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South Korean Public Ready to Call Trump's Bluff

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

If the president wants to wreck at least ten years of solid South Korean public support for the US-Korea alliance, he is already headed down the right path.

A ROK sailor waves flags in front of an aircraft carrier.
Jermaine M. Ralliford
Public Opinion

China's Slow Growth and America's Missing Trade Deal

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Global economics expert Phil Levy joins this week's Deep Dish podcast to explain what's going on between the US and China, and how lessons from the US shutdown might help explain what will happen next.

President Xi Jinping
Michel Temer
Global Economy

History Continues Unabated between Japan and South Korea

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

People in both Japan and South Korea agree on the primary issues that need to be resolved in order to improve the relationship.

South Korea and Japan from space
NASA
Public Opinion

North Korea Installs Speed Bumps on Path to Singapore

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

New statements by a North Korean diplomat may indicate that the upcoming Singapore summit is in peril of failing.

Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) from the South Korean side.
Daniel Oberhaus
Defense and Security

Consequences of Success on the Korean Peninsula

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Running Numbers by Karl Friedhoff

Recent polling on South Korea's Moon Jae-in may be less encouraging than it seems.

Shinzo Abe, Moon Jae-in, and Mike Pence standing side by side. Defense and Security

US Warns of North Korean Threat Amid Winter Olympic Diplomacy

In the News
WTTW
Karl Friedhoff

Can Olympic diplomacy really defuse the threat of war on the Korean Peninsula?

Screenshot of Karl Friedhoff on WTTW Global Politics

The Korean crisis shows the perils of relying on America

In the News
Financial Times
Ivo H. Daalder

The immediate threat of war has passed but Asian allies have little to celebrate.

President Donald J. Trump walks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
Shealah Craighead
US Foreign Policy

North Korean Missile Test, Military Exercises Have Region on Edge

In the News
WTTW
Karl Friedhoff

With tensions high on the Korean Peninsula some fear a misstep or miscalculation by either the United States or North Korea could lead to armed conflict – potentially one that could even go nuclear.

Karl Friedhoff on WTTW Defense and Security

An Early Challenge to Trump's Foreign Policy in Asia

In the News
Wall Street Journal
Karl Friedhoff

The dispute between Seoul and Tokyo over comfort women has wide-ranging ramifications.

South Korean women wearing traditional dress pay their respects to a comfort-woman statue set up in front of the Japanese consulate in Busan, South Korea. US Foreign Policy

The Iran Deal and the US-Japan Alliance

In the News
The Diplomat
Craig Kafura

Craig Kafura discusses the Iran Deal and the US-Japan relationship.

Kyoto, Japan.
Martin Falbisoner
Global Politics