Developments on the Korean Peninsula have an increasingly significant impact on regional and global economic and security dynamics. From the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK or North Korea) rapidly advancing nuclear weapons program and shifting partnerships to the Republic of Korea’s (ROK or South Korea) mounting leadership in critical commercial and military industries to expanding US-ROK alliance cooperation across a range of strategic issue areas, the two Koreas have an outsized influence on world geopolitics.
Stimson’s Korea Program works to help address some of the world’s most pressing traditional and nontraditional security challenges by promoting greater understanding of relations between the United States and the Korean Peninsula through innovative research, strategic dialogues and informed analysis.
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Following North Korea's satellite launch on November 21, Vann Van Diepen discusses the reconnaissance satellite's development and potential impacts
November 28, 2023
What choices, trade-offs, and potential implications does South Korea face in its discussion of nuclearization?
October 30, 2023
What subconventional stability lessons can South Korea learn from South Asia’s experience?
October 24, 2023
Dr. Samuel Ramani examines North Korea’s support for militant non-state actors in the Middle East, including its links with Hamas
October 24, 2023
What can South Korea learn from South Asia's experience of nuclearization?
October 20, 2023
Senior Fellow and 38 North Program Director Jenny Town called to testify before the Senate Subcommittee on East Asia, The Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy
October 6, 2023
With North Korean efforts to increase the availability of protein sources, this piece looks at the expansion status and challenges.
September 22, 2023
Following Kim Jong Un's visit to Russia, Distinguished Fellow Joel Wit and Dr. Siegfried Hecker discuss changes in Russia-DPRK relations as their nuclear ties deepen
September 21, 2023
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