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. John Burton

Korean populism

The hottest new trend in American newsrooms is coverage of threats to democracy, which has been sparked by the presidency of Donald Trump and its aftermath. Is Korea's hard-won democracy also threatened by troubling social trends?

2022-09-05 16:12

. Jason Lim

I look at myself but I can't see me

A few years ago, my little boy and I were talking over dinner about how our respective days went. He was trying to narrate a story and was differentiating himself from the other kids in his class. He used a word that I never forgot. He said, “Not me, that was for the real American kids.” I feebly protested, “But you are a real American, too.” He nodded, somewhat impatiently. ...

2022-09-04 15:37

. Casey Latigue

Lovely criticism

Some of the most heartwarming criticism I have received has come from the North Korean refugees I have worked with for almost a decade.

2022-09-01 16:14

Park Jung-won

The intractable Taiwan problem

The current heightened security tensions between the United States and China sparked by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan suggests that the Taiwan issue has entered a critical phase. One of the detonators in this regard is the new Taiwan Policy Act, a bipartisan bill submitted before the U.S. Congress in June.

2022-09-01 16:10

. Kim Sang-woo

Never allow crisis to go to waste

This month, tensions in the Taiwan Strait reached levels not seen in nearly 30 years. In response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taipei, China launched joint military exercises around the island and suspended or canceled official military dialogue and cooperation channels with the United States. Taiwan faced unprecedented provocations, including ballistic missi...

2022-08-30 16:55

. Andrew Hammond

Six months into Ukraine war, will Western unity hold?

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, one of the genuine geopolitical surprises to many has been the stronger-than-expected unity the West has shown against Moscow.

2022-08-30 16:14

Rushan Ziatdinov

Venus Project: a new socio-economic system for a humanistic future

The Venus Project is the brainchild of Jacque Fresco and Roxanne Meadows and is situated in Venus, Florida. Jacque Fresco was an American futurist, engineer, industrial designer, author and inspiring lecturer. Meanwhile, Roxanne Meadows is a technical and architectural illustrator and model-maker.

2022-08-29 15:02

Lee Jong-eun

International stability sometimes requires foreign policy ambiguities and contradictions

In international relations, political actors' ambiguous, inconsistent behaviors are frequent subjects of debates and controversies. To some critics, U.S. President Joe Biden's recent Saudi Arabia visit to request the latter's cooperation in the global energy market contradicted his administration's pledge to counter autocracy and advocate human rights as core foreign policy v...

2022-08-28 16:56

. Deauwand Myers

Deauwand (at seven years old): "Grandma, I didn't know that." Grandma (Alice Missouri Myers): "What you don't know could make a world."

2022-08-28 16:12

. Donald Kirk

Ukraine-style wars

Russia's invasion of Ukraine evokes unpleasant comparisons for Northeast Asia. It's easy to envisage China invading Taiwan or enabling a North Korean invasion of South Korea.

2022-08-25 17:10

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