... world is following the dramatic events unfolding around North Korea with great attention. Politicians and experts, journalists and diplomats are increasingly alarmed about the possible catastrophic consequences of the current crisis — not only for the Korean Peninsula, but for the system of world politics in general. Numerous statements and comments leave a depressing sense of hopelessness, a complete impasse in trying to find a solution to the problem.
On the one hand, it seems that everyone — except ...
How likely is the escalation of US sanctions?
Pyongyang's testing of nuclear weapons naturally caused debate about a possible further response. It is expected that the UN Security Council will again condemn nuclear tests as it unanimously criticized the recent missile launches. However, current events reveal contradictions between key players. Chinese and Russian companies have already been subjected to US sanctions for their ties with North Korea. The Americans want to force China and Russia to...
... General, had a meeting with Ma Sang-Yoon, Director General of the Policy Planning Bureau at Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In the course of the meeting they discussed Russian and Korean approaches to resolve the crisis situation unfolding around the Korean peninsula, including possible areas for bilateral Russia-South Korea cooperation on security issues and activation of multilateral mechanisms for regional cooperation.
The parties also discussed prospects for further cooperation between think tanks ...
RIAC Poll
Escalation on the Korean peninsula may lead to a full-scale armed conflict.
What solution could settle the crisis at this point?
The Cuban Missile Crisis of Nowadays
The recent developments on the Korean Peninsula have already been christened the Caribbean Crisis of our time, and there is certainly some truth to that. In early August, as Pyongyang and Washington exchanged extremely belligerent statements, many believed that the situation was on ...
... Affairs.
The sides exchanged opinions on the pending issues of international relations. Special emphasis was given to the state of Russia-the U.S. contacts, the peculiarities of the U.S. foreign policy at D.Trump administration, and security issues on the Korean Peninsula. The viability of Russia-Japan contacts at expert level was noted as important in the development of cooperation potential between the two countries.
Timur Makhmutov
, RIAC Deputy Director of Programs, and Kensuke Yoshida, Director of ...
... with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in the Russian Federation.
Participants of the round table discussed the ways to further develop Russia-Korea relations including inter-regional cooperation between the two countries and the situation on the Korean Peninsula including North Korea nuclear issue.
The South Korean delegation was headed by Mr. Park Won Soon, Mayor of Seoul. H.E. Park Ro-byug, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation, representatives ...
The meeting covered the development of bilateral relations between Russia and Republic of Korea, security issues in Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia on the whole.
On May 24, Moscow hosted a high-level expert meeting with the delegation of Korean authorities headed by Song Young-gil, Special Presidential Envoy of Republic of Korea. Korean delegation also included ...
The parties paid special attention to possible military and political consequence of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) deployment in South Korea
Andrey Kortunov and the Ambassor of Republic of Korea Discuss Ways to Reduce Tensions on the Korean Peninsula
On April 19, RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov met with Park Ro-byug, the Ambassador of Republic of Korea to Russia.
The meeting covered Russia-Republic of Korea interaction considering the latest escalation in the Korean peninsula ...
After the adoption of UN Security Council Resolutions 2270 of March 2, 2016 and 2321 of November 30, 2016, there appear many assumptions about North Korean collapse in near future. Experts in the West consider this collapse as probable and even very close.
Supposedly, the economic hardships from sanctions will cause social unrest and turmoil that will lead to the change of leadership in the North. Immediately, Pyongyang will abandon its nuclear and missile programs, all citizens will condemn and...
