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Global Outlook Articles by Chung-in Moon
Chung-in Moon is the co-convener of Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, and the Chairman of the Sejong Institute in South Korea.
He previously served as the Special Advisor to the ROK President for Unification, Foreign and Security Affairs. As Distinguished University Professor of Yonsei University, he is currently the Editor-in-Chief of Global Asia, and Krause Distinguished Fellow, School of Global Policy and Strategy, UCSD. He is a member of the Toda International Research Advisory Council.
Real Lesson Korea Should Take Away from Fall of Kabul
By Chung-in Moon | 15 September, 2021
In order to not repeat the errors of Afghanistan, South Korea must reconsider the role the US military plays on the peninsula.
Moon Jae-in’s Stalled Odyssey to Peace in Korea
By Chung-in Moon | 04 August, 2021
President Moon’s Korea Peace Initiative has faced mixed results and daunting challenges, but there are no better options.
Why Pyongyang Won’t Pursue Dialogue with US
By Chung-in Moon | 14 July, 2021
Given North Korea’s stronger nuclear arsenal, the pervasiveness of anti-North Korean sentiment in the US, and the intensifying rivalry between the US and China, another North Korean nuclear crisis at this point might not be manageable.
Four Idols of South Korea-US Alliance Advocates
By Chung-in Moon | 16 June, 2021
The South Korea-US summit on May 21 came to a successful conclusion. It served as an opportunity for making the two countries’ alliance more reciprocal and comprehensive.
Three Puzzles in South Korean Diplomacy Discourse
By Chung-in Moon | 26 April, 2021
South Korea must keep a strong alliance with the US and maintain a strategic partnership with China.
The Three Competing Viewpoints in Biden Administration’s Potential North Korea Policy
By Chung-in Moon | 12 December, 2020
With the inauguration of Joe Biden as the next American president all but certain, the eyes of the world are once again turning to the US. People are speculating about the policy line to be adopted by Biden, who has promised to value American alliances and restore multilateralism in the international community in a departure from Donald Trump’s “America First” approach. But little is known about what policy the Biden administration will adopt on the North Korean nuclear issue, the topic of greatest interest to those of us in South Korea.
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