Towards an EU Global Strategy?
As I am writing these words, the European External Action Service (EEAS), which is the European Union’s (EU) diplomatic department, and the High Representative for […]
Politics
Glory Days Ahead for Korea’s Filibuster?
The filibuster, a procedure used by legislative bodies around the globe to block or delay bills, is unfailingly a divisive issue. To some, it is […]
Why THAAD is Good for Nothing
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) is once again in the news in South Korea, the US, China and around the world. The missile system […]
A Song of Gold and Silva
In 1998, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who later served as President of Brazil, was quoted saying that, “in Brazil when a poor man steals […]
North Korea’s ICBM Development
North Korea recently announced through its state-run Central News Agency that it had successfully created and tested an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) engine. While there […]
Drumpf, America’s Authoritarian Mirror
Looking upon American politics this election cycle, one may feel disturbed and exhausted. As if the surprising rise of Bernie Sanders against the presumptive Democrat […]
The role of Ideology in North Korea.
What is ideology in North Korea? It is, as the author Hyung Gu Lynn wrote, a monumental illusion characterized by a great ideological and political […]
The End of Pacifism? Or Japan as a “Normal” Country?
On August 30, 2015, tens of thousands of Japanese citizens, young and old alike, gathered in front of the Diet in Tokyo. Holding signs reading […]
Regulate or Terminate: How do we deal with autonomous weapons systems?
In war, overpowering an opponent to the point of surrender requires the tools, knowledge, and actions that can induce such a response from one’s opposition […]
Building Sandcastles in the South China Sea
From just two rocks jutting out of the South China Sea, the Fiery Cross Reef has, in the space of about a year, transformed into […]