Nov 22, 2019 | Publications
November 2019 | KF-VUB KOREA CHAIR POLICY BRIEF Ramon Pacheco Pardo EU’s ‘critical engagement’ policy towards North Korea needs to make way for a credible engagement policy suited to strategic partners South Korea’s and the US’ current approach. To move towards its...
Oct 18, 2019 | Publications
October 2019 | KF-VUB KOREA CHAIR POLICY BRIEF Young-hun Kim When Moon Jae-in’s government first took office, the situation on the Korean Peninsula was overcast with dark clouds of war. President Moon has dedicated many efforts towards his North Korea policy for a...
Sep 24, 2019 | Publications
September 2019 | KF-VUB KOREA CHAIR POLICY BRIEF Riccardo Villa The Republic of Korea and NATO have had an Individual Cooperation Programme (IPCP) in place since 2012 which mainly focuses on security. It is a relationship in an environment where competing great...
Jul 12, 2019 | Publications
July 2019 | KF-VUB KOREA CHAIR POLICY BRIEF Rasmus Eriksson Prompted by the exposed vulnerability of its highly connected society after North Korea’s cyberattacks in recent years, South Korea has set out to improve its cybersecurity infrastructure. Whilst important...
Jul 10, 2019 | Publications
1 July 2019 | KOREA CHAIR EXPLAINS Dr Ramon Pacheco Pardo On Sunday, President Donald Trump became the first sitting US president to step into North Korea. In a historic move, Trump crossed over the military demarcation line separating the two Koreas across the DMZ...
Jun 21, 2019 | Publications
21 June 2019 | REPORT Linde Desmaele, Maximilian Ernst, Dr Tongfi Kim, Dr Ramon Pacheco Pardo On the first anniversary of the Singapore summit between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jong-un, the KF-VUB Korea Chair published the results of a survey on...