Tag Archives: diplomacy
NEW RSIS Policy Report
Just published an RSIS Policty Report titled Building Peace and Prosperity – The Role of Elite Networks in ASEAN and Beyond.
This report explores how elite networks among ASEAN countries can contribute to peace and prosperity in the region. Indeed, the building of cross-border elite networks is particularly relevant today given the heightened tension in the region and beyond caused by the ongoing power shift from the West to the East, and from the United States and Japan to China. In fact, with today’s new challenges such as the Sino-US trade war and the ongoing pandemic, it is particularly important to ensure both formal and informal elite interactions among ASEAN members and with the broader Asia-Pacific region, as they can often work as “normal” even during uncertain times.
Citation: Weissmann, Mikael, Building Peace and Prosperity – The Role of Elite Networks in ASEAN and Beyond, RSIS Policy Report, July, 2020. Available at https://www.rsis.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/PR200730_Building-Peace-and-Prosperity.pdf
Will there be a war in North Korea?
Interviewed by KIT on whether ther will be a war in North Korea. My part is in chapter 4, but the whole article is quite nice (in Swedish).
On the securty situation in North Korea
On the securty situation in North Korea in Svenska Dagbladet.
https://www.svd.se/expert-usas-och-nordkoreas-relation-pa-bottenniva/i/senaste
Sanctions Reconsidered: the Path Forward with North Korea – NEW ARTICLE
New open access article in Washington Quarterly – “Sanctions Reconsidered: the Path Forward with North Korea”.
Read it to understand how North Korea survives, why sanctions (do not) work and what to do about it.
Speaking on North Korea and East Asian Security
Today I spoke at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs on North Korea and East Asian Security – see http://www.ui.se/evenemang/north-korea-and-east-asian-security. I was telling the story about why North Korea survives despite unprecedented international sanctions and what to do about the security situation on the Korean Peninsula.