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United States Policy towards Northeast Asia

April 2013, Richard C. Bush III

Counter-Terrorism and Emergency Management: Keeping a Proper Balance

May 2013, Jibum Chung

A Possible "Off Ramp" in North Korea

April 16, 2013, James E. Goodby

Getting Kim Jong Un's Attention

April 11, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Mike Mochizuki

I think the steps taken by the Obama administration are prudent and the minimum necessary to send a message to [North Korea] and our allies that we are prepared to defend them.

April 5, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere, The Guardian (UK)

I hope that when the exercise winds down in a few weeks, they [the North Koreans] will wind down the rhetoric and we will be in a better place than we are now.

April 5, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere, The Guardian (UK)

The World of North Korea's Kim Jong-un

April 4, 2013, Kongdan Oh

The danger here is that South Korea, with U.S. moral support, retaliates and then North Korea feels that it needs to counter-retaliate; China doesn’t control it and so it’s a vicious circle.

April 2, 2013, Richard C. Bush III, Washington Times

Understanding North Korea

April 1, 2013, Kongdan Oh

Tensions on the Korean Peninsula

April 1, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere

We are in a vicious cycle [with North Korea]. Even if things calm down after the current U.S.-South Korea exercise, we will still be at a higher level of tension than in the past.

March 29, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere, Wall Street Journal

North Korea Faces Heightened Human Rights Scrutiny

March 21, 2013, Roberta Cohen

UN Sanctions, North Korean Threats

March 7, 2013, Richard C. Bush III

U.S.-South Korea Relations in Obama's Second Term: Managing Challenge and Change

February 2013, Evans J.R. Revere

[U.S. support for a U.N. inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea could prompt other nations] especially those on the fence, to come forward in support of the initiative.

February 20, 2013, Roberta Cohen, Washington Post

Try Temporary North Korea Sanctions

February 15, 2013, Michael E. O'Hanlon

The Implications of North Korea's Third Nuclear Test

February 12, 2013, Richard C. Bush III and Jonathan D. Pollack

Will North Korea Test Again?

January 26, 2013, Richard C. Bush III and Jonathan D. Pollack

Confrontation Over Korea

January 17, 2013, Jonathan D. Pollack

South Korea’s New President Prepares to Meet a Turbulent Northeast Asia

January 2013, Hyeong Jung Park

Kim Jong-un’s New Year’s Speech: A Kinder, Gentler North Korea?

January 3, 2013, Evans J.R. Revere

Outlook for South Korea’s First Female Leader President Park Geun-hye

December 25, 2012, Kongdan Oh

Park Geun-hye’s Electoral Victory: A Sigh of Relief from Washington?

December 19, 2012, Evans J.R. Revere

South Korea's 2012 Presidential Elections: Continuity Over Change

December 19, 2012, Richard C. Bush III

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[Leadership change in East Asia] creates a great potential for change. New leaders say things during their leadership campaign, and when they take office, can pursue new policies. This creates new context for bilateral relations and relations among countries in East Asia. It's a source of uncertainty, but it's also a source of opportunity.

December 16, 2012, Richard C. Bush III, Japan Times Online