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Is Winter Coming in Korea?

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North Korea's increasingly frequent weapons tests, the installation of a US missile-defense system in South Korea, and the ouster of South Korean President Park Geun-hye have made the Korean Peninsula more unstable than at any time since the Korean War. Can a dangerous downward spiral be averted?

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  1. Will Nuclear History Repeat Itself in Korea?
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    Will Nuclear History Repeat Itself in Korea?

    Apr 4, 2017 Michael Mandelbaum shows why China holds the key to avoiding four bad options on the peninsula.

  2. Storm Clouds Over Korea
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    Storm Clouds Over Korea

    Apr 4, 2017 Joschka Fischer points out that, rhetoric aside, diplomacy is the only option for resolving the North Korea crisis.

  3. The Sino-Korean Trade War Must End
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    The Sino-Korean Trade War Must End

    Mar 22, 2017 Lee Jong-Wha argues that China has been focusing its economic pressure on the wrong Korea.

  4. Out of Time in North Korea
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    Out of Time in North Korea

    Mar 17, 2017 Richard Haass outlines strategic options for heading off – or at least managing – a major regional crisis.

  5. Soul Searching in South Korea
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    Soul Searching in South Korea

    Mar 16, 2017 Yoon Young-kwan describes the myriad domestic and external challenges awaiting Park Geun-hye's successor.

  6. China’s Road to Peace on the Korean Peninsula
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    China’s Road to Peace on the Korean Peninsula

    Mar 13, 2017 Minghao Zhao proposes steps to defuse regional tensions in the wake of North Korea's latest missile tests.

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