Lessons on Nuclear Negotiations: 1990s Appeasement of North Korea

Lessons on Nuclear Negotiations: 1990s Appeasement of North Korea

Background    The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) has a long history of issues with nuclear compliance and other nuclear-capable nations. In the early 1990s, President Kim Il Sung had two main missions for his reign: (1) expel the United States...
How Asia Will Shape International Law in the 21st Century: The Return of Geopolitics

How Asia Will Shape International Law in the 21st Century: The Return of Geopolitics

The 21st century is called the “Asian Century” and not without reason. The image below shows the Valeriepieris circle, a hypothetical circle in Asia that contains more than half of the world’s population. In other words, more people live inside the circle than outside...