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US rhetoric masks absence of fresh North Korea policy

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NORTH KOREA/US

South Korea’s unification minister (MOU) warned on April 10 that any US strike on North Korea would put “the safety of the public” at risk. A day later, Seoul’s defence (MND) and…

US-North Korea summit would have modest outcome

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US-NORTH KOREA

The message was conveyed by a South Korean delegation in Washington, briefing Trump on its talks earlier this week in Pyongyang. North Korea had said, the delegation reported…

US Congress will take policy lead in 2018

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UNITED STATES

Media coverage often focuses on the speech's tone and its implications for the president’s popularity, but presidents since the 1970s have seen no change in approval rating after…

US Congress will seek greater foreign policy control

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US/INT

The resolution was a Democratic attempt at damage control after comments by a newly elected caucus member that were perceived as anti-Semitic: the party fears being tagged as…

Prospects for US foreign policy in 2019

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PROSPECTS 2019

Prospects for US foreign policy in 2019.

Tide turns in favour of South Korea’s conservatives

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SOUTH KOREA

Politics in South Korea.

Leftward lurch in Seoul will roil US ties

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SOUTH KOREA

It will almost certainly be Moon Jae-in of the centre-left main opposition Minjoo (Democrat) Party. This will mean a sharp break, after a decade of two right-wing leaders: Lee…

Trump-Putin meet will likely concern US allies

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RUSSIA/US

US-Russian ties have been strained in recent months, and the meeting could help mend this. Yet the meeting’s context is equally if not more important: what happens at the meeting…

Prospects for East Asia to end-2020

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PROSPECTS 2020 H2

In different ways, all will experience significant economic damage and political consequences, ranging from the standing of incumbent leaders to changes in the regional security…

O’Brien begins as US National Security Advisor

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UNITED STATES

O’Brien succeeds John Bolton, who left the post on September 10. His candidacy was supported by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and senior presidential advisor Jared Kushner…