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Emerging Biden doctrine and future of China dream

Five months into his presidency, U.S. President Joe Biden's foreign policy is taking shape at the right pace. This is most prominent in the evolution of his China policy. During his presidential campaign, he envisaged a long game in meeting Chinese challenge to the United States and across the world, while laying out some areas of possible cooperation, such as climate change,...

2021-06-27 17:05

We don't live on Planet Vulcan

An Economist article titled, “Closing the world's schools caused children great harm,” made the point that governments around the world closed schools for two-thirds of the school year due to the pandemic, even though the probability of a child between the ages of 5 to 14 years old dying from COVID-19 was only one in 500,000. The implication is that governments made a hasty d...

2021-06-27 17:00

Help the world vaccinate North Korea

After initially lagging behind much of the developed world, South Korea's vaccination program has begun picking up steam. Health officials announced recently that around 30 percent of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine and they expect this figure to increase to three quarters over the next three months. South Korea's success in turning around it...

2021-06-24 17:01

Five years on, 'Brexiternity' looms for London and Brussels

This week marks the fifth anniversary of the United Kingdom's landmark EU referendum with the nation's relationship with Europe still in flux and likely to remain so for years to come in what has been called “Brexiternity.”

2021-06-24 16:40

Embracing winds of change

Water that fails to flow is bound to become stagnant. This old Korean saying seems to have never been more relevant than at present, as far as the country's politics is concerned.

Park Yoon-bae | 2021-06-23 17:05

Biden's summit without a peak

Were there great expectations for the summit meeting in Geneva between President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin? Certainly not, but in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. president's week of transatlantic diplomacy at the Group of Seven (G7) in Britain, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) meeting in Belgium, a clear momentum seemed to favor...

2021-06-23 17:02

Why Europe is the key to Biden's anti-China crusade

In addition to the G7, U.S. President Joe Biden's recent visit to Europe consisted of three other summits, with: NATO, the European Union, and Russian President Putin. The itinerary was dense and meticulously planned.

2021-06-22 17:00

Problems in media reports related to NK

At the ROK-U.S. summit, the two leaders agreed that diplomacy and dialogue based on existing agreements between the two Koreas and between the U.S. and North Korea are essential for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and the establishment of a regime under peace. The two leaders also confirmed U.S. President Joe Biden's support for inter-Korean dialogue, engagement ...

2021-06-21 17:04

Template for reunification

From time to time I'm asked to make a presentation. At times the inviting group chooses a topic; sometimes they allow me to choose. Recently I was asked to give a presentation via Zoom - given the pandemic, Zoom has become more useful than ever. But this time the experience gave me pause, and gave me a surprise. The inviters asked me to speak about reunification - that gave m...

2021-06-20 15:49

Biden-Putin summit surprises, but ties still frozen

Geneva is home to the European seat of the United Nations and the international headquarters of the Red Cross, yet its unofficial status as the world's “peace capital” did little Wednesday to cut the diplomatic ice in Joe Biden's big summit with Vladimir Putin.

2021-06-20 15:37

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