North Korea's increasingly frequent weapons tests, the installation of a US missile-defense system in South Korea, and the ouster of South Korean President Park Geun-hye have made the Korean Peninsula more unstable than at any time since the Korean War. Can a dangerous downward spiral be averted?
Apr 4, 2017 Michael Mandelbaum shows why China holds the key to avoiding four bad options on the peninsula.
Apr 4, 2017 Joschka Fischer points out that, rhetoric aside, diplomacy is the only option for resolving the North Korea crisis.
Mar 22, 2017 Lee Jong-Wha argues that China has been focusing its economic pressure on the wrong Korea.
Mar 17, 2017 Richard Haass outlines strategic options for heading off – or at least managing – a major regional crisis.
Mar 16, 2017 Yoon Young-kwan describes the myriad domestic and external challenges awaiting Park Geun-hye's successor.
Mar 13, 2017 Minghao Zhao proposes steps to defuse regional tensions in the wake of North Korea's latest missile tests.
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US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to take a confrontational approach to China, with tariffs as his weapon of choice. But unless his administration adopts a measured approach, his plans may end up harming American businesses and consumers, undermining US democracy, or even leading to military confrontation.
