Yoon Young-kwan
Yoon Young-kwan, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Seoul National University.
Yoon Young-kwan, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, is Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Seoul National University.
South Korea's incoming president, Moon Jae-in, will take office at a time of heightened tensions with the communist North. To understand what kind of policy he will pursue requires familiarity with li… read more
South Korea is very likely on the cusp of another political housecleaning. But, regardless of who succeeds Park Geun-hye as president later this year, their job – and the job of their party – will be … read more
More than two decades of nuclear diplomacy with North Korea have highlighted the need to resolve two fundamental dilemmas. And, while past political leaders have preferred to sweep them under the carp… read more
Populism, nationalism, and xenophobia were all factors in Brexit's passage in the UK, but they are only surface-layer phenomena in a larger sea change. As has happened throughout the history of capita… read more
Last month, North and South Korea narrowly avoided a catastrophic military confrontation. If efforts are not made to limit North Korea's provocations – specifically, by deepening its economic and soci… read more
In his State of the Union address to the US Congress in 2002, President George W. Bush famously described Iraq, Iran, and North Korea as an “axis of evil.” In the years since, however, America has not… read more
China spent much of 2014 seeking to revive the concept of “Asia for the Asians” that Japan proclaimed seven decades ago, when it was an imperial power seeking to impose its will on the region. But tha… read more
Uncertainty about whether Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will even speak to each other at this month's APEC summit highlights the grim reality of Asian relations t… read more
There are three ways to foster international peace: deepening economic interdependence, promoting democracy, and building international institutions. Unfortunately, because East Asia’s leaders have fa… read more
