Diplomacy
China and UN Security Council Resolution 2094: Is the Third Time the Charm?
Is China’s support for enhanced sanctions a fulcrum toward the future, or just repetition on an old theme? Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga talks it out.
A New Focus on Inter-Korean Relations: Twelve Policy Recommendations for Park Geun-hye
Jang Jin-sung offers policy wisdom to coincide with the February 25th inauguration of South Korea’s new president, Ms. Park Geun-hye.
Atomic Aftermath: An Op-Ed Glossary
Adam Cathcart and Mycal Ford take on a slew of op-eds, half-truths, and brilliant assertions in a creative A-Z glossary of post-nuclear news and opinion.
A False Dichotomy: Professor Andrei Lankov on a Popular Revolution Imposed from Without
In the first of his exclusive occasional posts for SinoNK, Professor Andrei Lankov of Kookmin University in Seoul explains how the North Korean revolution was both imposed by the USSR and supported by a substantial proportion of the North Korean people.
When the Bomb Goes Boom: Gauging China’s Policy Responses
We have been tracking likely Chinese reactions to a North Korean test for the past two months. We capture official and un-official reactions. How were our predictions? Pretty good.