Search: North Korea,China (25 materials)

 

Spokes versus Axes: Modalities of Regional Security in Northeast Asia

... superiority of the United States and its allies over any potential rival in the region. Beijing’s assessment of the significance of the Camp David summit was probably determined not by the U.S. and an emphasis on the awaited collective response to North Korea’s nuclear missile program, but by their condemnation of China’s actions in the South China Sea. According to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, “in the face of unilateral sanctions, hegemony and confrontation, Russia and China should strengthen strategic cooperation.” The involvement of the DPRK, which ...

07.11.2023

Illusory Stability: Is It Possible to Escalate the Crisis on the Korean Peninsula?

... is of strategic value to China. In addition, China does not see the DPRK's nuclear programme as a direct threat to itself. North Korean nuclear weapons are perceived by Beijing primarily as a problem for the United States and its allies. That is why China, on the one hand, suppresses attempts by the North Koreans to gain access to materials and components for the nuclear missile programme, and on the other hand, continues to trade with the DPRK, in spite of the sanctions. As for Russia, its approach to Korean affairs cannot be separated from its ...

19.08.2022

North Korea Reloaded: Women’s Empowerment, Cyber-Warfare and Strategic Investment in Cryptocurrencies

... universities have accessible websites: http://pust.co [3] For more information, have a look at: The Russian Embassy website in the DPRK (http://www.rusembdprk.ru/en/visa-requirements) and the People’s Republic of China Embassy to the DPRK (http://kp.china-embassy.org/chn/zjcx/) [4] CIA - Office of National Estimates (1971). North Korean Policy Toward the Non-Communist World: Objectives, Results, and Prospects. [5] BBC (2020). Kim Yo-jong: Profile of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister. [6] Jenny Jun, Scott LaFoy, Ethan Sohn (2015). North Korea’s Cyber Operations: ...

18.03.2021

Surviving in a Deregulated Strategic World

... strategic asymmetry: while Pakistan trains its weapons on India, India sees China as its main strategic rival, and Pakistan, China’s friend, as an adversary. Maintaining strategic stability between India and Pakistan through arms control on the U.S.... ... issues, the general power imbalance between the two countries, and the asymmetrical strategic position of India and Pakistan. North Korea, which developed its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles in the 21st century, presented another problem. Its arrival ...

04.02.2021

War Commemorations Aim to Avoid War

... Chine draw from the Korean War to better handle conflict? This year marks the 70 th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. It was initially a civil war that gradually evolved into an international conflict, during which the Soviet Union and China supported North Korea. Last Friday, China commemorated the 70 th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers army entering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. How to evaluate China's decision to ...

30.10.2020

Will the Six-Party Diplomatic Project Help Denuclearize the Korean Peninsula?

... first, this could be conveyed to the Russian side through Track II diplomacy. Depending on the state of U.S.–Russia and U.S.–China relations, time will tell whether this position can be made official, and in what form (in line with the Russia–China roadmap, for example). If the United States and North Korea resume negotiations, say, after the U.S. presidential elections, then Moscow should be waiting in the wings to clarify the position it has been developing. Russia has the advantage of having good channels of communication with North Korea,...

25.09.2020

Post-COVID-19 Sanctions Policies

... a list of exceptions to its sanctions, many of which were in place long before the pandemic. They concern Iran, Syria, Cuba, North Korea, Venezuela and Russia [ viii ]. A joint US-Swiss relief supply channel for Iran has become operational [ ix ]. We ... ... bear in mind that the help in fighting the epidemic provided by the countries hit by the sanctions, such as Russia, Cuba and China, to the initiators of the sanctions will not make the latter lift the sanctions afterwards. In other words, COVID-19 does ...

14.07.2020

Asia Under Fire of US Sanctions

... much damage, but they are gradually becoming system-wide. Adopting unilateral secondary sanctions, the Americans proceeded both from their own laws and from UN sanctions [ 4 ]. Here are some vivid examples of US secondary sanctions against Russia and China over the North Korean restrictions. For instance, Chinese industrial company Dandong Hongxiang Industrial Development and four of its top executives [ 5 ] were put on the US Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN-list) in September 2016. The company is located ...

20.11.2019

It’s Hard to Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room, Especially If It Isn’t There. RAND on the Search for Cyber Coercion

... others? These are the questions addressed in the RAND think tank's recent report " Fighting Shadows in the Dark. Understanding and Countering Coercion in Cyberspace ". The authors discuss cyber operations conducted by four states — Russia, China, Iran and North Korea — and try to determine whether those activities amounted to cyber coercion. Starting with the study findings, we will highlight the following points. Cyber operations intended to coerce are a small subset of overall cyber operations globally....

19.11.2019
 

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