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Flex, Policymaking Style: South Korea in a New Cold War

By | July 31, 2022

South Korean scholar-diplomat calls for Seoul to adopt a flexible approach to great power competition, not bound by Cold War-style paradigms.

Back to the Future: Concerns of a Cold War-Era Turn in Seoul’s Russia Policy

By | July 11, 2022

Arming Ukraine would undo decades of progress in Russia-South Korea relations, argues one seasoned Russia hand in Seoul.

Plagues & Peoples in Korea, II: Behold! A New World Is Before Our Eyes

By | December 13, 2021

Christopher Richardson explores the social and political consequences of the Spanish Flu pandemic for Korea as the March 1st Movement erupts, and tracks the journeys of three doctors en route to their places in Korean history and revolutionary mythology.

A Model(led) Minority: Socioeconomics Transforming Korean Diasporic Identities in China, Japan, and Germany

By | November 19, 2021

Casting a comparative lens, Victor de Valk explores the distinctive role of socioeconomics in transforming diasporic identities across three countries.