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Wed, December 2, 2020 | 09:50

Bernard Rowan

Biden and Korean security

As the United States, her allies and the world prepare for the end of the Trump presidency, the calls begin for President-elect Biden to develop a coherent foreign policy respecting America's commitments and partnerships. The morass of public health that is COVID-19 in the United States and elsewhere should speed America's return to multilateral initiatives. This includes rel...

2020-12-01 17:54

Choi Sung-jin

Diplomatic mission impossible

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, unlike the current occupant of the White House, is seen as a reasonable and predictable person. Biden has reaffirmed this through his recent selections for key cabinet posts.

2020-12-01 17:50

China's global climate boost

China's global climate boost

In his video address to the United Nations General Assembly in September, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a slight improvement of China's 2015 Paris climate agreement pledge: national carbon dioxide emissions should now peak before 2030 rather than around 2030. That might not seem like much, but, paired with Xi's additional declaration that China aims to be carbon neut...

2020-12-01 17:49

Tong Kim

Pyongyang's reticence on Biden

For weeks, North Korea has been silent on the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Since Joe Biden was recognized as the U.S. president-elect, many world leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, have called Biden to congratulate him on his victory.

2020-11-30 17:00

Korea's policy choices amid increased global uncertainties

Korea's policy choices amid increased global uncertainties

The results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election can be recorded as one of the most unusual happenings in American history. Republican President Donald Trump would be only the third president since World War II who failed to win re-election.

2020-11-30 16:40

Crafting diplomacy-first US foreign policy

Crafting diplomacy-first US foreign policy

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has made it clear that diplomacy will be at the center of his administration's foreign policy. Biden has pledged to rejoin the Paris climate agreement on day one of his administration, recommit to NATO allies, return the United States to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, and convene a “Summit for Democracy” to “renew the spirit and sh...

2020-11-30 16:30

Jason Lim

Thanksgiving in thankless year

As I write this, the international media is reporting that Diego Maradona has died. The outpouring of grief and condolences has been universal, with perhaps the exception of English soccer fans with a long memory and equally long-lasting grudge for the “Hand of God” incident. Several weeks earlier, we also lost Sean Connery, the quintessential James Bond, who defined a manly ...

2020-11-29 17:38

Chang Se-moon

We are in a war and losing

“We are in a war right now and the virus is winning.” Governor Hogan of Maryland made this statement on Nov. 17 describing the rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus. Hogan is well known to Koreans because his wife is a charming Korean American woman.

2020-11-29 17:31

War and peace in Bosnia

War and peace in Bosnia

STOCKHOLM - At a US Air Force base in Ohio 25 years ago, the European continent's most devastating war since 1945 came to an end with the Dayton Agreement. After three and a half years, the war in Bosnia had taken more than 100,000 lives, wrought immense destruction, and displaced millions from their homes. “It may not be a just peace, but it is more just than a continuation ...

2020-11-29 17:23

Chest-faced men and other lies

Chest-faced men and other lies

In his 1596 account of a voyage to South America, English explorer Walter Raleigh wrote of a strange tribe living there. He tells us that their “heads appear not above their shoulders” and that “they are reported to have their eyes in their shoulders, and their mouths in the middle of their breasts.” Raleigh does not claim to have seen these peculiar people; he's repeating th...

2020-11-29 10:13

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