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South Korea: The Shifting Sands of Security Policy
South Korea: The Shifting Sands of Security Policy
Table of Contents
  1. Overview
Deep Freeze and Beyond: Making the Trump-Kim Summit a Success
Deep Freeze and Beyond: Making the Trump-Kim Summit a Success
Table of Contents
  1. Executive Summary
  2. Introduction
  3. Anatomy of a Pivot: From Sabre Rattling to Planning an Historic Summit
    1. Charm Offensive and an Olympic Truce
    2. From a Pyongyang Dinner to a Driveway Press Conference
    3. Enter Pompeo and Bolton
    4. Moon and Kim Set a Wobbly Stage
  4. Views from the Region
    1. Beijing Manoeuvres
      1. President Xi receives a visitor and Beijing reasserts itself
      2. Beijing’s vital interests and red lines
    2. Seoul Moves to Centre Stage
    3. Tokyo Frets
    4. Pyongyang Keeps ’em Guessing
      1. “Peaceful coexistence”
      2. The right sort of money
      3. Assessing Pyongyang’s intentions?
  5. A Successful Summit and a Roadmap Beyond
  6. A Possible Four-step Plan
  7. Conclusion
  8. Appendix A: Four Step Plan to a “Deep Freeze” in North Korea
  9. Appendix B: Map of North East Asia
  10. Appendix C: Map of the Korean Peninsula
  11. Appendix D: Acronyms
Briefing 130 / Asia

South Korea: The Shifting Sands of Security Policy

Although North Korea has offered unconditional dialogue since January, South Korea is maintaining a tough policy line towards the North as Seoul approaches a year of electoral campaign politics. The risk of conflict remains serious, particularly in the area near the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the military demarcation in the Yellow Sea.