Right-Sizing North Korea’s Military Establishment: Can Pyongyang Pull Off Demobilization?
Introduction Kim Jong Un has used military personnel in the past to carry out civilian construction and infrastructure projects and…
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North Korean Defense Conversion: New Opportunities for Inter-Korean Cooperation?
Introduction Kim Jong Un is committed to North Korea’s economic development and has prioritized this goal over military modernization. In…
Building Peace and Security on the Korean Peninsula: Whither the US-South Korean Alliance?
Introduction Further progress toward building a permanent peace and security regime for the Korean Peninsula will require, at least in…
Conventional Threat Reduction on the Korean Peninsula: Toward a More Ambitious Agenda
Editor’s Note At the June 2018 Singapore Summit, the US and North Korea agreed to build a “lasting peace and…