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Troy Stangarone

Economic issues play larger role in Korea-U.S. relations

As with any incoming president, President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol's economic policies are still taking shape, but will likely be more market-oriented than the outgoing Moon Jae-in administration. How Yoon approaches economic issues, however, could have a more significant impact on the future of U.S.-Korea relations than under prior administrations.

2022-03-31 16:20

Case for South Korean sanctions on Russia

If there was ever any illusion that Russia didn't intend to invade Ukraine, that is gone now. Russian troops have entered into Ukraine with the clear intent to remove its democratically elected government. While Ukraine may seem a world away from the Korean Peninsula, what happens on the plains of Eastern Europe will reverberate all of the way to Korea.

2022-03-01 16:54

Political polarization hinders talks with North Korea

In advance of the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, President Joe Biden lamented the challenges of political polarization for advancing his agenda. In noting the near universal Republican opposition to the majority of his agenda and the lack of a Republican platform for governing that might allow room for compromise, Biden asked rhetorically, “I wonder what would be the Republican platform right now. What do you think?”

2022-02-03 16:48

Three issues for US-Korea relations in 2022

After four years of tensions over national security and trade, the United States and South Korea sought to reset relations in 2021. The election of Joe Biden as president of the United States allowed Washington and Seoul to reach a new agreement quickly on defense cost sharing and then agree to increase cooperation on issues ranging from supply chains to vaccine cooperation to climate change at the U.S.-Korea summit in May.

2022-01-03 15:59

South Korea should play larger role in ending pandemic

As we approach the end of the second year of the pandemic, the world faces renewed uncertainty from the Omicron variant of COVID-19. However, now that South Korea has fully vaccinated 80 percent of its population against the coronavirus there is an opportunity for it to play a larger role in ending the pandemic.

2021-12-07 17:02

Will Korea meet its COP26 pledges?

For the last two weeks, much of the world's attention has been focused on Glasgow and COP26, the U.N. summit to address climate change. World leaders and government officials have been working to bridge the divide between the short-term need for economic growth and the steps required to deal with the long-term challenges our planet faces from rising temperatures.

2021-11-11 17:00

Americans view US-Korea alliance differently

After the turbulence of the Trump administration it should be no surprise that the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in August reawakened questions about the United States' willingness to support and defend its partners and allies. While the immediacy of those concerns has passed, there are good reasons to believe that the United States views its commitment to South Korea very differently than Afghanistan.

2021-10-14 16:59

IOC gets it wrong on North Korea

Sometimes there are situations where we have the ability to do something, but it isn't wise to do so. The recent decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to suspend North Korea from Olympic competition until the end of 2022 is a good example.

2021-09-16 17:02

Price of resuming talks with North Korea

One challenge that negotiators face is determining under what conditions are they willing to resume negotiations with North Korea on its nuclear weapons and missile programs.

2021-08-19 17:00

Korea's tasks to reduce global emissions

When governments meet at the U.N. Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November they will face an increasingly difficult task in limiting global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Global temperatures have already increased by more than 1.0 degree Celsius and countries were not on track to meet their pledges from the Paris Accords prior to the pandemic. Now, as the world's economies begin to recover, the pandemic's brief reprieve from ever-increasing levels of carbon emissions is ending.

2021-07-22 17:05

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