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December 19, 2023

North Korea
Strengthening Human Rights-Centered Approaches Toward North Korea

In order for the United States and South Korea to strengthen their human rights-centered approach toward North Korea, key internal and external obstacles should be addressed. 

A North Korean flag flutters at the propaganda village of Gijungdong in North Korea, in this picture taken inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas on February 7, 2023.

December 11, 2023

South Korea
Global Turmoil and Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula: The Need for a Vital U.S.-South Korea Alliance

Escalating inter-Korean tensions might turn the Korean Peninsula into another international security flashpoint and a possible breaking point for global stability.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Korean People's Army Air Force headquarters on the occasion of Aviation Day in North Korea, released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on December 1, 2023.

December 7, 2023

South Korea
CFR Fellows' Book Launch Series: The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not by Scott A. Snyder

The alliance between the United States and South Korea has endured through seven decades of shifting regional and geopolitical security contexts. In The United States–South Korea Alliance: Why It May…

Play U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol attend an Indo-Pacific Economic Framework event at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco, California.

December 1, 2023

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: South Korean Court Rules in Favor of ‘Comfort Women’

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers November 25 to December 1.

Former South Korean "comfort woman" Lee Yong-soo looks at a statue symbolising "comfort women" at the Seoul Comfort Women Memorial in Seoul, South Korea, June 29, 2021.

November 30, 2023

Education
Higher Education Webinar: U.S. International Academic Collaboration

Jenny Lee, vice president for Arizona International, dean of international education, and professor of educational policy studies and practice at the University of Arizona, leads the conversation on …

Play A group of three students studying together in a university library.

November 29, 2023

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Academic Webinar: Public Opinion on Israel and Palestine

Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat professor for peace and development at the University of Maryland and nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, leads the conversation on public opinion on …

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November 29, 2023

North Korea
What Would a Second Trump Administration Mean for North Korea?

If Donald Trump were to win the 2024 presidential election, he would face at least three new realities that would shape his policy toward the Korean Peninsula.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Panmunjom, South Korea, on June 30, 2019.

November 28, 2023

Intelligence
Young Professionals Briefing: Pathways to Service in the Intelligence Community

Panelists discuss their distinguished careers in intelligence and offer advice to young professionals interested in or already pursuing a career in the intelligence space, as well as the challenges c…

Play US President Joe Biden (C) speaks with the Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Christine Abizaid (C L), as he tours the Center's Watch Floor at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in McLean, Virginia.

November 9, 2023

Renewing America
Confronting Disinformation in the Digital Age

Panelists discuss the challenge of discerning accurate information on online platforms, the rise of disinformation and how news agencies verify the truth in their reporting, and the repercussions of …

Play Displaced Ukrainians check their phones in a Polish train station.

October 27, 2023

Sexual Violence
Women This Week: Sexual Assault Increasing Among Displaced Women in the Congo

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post covers October 21 to October 27.

Internally displaced Congolese Muslim women attend Eid al-Fitr prayers in the Munigi camp site near Goma in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, April 21, 2023.