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1. ASI Research Update: Robert Rotberg on State Failure and Asia

   The Ilmin International Relations Institute at Korea University has released the fifth in its policy briefing series, by Robert Rotberg of Harvard University. — posted on January 5, 2010

2. ASI Research Update: Joel Wit on Contingency Planning and North Korea

   The Ilmin International Relations Institute at Korea University has released the fourth in its policy briefing series, by Joel Wit of Columbia University. — posted on January 5, 2010

3. ASI Research Update: EAI & Peking U. on East Asia’s Future After the Financial Crisis

   In an Asia Security Initiative collaboration, the East Asia Institute and the Center for International and Strategic Studies at Peking University have released a report on “East Asia’s Future after the Global Economic Crisis: The Role of China and South Korea for the Region.” — posted on December 15, 2009

4. ASI Research Update: EAI Smart Talk by Joel Wit on North Korea

   In the latest East Asia Institute Smart Talk, Joel Wit of Columbia University finds that “two key factors”—the stability of the North Korean regime and American politics—will “shape the resolution of the nuclear issue.” Read Wit’s analysis, along with commentary by South Korean experts. — posted on December 9, 2009

5. ASI Research Update: EAI Working Paper on Understanding the DPRK’s Strategic Assessments

   In his new report “Understanding North Korea’s Strategic Assessments in 2009 and the Reference Point Gap on the Korean Peninsula,” Jihwan Hwang of Myongji University studies offers new concepts for understanding North Korea’s international strategy. — posted on November 19, 2009

6. ASI Research Update: Victor Cha on the Future of North Korea and the ROK-U.S. Alliance

   This week, we’re featuring recent policy briefings by the Ilmin International Relations Institute at Korea University. The third in the series is by Victor Cha of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. — posted on November 6, 2009

7. ASI Research Update: John Park on the Effects of Sanctions on North Korea

   This week, we’re featuring recent policy briefings by the Ilmin International Relations Institute at Korea University. The second in the series is by John Park of the U.S. Institute of Peace. — posted on November 6, 2009

8. ASI Research Update: Lee Seo-Sook IFIAS Policy Brief on the Future of N. Korea

   The Ilmin International Relations Institute at Korea University has released three policy briefings on the future of North Korea. The first is by Lee Seo-Sook of the Korean National Defense University on “State Failure and North Korea.” — posted on November 4, 2009

9. ASI Research Update: DPRK Survey Finds “Dramatic Expansion” in Criminalization of Market Activities

   The East-West Center releases a new Working Paper by ASI grantees Stephen Haggard and Marcus Noland, “Repression and Punishment in North Korea: Survey Evidence of Prison Camp Experiences.” Read the report. — posted on October 6, 2009

10. ASI Research Update: Survey of Refugees Finds “Powerful Social Changes” Underway in DPRK

    Read Stephen Haggard and Marcus Noland’s new Peterson Institute for International Economics Working Paper, “Reform from Below: Behavioral and Institutional Change in North Korea.” — posted on September 16, 2009

11. Video: Stephen Haggard at the East Asia Institute

    Over the next three weeks, the East Asia Institute is posting video of Stephen Haggard’s presentation on the political economy of North Korea, based on new surveys and analysis. — posted on July 14, 2009

12. East Asia Institute on the Political Economy of North Korea

    The East Asia Institute held a GlobalNet21 meeting on the strategic implications of North Korea’s political economy, featuring University of California San Diego expert Stephen Haggard. — posted on July 4, 2009

13. Peterson Institute Releases Report and Commentary on North Korea Sanctions

    Marcus Noland and Stephen Haggard have released a new paper and new commentary on the North Korean economy. In the wake of Friday’s UN Security Council Resolution 1874, their conclusions provide important information on the prospects and limits of sanctions in affecting North Korean decisions on its nuclear program. — posted on June 15, 2009

14. EAI Issue Briefing: Transforming North Korea Policy

    In a new Issue Briefing from the East Asia Institute, Chaesung Chun offers new recommendations for a “holistic approach” to the security challenges posed by North Korea. — posted on June 11, 2009

15. Op-Ed: Peterson Institute’s Noland Says DPRK Nuclear Test a “Turn Back to the Past”

    Asia Security Initiative network participant’s op-ed states that the North Korean nuclear test arises “out of the context of presuccession maneuvering.” — posted on May 29, 2009