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Troy Stangarone

Rethinking US troop reduction

It shouldn't be surprising that the United States and South Korea have yet to reach an agreement on Seoul's contribution to the cost of stationing U.S. troops in South Korea given the way the talks have gone.

2020-07-29 17:27

American crises

The United States is in the midst of three crises that are undermining confidence at home and abroad. In recent years, the U.S. has suffered a slow decay of institutions. Key positions in government have been left unfilled and there has been a turn away from expertise to political ideology. The result has been an increasing unwillingness to listen to the experts that remain. That has left the U.S. more vulnerable to COVID-19.

2020-06-24 17:19

Pandemic's impact on North Korea's trade with China

North Korea's decision at the end of January to close its border with China likely minimized any outbreak of COVID-19 domestically, but it has also had a significant impact on its trade with China.

2020-05-26 17:05

Need for COVID-19 humanitarian aid

More than 2.9 million people have contracted the coronavirus and over 207,000 have died as of April 27. The vast majority of those infections and deaths have been in the United States, Europe, and China.

2020-04-27 17:54

COVID-19 requires bold economic measures

The situation that the world faces today is grave. Borders are being shut and economies are coming to a standstill. French President Emanuel Macron put it simply, “We are at war.”

2020-03-25 18:16

Realistic US approach to North Korea

Every U.S. president ideally wants to head into their re-election campaign with foreign policy successes to tout to voters. However, foreign policy has traditionally had very little impact on U.S. elections unless there is something deeply wrong in the policy.

2020-02-26 17:49

Can income-led growth succeed?

It's a seemingly straightforward question, does raising the pay of low wage workers help to boost workers' income or hinder employment? It is also an increasingly relevant question since President Moon Jae-in began pursuing a policy of income-led growth.

2020-01-27 17:22

Berlin Wall and Korean division

In August of 1989, a group of 600 East Germans were allowed to cross the Hungarian border into Austria for the first time. In the weeks to come, tens of thousands more would follow them, setting in motion a series of events that would see the Berlin Wall come down Nov. 9.

2019-11-26 17:04

Turning darkness to light in North Korea

From outer space North Korea is engulfed in a sea of darkness at night. Looking from afar there would be very little reason to believe that roughly 25 million people live on the other side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).

2019-09-25 16:00

US should back South Korea in talks with North

With the conclusion of military exercises between the United States and South Korea there is an expectation that working level talks between the United States and North Korea may resume.

2019-08-26 17:00

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