Search results for: Choong Yong Ahn
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South Korea-India Ties: Between Bilateralism, Minilateralism, and Multilateralism
In the context of the Indo-Pacific construct, the expanding gaps in global governance, the rise in minilateralism, the need to reinvigorate regional and global multilateralism, and the imperative...
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Pivotal States, Global South and India-South Korea Relations
In recent years, the term “Global South”—largely spanning countries in Africa, Central and Latin America, Asia, and the Caribbean—has gained tremendous geopolitical currency. One of the most...
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Where Is India in South Korea’s New Indo-Pacific Strategy?
...Jagannath Panda and Choong Yong Ahn write on the place of India in South Korea’s new Indo-Pacific strategy. This co-authored piece primarily addresses the following questions: What would ROK’s...
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The Self-defense Capability of the DPRK and Peace on the Korean Peninsula
...an unprecedented level. According to O Chol Yong, there are two ways to achieve peace: reconciliation and balance of power. In this Focus Asia paper, the successes and failures of...
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North Korea’s Pandemic Conundrum: Self-Containment and Humanitarian Crisis
Abstract: North Korea acknowledged its healthcare crisis this May and retreated to the Zero-COVID policy under self-containment, which they adopted in early 2020. Pyongyang also perceived economic stresses...
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South Korea and US Agree on Draft End-of-War Declaration ‘In Principle’
...Introduction: South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong said on Wednesday at a press conference that South Korea and the United States have agreed “in principle” on a draft to...
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A Way Out from the US-DPRK Deadlock: Toward North Korea’s Denuclearization
Abstract: This Issue Brief focuses on three points essential to the resumption of denuclearization talks. First, this paper will analyze North Korea’s unique status as a de facto...
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North Korea’s Signaling on Nuclear Weapons and Negotiations
...offered. After the US rejected the North’s request to lift a significant portion of the sanctions imposed since 2017, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Foreign Minister Ri Yong...
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Not a Sovereignty Issue: Understanding the Transition of Military Operational Control between the United States and South Korea
...Chung Eui-yong, the four addressed the issue of OPCON and the necessity of full joint ROK-U.S. readiness in the face of the aforementioned challenges. Both the ministers and secretaries recognized...
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New Roadmap for Denuclearization and Peacebuilding
...agreement on security guarantees for North Korea has thus far been doomed to failure. This issue was brought up again after the Hanoi Summit when Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho...