Product Types: Policy Paper

Policy Paper

Great Power Mediation: Opportunities and Challenges for China

Kenneth A. Schultz is professor of political science and CISAC affiliated faculty member at Stanford University. His research examines international conflict and

August 27, 2019
Policy Paper

大国调解:中国的机遇与挑战

August 27, 2019
Policy Paper

Nuclear Energy and the United States-Mexico 123 Agreement

Mexico’s nuclear program dates back to the 1950s with research being performed at universities around the country and the creation of the

August 26, 2019
Policy Paper

North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Center: Minimal Activity Observed

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Frank V. Pabian, Jack Liu and Jenny Town Commercial satellite imagery of North Korea’s Yongbyon

August 2, 2019
Policy Paper

North Korea’s Yongbyon Nuclear Center: Continuing Activity at the Uranium Enrichment Plant

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Frank V. Pabian, Jack Liu and Jenny Town Recent commercial satellite imagery of North Korea’s

July 5, 2019
Policy Paper

North Korea’s Hydroelectric Power – Part I

Analysis by Peter Makowsky, Jenny Town and Samantha Pitz Background Coal and hydropower are the two main sources of power in North

July 3, 2019
Policy Paper

China and the Korean Peninsula after the Hanoi Summit

The Hanoi summit between President Trump and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un had been expected to deliver concrete results on the

July 2, 2019
Policy Paper

Funding Challenges for Korea Studies and Scholarship

Compared to China and Japan, access to educational opportunities about the two Koreas are noticeably limited in the United States. There has

July 1, 2019
Policy Paper

Review Essay: Stabilizing Nuclear Southern Asia

This review article considers three significant volumes recently published in the field of Southern Asian security studies. These consist of Not War,

May 31, 2019
Policy Paper

North Korea’s Food Situation: Bad but not Catastrophic

North Korea’s food situation is confusing. The World Food Program (WFP) and the North Korean government have effectively conveyed the message to

May 29, 2019
Policy Paper

Wonsan’s Beach Resort: New Construction Underway

A 38 North exclusive with analysis by Peter Makowsky and Jenny Town The Wonsan beach resort is one of Kim Jong Un’s

May 24, 2019
Policy Paper

The Chinese Perception of the U.S.-China-ROK Triangle

Since being applied to U.S.-Soviet-China trilateral relations after the Sino-American rapprochement in the early 1970s, the notion/theory of “strategic triangles” has been

April 30, 2019