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Agenda for humanity in high season of diplomacy

To many top policymakers around the world, the remainder of this year will be a most hectic time. It is the high season of diplomacy - both regionally and globally. This year, it will be more so than ever, due to the war in Ukraine, supply chain disruptions and economic security issues, energy and food crises, the pandemic, the U.S.-China competition, the climate crisis and the nuclear threat - to say the least.

2022-09-08 15:09

ROK-US alliance well on track, but real tests yet to come

Three months into the presidency, the Yoon Suk-yeol government is in full swing with its foreign and security policy agendas, in contrast to the turbulent domestic political situation.

2022-08-11 17:00

Global pivotal state vision and Korea's new multilateral diplomacy

”The attendance of the South Korean president at the NATO summit for the first time has historical significance at the NATO level,” NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said during his meeting with President Yoon Suk-yeol in Madrid last week.

2022-07-07 16:25

Be on the side of peace, human rights, democracy

Just two days ago, a new South Korean government led by President Yoon Suk-yeol set sail with a new vision and resolve for the next five years. The preceding Moon Jae-in government had to hand over the baton to a successor with a starkly different orientation on both domestic and foreign policy, leaving various daunting challenges behind.

2022-05-11 16:20

North Korea's nuclear annihilation threat and Biden's timely 2022 Nuclear Posture Review

Recently, we had both good news and bad news on the nuclear postures of nuclear-armed states. Good news, the long-awaited Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) of the Biden administration will soon be released as its classified version was sent to Congress last month.

2022-04-14 16:29

Winston Churchill's advice for new Korean leadership

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it,” said Winston Churchill, former British Prime Minister and a foremost role model for the Korean President-elect, Yoon Suk-yeol. Among the many good lessons from Churchill, this maxim seems to be a quite fitting reminder and advice for the new Korean leader at this juncture.

2022-03-17 17:49

2022: Year of living dangerously

Predictions are galore as to how the New Year of the Tiger will unfold. Uncertain, turbulent and contested are popular adjectives describing the world before us where worries overshadow hopes. The main sources of such apprehensions are systemic, structural and deep-rooted, while others are transitional or cyclical.

2021-12-30 17:05

It's diplomacy, stupid!

Two years ago, Bill Burns, the then-president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and now the CIA director, criticized President Donald Trump for what he termed “the demolition of U.S. diplomacy” in his article in Foreign Affairs magazine. This assessment seemed to reflect the thinking of not just the Biden camp but also of the mainstream of America.

2021-12-02 16:43

Linchpin or cornerstone? It takes two to tango!

In diplomacy, semantics and symbolism are no less powerful than actual policy or strategy. The U.S. administration's use of the terms “linchpin” and “cornerstone” vis-a-vis its alliances with Korea and Japan, respectively, is a case in point. They are used with a strategic rationale and episodes behind them.

2021-10-14 17:00

Two Koreas' long journey to UN and agenda for peace

This month marks a historic milestone for us Koreans - the 30th anniversary of the two Koreas' simultaneous admission to the United Nations.

2021-09-23 16:50

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