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April 10, 2019

Space
Bad Moonshot Rising: The Moon's Dubious Strategic Value

Aspirations to return American astronauts to the moon after a nearly half-century absence should be rooted in science, not foreign policy.

The American flag heralds the launch of Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission, on July 16, 1969.

September 6, 2018

South Korea
Setting the Stage for the Third Inter-Korean Moon-Kim Summit in Pyongyang

South Korean President Moon Jae-in dispatched a special envoy delegation composed of the same members that met Kim Jong-un in March to discuss arrangements for an inter-Korean summit planned for Pyon…

Chief of the national security office at Seoul's presidential Blue House Chung Eui-yong meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, North Korea September 5, 2018.

July 12, 2017

South Korea
Launch of the Trump-Moon Era in U.S.-Korea Relations

On 29 June 2017, South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in Washington for an early summit with his US counterpart Donald Trump. Despite dramatic contrasts in the circumstances, ideologies and sty…

Launch of the Trump-Moon Era in U.S.-Korea Relations

May 12, 2017

South Korea
Moon's Win, IS in the Philippines, Taiwan at WHA, and More

Rachel Brown, Sherry Cho, Gabriella Meltzer, and Gabriel Walker look at five stories from Asia this week. 1. New president, new approach? Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s new president, has pledged to p…

Moon-win-parade

June 29, 2017

North Korea
Clouds On The Horizon For The U.S.-Korea Alliance Under Trump and Moon?

Following a decade of convergence between South Korean conservatives and the Obama administration, American analysts have been bracing for a new round of alliance-shuddering tensions under Donald Tru…

Clouds On The Horizon For The U.S.-Korea Alliance Under Trump and Moon?