Marialaura is an international relations analyst with a solid expertise on Japan and the Northeast Asia region. A passionate advocate for peaceful conflict resolution, she has been involved in peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula since 2008. In 2014 she co-founded the NGO Track2Asia.
Rejection of unification and foreign policy changes reflect DPRK’s effort to find new way forward amid US-China rivalry
William Perry’s review still holds vital lessons on engaging the DPRK as it is, not how Washington wishes it to be
By treating the North Korean issue exclusively as a nonproliferation concern, the US sets itself up for failure
Great power competition is creating a dangerous regional divide, pushing Pyongyang further into Beijing’s orbit
Tokyo has aligned closer to US rather than embrace multilateralism, a move likely to worsen its security situation
The US should offer security and economic guarantees that empower allies to commit to its vision of the region
Tokyo has long insisted on resolving the abduction issue first, but the public increasingly prioritizes denuclearization
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