38 North, founded in 2010, is a research program focused on North Korea that investigates how internal and external dynamics are influencing the country’s strategic calculus and shaping the security environment around it, to inform new strategies for addressing this complex geopolitical challenge.
Our work incorporates open-source research, strategic dialogues, network building, and comparative studies to enhance understanding of one of the most difficult intelligence targets. These insights are essential to crafting more effective policies and approaches toward North Korea to help prevent conflict within an economically and politically critical, nuclear-armed region.
The U.S. president’s outreach to Kim was a commendable effort, but it is unsurprising he returned home without a meeting
November 3, 2025
How will new South Korean President Lee Jae-myung implement his ‘pragmatic’ foreign policy agenda?
June 13, 2025
South Korea has become the first nation to pass a comprehensive AI legal framework—how effective will it be?
June 12, 2025
South Korea’s newly-elected President Lee Jae-myung will face many geostrategic challenges, including North Korea
June 10, 2025
Joel Wit assesses the current status of US policy towards North Korea and how to move forward in an increasingly dangerous environment
May 16, 2025
Discussing the domestic and foreign policy implications of the failed vote to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol following his short-lived declaration of martial law
December 11, 2024
The Trump administration should define new goals for North Korea and manage the alliance with South Korea
November 20, 2024
Terence Roehrig and David C. Logan examine deterrence dynamics on the Korean Peninsula within the evolving security environment
October 17, 2024
