korea pose a useful case study for the potential implications of reducing the role of U.S. nuclear weapons. Additional U.S. nuclear deterrence declaratory strategy, backed up by appropriate nuclear weapon capabilities and planning, may be needed.
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North Korea
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North Korea's 'Business as Usual' Missile Provocations
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Oct 14, 2021
Korea On Point
North Korea has revved up its cycle of missile provocations, its go-to method of securing leverage against the United States and South Korea in the on-again off-again nuclear negotiations. How will the United States and South Korea choose to respond?
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Education Administration
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Four-Day School Weeks, Domestic Terrorism, North Korea: RAND Weekly Recap
Oct 8, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the trade-offs of a four-day school week, how to counter domestic violent extremism, racial disparities in who is convicted of more-serious speeding charges, and more.
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Security Cooperation
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Japan's Potential Acquisition of Ground-Launched Land-Attack Missiles: Implications for the U.S.-Japanese Alliance
Jeffrey W. Hornung, Scott W. Harold
Sep 9, 2021
War on the Rocks
If Japan acquired ground-based strike capabilities, it would have significant consequences for the U.S.-Japanese alliance. American and Japanese policymakers may need to have a new and expanded set of conversations about how such capabilities would be used and how the alliance could adjust to incorporate them.
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Afghanistan
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Insights on Afghanistan, Back to School, North Korea: RAND Weekly Recap
Aug 20, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the collapse in Afghanistan, what parents think about sending kids back to school, insights from game theory on North Korean denuclearization, and more.
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Nuclear Deterrence
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Can China Be a Real Partner in Bringing North Korea to the Nuclear Negotiating Table?
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Jul 14, 2021
The National Interest
The United States remains committed to the goal of denuclearization of North Korea. China is more interested in maintaining a delicate geopolitical balance to counter U.S. influence in the region and in expanding its own reach. Thus, prospects for productive U.S.-China cooperation on the North Korean nuclear threat seem faint at best.
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Nuclear Deterrence
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North Korean Nuclear Weapons Pose an Existential Threat to China
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett, Diana Y. Myers
Jul 13, 2021
The National Interest
Despite the current border closures between their two countries, China and North Korea remain resolutely pledged to a “blood-alliance.” But this partnership has vastly different implications depending on which side of the border you consider.
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Racial Equity
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Equity in Research, North Korean Instability, Traffic Stops: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 9, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on how RAND applies an equity lens to research, instability in North Korea, what police think about traffic stops, and more.
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North Korea
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Trying to Manage North Korean Instability Risks
Bruce W. Bennett @bwbennett
Jun 30, 2021
The National Interest
The regime in North Korea usually makes extreme efforts to prevent outsiders and even its own people from seeing instabilities there. But Kim Jong-un appears to be taking some risks trying to solidify his grip in the wake of events undermining his control.
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South Korea
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Takeaways from the Biden-Moon Summit: Three Observations on China
Soo Kim @mllesookim
Jun 7, 2021
Nikkei Asia
North Korea was not the only elephant in the room during the recent U.S.–South Korea summit. In the broader context of U.S. foreign policy priorities and South Korea's geopolitical concerns, China was probably the larger presence.
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North Korea

Three Principles for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security

Will South Korea's New President Reshape Regional Dynamics?

The Most Popular RAND Research of 2021

North Korea's Nuclear Arsenal and Prospects for Regional Peace

Preserving the ROK-U.S. Alliance by Sustaining Military Exercises

North Korea, Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military, America's Labor Shortage: RAND Weekly Recap

Reducing the Role of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Could Make North Korea Happy

North Korea's 'Business as Usual' Missile Provocations

Four-Day School Weeks, Domestic Terrorism, North Korea: RAND Weekly Recap

Japan's Potential Acquisition of Ground-Launched Land-Attack Missiles: Implications for the U.S.-Japanese Alliance

Insights on Afghanistan, Back to School, North Korea: RAND Weekly Recap

Can China Be a Real Partner in Bringing North Korea to the Nuclear Negotiating Table?

North Korean Nuclear Weapons Pose an Existential Threat to China

Equity in Research, North Korean Instability, Traffic Stops: RAND Weekly Recap

Trying to Manage North Korean Instability Risks

Takeaways from the Biden-Moon Summit: Three Observations on China

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