The world's leading North Korea experts analyze the challenges and prospects the country is facing.

South Korea has emerged as a major contributor to international security, participating in a wide range of activities far from the Korean peninsula. CFR scholars outline several steps that will ensure that South Korea can sustain this broadened role.

An exploration of the possibilities for enhanced U.S.-ROK cooperation in both traditional and nontraditional spheres.

CFR scholars provide policy options for preventing a major crisis in the territories immediately adjacent to China: North Korea, Myanmar, Pakistan, and Central Asia.

Scott A. Snyder discusses Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Pyongyang on the sixtieth anniversary of Sino-DPRK ties.

Scott A. Snyder advocates the need for more effective regional coordination on contingency planning for North Korean instability.

Scott A. Snyder says, "Bill Clinton's visit might turn out to be the equivalent of hitting the 'reset' button in U.S. relations with North Korea."

Scott A. Snyder discusses the retrenchment of North Korea's domestic policy.

Scott A. Snyder argues, "North Korea never gave the President a chance to reach out before acting provocatively by conducting a second nuclear weapons test..."

Scott A. Snyder discusses North Korea's handling of the trial of two American journalists, and whether North Korea has fundamentally changed the terms of dealing with Pyongyang.

Scott A. Snyder discusses China and sanctions against North Korea.

Scott A. Snyder discusses North Korea's second nuclear test.

Scott A. Snyder remembers the idealism of Korean president Roh Moo-hyun.

Scott A. Snyder analyzes what North Korea has said about prospects for renewed diplomacy with the United States.

Scott A. Snyder argues that greater stability in relations between Taipei and Beijing have done little to improve Taiwan's long-term strategic position in the region.

Scott A. Snyder discusses the potential contradictions the Obama administration is facing as it develops its policy toward North Korea.

Scott A. Snyder examines why "Northeast Asia, in security terms, remains underinstitutionalized."

Scott A. Snyder discusses three developments that may indicate the administration's "policy-in-formation" toward North Korea.

In Comparative Connections, Scott A. Snyder and See-won Byun review recent developments in Korea-China relations.

In this report, Scott A. Snyder discusses how the U.S-South Korean relationship can evolve into a fuller partnership.

Scott A. Snyder suggests benchmarks by which to judge the response of the United Nations and the Obama administration to North Korea's rocket test.

Scott A. Snyder discusses the political targets of North Korea's missile test.

Chinese officials see stability on the Korean peninsula under the Korean Armistice as a component that has enabled China's growth for over three decades. Despite a growing difference between the economic systems of China and North Korea, China's communist party leadership feels an affinity with North Korea because its government, like China's, pursues one-party leadership under a socialist banner.

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North Korea's ratcheting up of tensions requires South Korean and U.S. military forces in Korea to be prepared to defend against North Korean military incursions. Resumption of diplomacy will only be possible when North Korea signals it is ready to resume dialogue and all parties agree on an agenda that includes both tension-reduction and denuclearization.

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