Scott Snyder
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Joe Biden’s Summit With South Korea’s Moon Jae-In Poses A Question Of Shared Values
When South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday, the decades-long U.S.-South Korea alliance will have an opportunity to address two distinct challenges to the proposition that the alliance is sustained by shared democratic values. → Read More
Japan-South Korea Tensions Are Eroding Security In Northeast Asia
Domestic polarization and political self-interest that dominate decision-making in Japan and South Korea render the current round of tensions between the two nations qualitatively different from previous incidents. → Read More
Japan-South Korea Tensions Spur The Need For Courage And Creativity
While the U.S. can help the two countries address this problem, only courageous and inventive leadership in Tokyo and Seoul can resolve it. → Read More
South Korea's Leader Makes Bold Effort To Enhance The Prospects For Peace
Moon Jae-in has had more success than many expected in Pyongyang for his third summit with North Korea’s Chairman Kim Jong Un, but there are still many questions to be answered. → Read More
Singapore Summit: The Meeting Is The Message
Despite the drama and historic nature of the meeting, the outcome did not live up to the hype. → Read More
How North Korea Evades UN Sanctions Through International 'Front' Companies
North Korea continues to evade UN sanctions designed to prevent its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) development by embedding its agents and intermediaries within the international trading system → Read More
Japan And South Korea Welcome Some Much-Needed Reassurance From The Trump Administration
What both Japan and South Korea need right now is assurance from the United States that its alliances are a priority. In his first overseas trip as the new Secretary of Defense, General James Mattis will be sure to affirm that commitment. → Read More
Donald Trump Must Take North Korea's Nuclear Threat Seriously
For years, North Korea's nuclear threats were treated as bluster because it was clear that the country did not have the capabilities to match them. This may have changed in 2016. → Read More
Impeaching South Korean President Park Geun-hye: Where Does The Country Go From Here?
Following weeks of tense political scandal, the South Korean National Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly by a margin of 234-56 on a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye. → Read More
Scott A. Snyder: Addressing North Korea’s Nuclear Problem
Since defecting from Six Party negotiations on denuclearization in 2008, North Korea has pursued nuclear development unchecked by international constraints. Scott A. Snyder outlines steps the United States should take to lead coordinated multilateral action opposing North Korea’s nuclear status, while still leaving a denuclearized North Korea a route for regime survival. → Read More
Why Is the Media Missing Kim Jong-un?
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for over one month, failing to participate in a major Supreme People’s Assembly gathering and anniversary commemorations of the founding of the Korean Workers’ Party. These are the same sorts of events that his father, Kim Jong-il, failed to [...] → Read More
Breaking The Impasse In US-South Korea Nuclear Cooperation Negotiations
South Korea’s vibrant civilian nuclear sector, which consists of 23 reactors that supplied approximately 30 percent of its electricity in 2012, was built through cooperation with the United States. The United States shared know-how and technology that enabled the construction and operation of South Korea’s first reactors in the 1960s. American [...] → Read More
North Korea's Fourth Nuclear Test and the Future of Six Party Talks
At her joint press conference with President Barack Obama last month in Seoul, South Korean president Park Geun-hye stated against the backdrop of apparent preparations by North Korea to conduct a fourth nuclear test that such a test could trigger a nuclear arms race and would spell the end of [...] → Read More
Obama in Seoul: Mounting Challenges to Political Leadership
Rumors of an impending North Korean nuclear test have more than justified President Obama’s decision to add South Korea to his agenda during his trip to Asia this week. Rather than discussing security challenges, it would not be surprising if the American and South Korean leaders spend most of their [...] → Read More
Know Your Customer: Which North Korean Businesses Are Violating UN Sanctions?
The latest UN Panel of Experts report reveals that North Korean businesses connected with the illicit arms trade are most effective when they hide their North Korean colors and blend in to the international trading environment as nondescript entities. Their North Korean origins may be concealed by a web of [...] → Read More
China-North Korea Trade in 2013: Business as Usual
North Korea’s dependency on China for energy and food has long been cited as a source of Chinese political leverage and a primary factor that could influence North Korean stability. But if North Korea depends on China for the bulk of its food and fuel, why does China not punish tiny North [...] → Read More
North Korea's Illicit Arms Trade Unmasked
Buried within the annexes of the latest United Nations report by experts impaneled to investigate North Korean efforts to circumvent sanctions placed on the country following its 2009 nuclear test is a tale of subterfuge worthy of a Hollywood thriller. A North Korean-Cuban weapons deal involves fighter planes and surface-to-air missiles that are buried [...] → Read More