South Korea

Review – Base Towns

Andrew Szarejko • Apr 2 2025 • Features

Kim sheds light on how anti-base activism in Korea and Japan disrupts U.S. basing politics, urging us to value the lives of those living near bases.

Opinion – The Potential of Strategic Ambiguity for South Korean Security

Julian McBride • Mar 28 2025 • Articles

South Korea should open up its long taboo over weapons exports to Ukraine as North Korea becomes more intertwined with the war.

The ‘Second Image’ and Contemporary Civil-Military Relations

Kyunghyun Ro • Jan 23 2025 • Articles

Without effective oversight, the military may undermine or overthrow civilian authority, whether it be through coups or other methods of intervention.

Opinion – Toward a Japan-South Korea Alliance Less Reliant on the US

Hanjin Park, Mary Ochiai and Jiachen Shi • Nov 16 2024 • Articles

A motivation behind Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru’s push for an ‘Asian NATO’ may be developing a security relationship with South Korea.

Opinion – Japan-South Korea Relations: Breaking the Cycle?

Sofia Ribeiro-Lemos • Oct 17 2024 • Articles

As Japan and South Korea share similar values, they would benefit from strengthening bilateral ties.

Opinion – Extending South Korea and Japan’s Joint Development Zone Agreement

SeungHwan Kim • Jun 8 2024 • Articles

A unified, bipartisan, approach will aid in counterbalancing China’s growing influence in the region.

Why are South Koreans So Opposed to Accepting Refugees?

Once South Korea starts to feel the full impact of its declining birth rate, politicians and the public may be more welcoming to refugee resettlement.

Opinion – Seventy Years of Solidarity: The ROK-US Alliance

Wooyun Jo • Apr 28 2023 • Articles

The US alliance with South Korea will be a security linchpin of the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific region for the coming decades.

The Danger of Passive Containment and Ignoring North Korea

Stephen Morgan • Nov 19 2022 • Articles

If stagnation in inter-Korean cooperation is to be bypassed, there needs to be a new approach that goes beyond leveraging economic support for denuclearisation.

Interview – Timothy S. Rich

E-International Relations • Nov 10 2022 • Features

Timothy Rich talks about recognition of Taiwan, South Korean perceptions of refugees, and the advantages and challenges of collecting public opinion data.

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