Dropping Denuclearisation: North Korea in China and US Defence Priorities
US and Chinese government decisions to soften tone on nuclear threat represents latest positive for Pyongyang amid improving ties with global powers.
Diplomatic Review, Nov 2025: Remembering Kim Yong-nam
Death of DPRK’s longest-serving, senior government official follows decades of high-level diplomacy with Chinese leaders from Mao to Xi Jinping.
Divergent Foreign Policy on the Korean Peninsula, and ROK Security Priorities
With Pyongyang leaning towards Moscow, and the US focusing more on China than North Korea, Peninsula security priorities have entered a period of flux.
Business as Usual: Liaoning Leads China-DPRK Trade Revival
Sharp increase in trade with China’s main gateway to the DPRK comes amid signs of North Korea’s economic reopening after Covid-19.
Sea Change: the DPRK, and Russia’s New Maritime Power
Growing Moscow-Pyongyang alliance poses new naval security questions for main Northeast Asian military powers the US and China.
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