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UkraineAlert

Jan 23, 2025

North Korea is using Russia’s Ukraine invasion to upgrade its army

By Alina Hrytsenko

North Korea's participation in Russia's Ukraine invasion is a dangerous escalation in what is already the largest European war since World War II with potentially alarming implications for global security, writes Alina Hrytsenko.

Conflict Defense Technologies

Inflection Points Today

Jan 18, 2025

A Russian-Iranian inaugural gift for Trump

By Frederick Kempe

The new “comprehensive partnership agreement” between Moscow and Tehran is the latest example of greater coordination among the “axis of aggressors.”

China Conflict

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2025

East Asia’s energy security challenges can be mitigated by US LNG

By Landon Derentz, Joseph Webster, and Reid I'Anson

Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan should look into importing more US liquefied natural gas to strengthen their strategic relationships with the United States.

East Asia Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2024

The global ripple effects of South Korea’s political turmoil

By Atlantic Council experts

The fallout from Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment could have massive implications for Seoul’s relations with the United States and Japan.

Civil Society Elections

UkraineAlert

Dec 12, 2024

Foreign troops help Putin avoid pitfalls of another Russian mobilization

By Katherine Spencer

Russia’s growing use of foreign troops in Ukraine is a dangerous trend that promises to prolong the war and has the potential to fuel international instability, writes Katherine Spencer.

Central Asia Conflict

In the News

Nov 15, 2024

Park quoted by the Wall Street Journal on the Russia-North Korea relationship

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Economic Sanctions International Markets

Inflection Points

Nov 13, 2024

Trump is inheriting a more dangerous world

By Frederick Kempe

China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran are coordinating in unprecedented ways, posing new challenges to the incoming US president.

China Iran

Report

Nov 12, 2024

Avoiding entanglement: G20 responses in a Taiwan crisis

By Matthew Mingey, Laura Gormley, and Logan Wright

This report identifies China’s likely goals for interactions with G20 nations under a Taiwan contingency, as well as each case country’s respective economic and policy reactions.

Brazil China

In the News

Nov 11, 2024

Kroenig in Foreign Policy on the incoming administration and the Russia-North Korea relationship

On November 11, Matthew Kroenig, vice president and senior director of the Scowcroft Center, was published in Foreign Policy on how the incoming presidential administration may be able to change the relationship between Russia and North Korea. He argues that, by ending the war in Ukraine quickly, President Trump could reduce the ties binding the […]

Conflict Korea

UkraineAlert

Oct 31, 2024

Putin’s North Korean escalation is a direct result of Western weakness

By Peter Dickinson

The arrival of North Korean soldiers on the battlefields of Europe is the result of more than a decade of weak Western responses to escalating Russian aggression in Ukraine, writes Peter Dickinson.

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Experts

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Ross Tokola

Nonresident Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

English Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Scott D. Berrier

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Afghanistan Defense Policy

Fellow

Cole McFaul

Nonresident Fellow

Global China Hub

Artificial Intelligence China

Fellow

Narushige Michishita

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Crisis Management Defense Policy
John S. Park

Fellow

John Park

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Economic Statecraft Initiative Indo-Pacific Security Initiative

Cybersecurity English

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Robert Dohner

Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

China Economy & Business
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