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Mon, July 22, 2019 | 15:10

State violence in Venezuela

In a stunningly stark report on the political and economic conditions in Venezuela, the U.N.'s Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet, outlined a troubling litany of continuing human rights abuses, extrajudicial killings, and economic privations characterizing the besieged Latin American country.

2019-07-10 18:01

Power and interdependence in the Trump era

U.S. President Donald Trump has been accused of weaponizing economic globalization. Sanctions, tariffs, and the restriction of access to dollars have been major instruments of his foreign policy, and he has been unconstrained by allies, institutions, or rules in using them.

2019-07-10 17:33

The Korean conundrum seen from the Indian prism (2)

The very next day at the DMZ, Kim invited Trump to take a few symbolic steps into his country. They held an informal conversation, so that needless expectations were not aroused. Trump also invited Kim to Washington for the third formal summit. By any yardstick, it was an astute move by the protagonists. Kim’s image among his people was burnished. Moon added another feather t...

2019-07-10 09:24

The Korean conundrum seen from the Indian prism (1)

Specter of THAAD

A specter is haunting the Korean Peninsula - the specter of THAAD. It was the Chinese leader Xi Jinping who has brought it back from the grave. Xi, quite unexpectedly, raised the matter with President Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan.

2019-07-09 17:57

Show must go on

“Those guys are performing a diplomatic show.” That's what I muttered to myself while watching the meeting of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un with South Korean President Moon Jae-in looking on as a go-between, at the truce village of Panmunjeom, June 30.

2019-07-09 17:50

Can multilateralism survive China-US rivalry?

The strategic rivalry between the United States and China poses a sharp challenge to international organizations, which are now at risk of becoming mere pawns of either power. Whether multilateral institutions can retain a role in facilitating desperately needed international cooperation remains to be seen.

2019-07-09 17:46

The Korean conundrum seen from the Indian prism (1)

The South Korean polity is divided on President Moon Jae-in’s salutary initiative to forge a detente in the Korean Peninsula, by goading Washington and Pyongyang into finding a modus vivendi. However, the international stock of Mr. Moon could not be higher.

2019-07-09 09:40

The Korean conundrum seen from the Indian prism (2)

Biegun vs. Bolton

It was just a few months ago that many observers, including myself, believed that U.S. President Donald Trump had fallen under the sway of hawks in Washington after the collapse of his summit in Hanoi with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. That no longer appears to be the case following Trump's recent meeting with Kim at the DMZ.

2019-07-08 17:40

Trump's lose-lose Iran strategy

One can only guess what U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to achieve in Iran. Does he have designs on a “better” nuclear treaty than the 2015 deal from which he withdrew the United States? Are he and his advisers assuming that if they pile up enough demands, the regime will be forced to submit, or even abdicate? Or are they setting the stage for an attempt at regime change th...

2019-07-08 17:31

The lesser surnames

The previous two installments in my “Frog Outside the Well” series have been about the dominance of the surnames Kim, Lee and Park. Today I want to look at the lesser names, the obscure names of Korea.

2019-07-07 17:50

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