Yoon Young-kwan, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, is currently Professor of International Relations at Seoul National University and a visiting scholar at the Free University of Berlin and the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (German Institute for International and Security Affairs).
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Yoon Young-kwan
Commentaries by Yoon Young-kwan
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Realism on North Korea
BERLIN – The world’s task in addressing North Korea’s saber rattling is made no easier by the fact that it confronts an impoverished and eff…
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The Asian Sleepwalkers
SEOUL – Whether East Asia’s politicians and pundits like it or not, the region’s current international relations are more akin to nineteenth…
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Asia’s Next Axis
SEOUL – Last month, the leaders of China, Japan, and South Korea agreed to begin negotiations later this year on a trilateral free-trade agr…
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Whither North Korea?
SEOUL – According to North Korean state television, the heart attack that killed Kim Jong-il on December 17 was “due to severe mental and ph…
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Asia’s Threesome Turns Four
SEOUL – Like many regions of the world, Northeast Asia faces severe political challenges in creating a viable structure of peace. But, given…
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Can East Asians Cooperate?
SEOUL – As China continues its unremitting rise, people throughout East Asia are wondering whether their states will ever be able to achieve…
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The Opportunity in Seoul
SEOUL – Hubris usually gives birth to disaster. The root cause of the current global crisis was intellectual hubris in the form of the blind…
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A New Approach to North Korea
SEOUL – The long-delayed meeting of North Korea’s ruling Worker’s Party is now underway, and comes at a time of severe tension between North…
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The Gambler of North Korea
SEOUL – After a painstaking investigation, South Korea is pointing the finger of blame at North Korea for the sinking of its warship, the Ch…
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After the Dear Leader
SEOUL – Korea is a unique country. The Cold War ended when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, and is now remembered only as history to most…
Realism on North Korea
Carol Maczinsky: Leave all initiative to North Korea and relax, they won't wage a full blown war anyway.
Realism on North Korea
Andrea B: Kennedy's dismantling of missiles in Italy and Turkey was not a "concession", the missiles had become obsolete and were already on their way to be removed from in a year or so whether the crisis had o…