Russia–South Korea: Is a “Neighbourly Agreement” Possible?

... Stated, to deploy the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the south of the country to counter the “North Korean missile threat” was made in July, when a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Park Geun-hye had already been ... ... region. Russia sees THAAD as a positional element of a new anti-Russian missile defence system in the Asia Pacific, from Southeast Asia to Alaska. While the United States stands to gain from the conflict that flared up over the issue, insofar as the deployment ...