... established ties in different areas. Due to the specifics of its political regime and restrictions imposed by the UN Security Council as well by Tokyo and Seoul unilaterally, the DPRK is not heavily involved in economic and social exchanges. Nevertheless, North Korea is clearly an integral part of the region’s internal environment and an important factor in the processes in Northeast Asia.
Regional Security Complex Theory (RSCT) is a new IR theory proposed by Barry Buzan and Ole Wæver from the Copenhagen School. They suggest that a region is a mini-system where the concepts of all theories of international relations operate ...
... justify his country’s transformation from a
de facto
into a
de jure
nuclear power?
So, is a nuclear arms race on the Korean Peninsula inevitable? Will the idea of denuclearizing the peninsula have to be finally shelved? And should a nuclear war in Northeast Asia be regarded as a possibility, like North Korean leaders claim today?
Indeed, the geopolitical and military-strategic situation in the region looks more than redoubtable, while getting ever more complicated. Nevertheless, it should by no means be considered hopeless. With political will,...
... profound change in Moscow's overall approach to the security problems on the Korean Peninsula. Allegedly, a new so-called "Moscow-Beijing-Pyongyang axis" that harbors unquestionable hostile intentions toward the West is rapidly emerging in Northeast Asia. It is suggested that Moscow is now ready to directly assist North Korea with its nuclear and, especially, with its ballistic programs. Pyongyang, in its turn, might send large-scale military hardware supplies to Russia to serve the "special military operation" that Moscow has been conducting in Ukraine ...
Working Paper 25/2015
In 2015 Russia and South Korea celebrate the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations. Much has been accomplished, but significant potential for collaboration in Northeast Asia to address new and traditional threats remains untapped.
In this analytical paper experts of the Russian International Affairs
Council (RIAC) and Institute for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (
IREEES
), Seoul National University ...
... RIAC Director General Andrey Kortunov, former Russian Ambassador to South Korea Gleb Ivashentsov, former Russian Ambassador to North Korea Valery Sukhinin and Alexander Zhebin, Head of the Center for Korean Studies at RAS Institute for Far Eastern Studies.... ... nonproliferation in the Korean Peninsula, approaches of great powers to Korean settlement, and the impact of global changes on situation in Northeast Asia.
