More: North Korea
The Sino-US relations – Recalibration or Repetition?
T he Chinese grab for fossil fuels or its military competition for naval control is not a challenge but rather a boost for...
What to expect from Donald Trump
I n principle, Donald Trump thinks that the NATO and non-NATO US traditional allies are free riders, namely fully autonomous decision-makers which accept...
THAAD Mad Bad, Part I: US-China Rivalry in the South China Sea
T he Terminal High Altitude Area Defense is a US Army anti-ballistic missile system designed to shoot down short, medium, and long-range ballistic...
The launch of the North-Korean ballistic missile
A missile was launched from a submarine by the North Korean Navy a few days ago, targeting Japan. The launch of the ballistic missile...
The current North Korean issue
Pending the periodical transformation of the North American political system, the Korean issue is surfacing again. It is a complex issue which is crucial...
Global nuclear weapons: downsizing but modernizing
While the overall number of nuclear weapons in the world continues to decline, none of the nuclear weapon-possessing states are prepared to give up...
The Korean issue today
Since the Korean Armistice Agreement of July 27, 1953 until recent times, North Korea has violated the armistice 221 times. Most of these incidents...
Lessons from the Precipice: North Korea and Indonesia as ‘Mentors’ for Iran
Since the revolution, Iranian politics have progressed through a number of phases, becoming progressively more splintered as time passes, where the question of which...
The US Pivot Asia-Pacific Strategy requires India and Australia
The post Cold War realignment of international relations on Asia completely changes the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region. The more the West...
Legislative elections in South Korea
In the elections held on April 13, 2016 all the 300 seats of the Seoul National Assembly were renewed. 253 members of Parliament were...