[Global
NK Interview] Ep. 11 & 12 Richard K. Betts:
Russia-Ukraine War and North
Korean Provocations
Dr. Richard K. Betts, Leo A. Shifrin Professor of War and
Peace Studies at Columbia University, discusses the implications of the
Russia-Ukraine War on the global security environment and pressing security
threats in Northeast Asia. Dr. Betts states that the ongoing Ukraine War, with
no end in sight, has been a test for military and economic theories of
coercion. He draws parallels between North Korea and Russia, claiming that both
countries have observed the potential danger of nuclear weapons initiated by a
personalist dictatorship. On the deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area
Defense (THAAD), which has invited heated debate between Seoul and Beijing, Dr.
Betts underscores that the initiative behind such deployment lies in responding
to North Korea’s threats. Additionally, he recommends that South Korea and the
U.S. should try to find a conventional arms control solution and trade that for
sanctions relief in North Korea.
Ep. 11: The Russia-Ukraine War and Its Implications for
East Asian Geopolitics [Watch the Interview]
Ep. 12: Implications of Increasing Provocations of North
Korea and Directions for Enhancing Deterrence on the Korean Peninsula [Watch the Interview]
“After The 20th Presidential Election, Where the
Korean Politics Is Heading?
[EAI Working Paper] Changing
Korean Voters in 2022 (in Korean)
1. Won Taek Kang, What was the Most
Important Issue in the 20th Presidential Election? [Read]
2. Han-wool Jeong, Why did the Huge Ruling
Party get Punished? [Read]
3. Dong-Joon Jung, How Authoritarian were
the Voters? [Read]
4. Jung-Ah Gil, In the Most Unlikely
Presidential Election, How Did Partisan Voters Vote? [Read]
5. Hannah Kim, Will the Youth Gender
Conflict Become a New Line of Conflict in the Ideological Conflict? [Read]
6. Jaesung Ryu, How did the Swing Voters
React to the Yoon and Ahn’s Agreement to Merge Candidacies? [Read]
7. Jaemook Lee, Has the Regionalism Formula
of the “Progresive Cheolla, Conservative Kyungbuk” Been Broken? [Read]
8. Jung Kim, Will South Korean Democracy
Walk into the Pathways of Pernicious Polarization? [Read]
“North Korea’s Missile Provocations and Washington’s Response”
[Global NK Interview] Ep. 10 Jenny Town: North Korea’s Missile
Tests and the ROK-U.S. Summit
