BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,556, May 8, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Kim Jong-un was mysteriously absent from both the state event of Kim Il-sung’s birthday on April 15, 2020 and the celebration of Korean People’s Army Day on April 25, …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,518, April 3, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The South Korean government was forced by coronavirus (COVID-19), which began in China, to take immediate action to avoid losing control over what was rapidly becoming a pandemic. Seoul …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,463, March 1, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The miraculous “revival” of Kim Kyong-hui, the long-thought-dead aunt of North Korean dictator Kim Jung-un, illustrates the confusing opacity of North Korean internal politics. Pyongyang is in a difficult …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,388, January 1, 2020
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: President Donald Trump is quadrupling the price tag on US troop deployment in South Korea and Japan, a demand Seoul and Tokyo find overwhelming. Should they consider alternatives to …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,269, August 28, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The sanctions imposed on North Korea have a humanitarian cost of which most members of the general public in the sanctioning nations are not aware, and which is almost …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,245, August 5, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The June 30, 2019 meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un at Panmunjom, the border between North and South Korea, reignited negotiations between North Korea and the US …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,218, July 5, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: I recently visited North Korea – a choice viewed by some as an automatic legitimization of the regime, though visits by foreigners do not by any means connote blanket …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,216, July 3, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On July 14, 2019, President Reuven Rivlin will land in South Korea for an official state visit. The visit can serve as a catalyst for an upgrading of relations …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,159, May 1, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: South Korea faces security threats and economic challenges from competitors in Asia and around the world, but the greatest long-term threat to its national interest is the demographic challenge …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,119, March 22, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The media focused its attention on the success or failure of the Singapore Summit in June 2018 and the Hanoi Summit of February 2019, but largely disregarded President Trump’s …
