More 'dramatic measures' may be needed to meet the growing challenge presented by Pyongyang, which said the declaration places the 'peace and security' of Northeast Asia and the world in danger
An unprecedented bilateral nuclear declaration that Washington and Seoul just announced may not be enough to assuage South Koreans' worries about a U.S. pledge to protect them from North Korea's nuclear attacks as it was designed to do, according to experts. U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol presented the Washington…
More 'dramatic measures' may be needed to meet the growing challenge presented by Pyongyang, which said the declaration places the 'peace and security' of Northeast Asia and the world in danger
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is in Washington this week as the United States and South Korea celebrate 70 years of bilateral ties. Yoon’s visit is only the second state visit hosted by the Biden administration and the first South Korean state visit in 12 years. While there have been some recent strains in the relationship over U.S. trade and semiconductor policy and Seoul’s support for Ukraine, the focus of the bilateral summit was on the threat posed by North Korea. Although the summit ostensibly achieved both sides’ desired security deliverables related to deterrence, reassurance and nonproliferation, these outcomes will likely not provide enduring solutions to the North Korea challenge.
In the last year, climate models have run hot. As knowledge of enhanced climate sensitivity and polar ice melt-rate evolves, it has become clear that sea-level rise is significantly faster than previously thought, resulting in more frequent and destructive storm, storm surge, severe precipitation, and flooding. With rare extreme events today becoming the norm in…