Feb 27,2018 Special Forum

US-ROK Deterrence Architecture

The North Korean nuclear and missile threat has been rapidly increasing especially since 2017. During this past year, US intelligence agencies released two major new assessments of North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capability that are different from the past ones. The first assessment reduced the time in which North Korea is expected to achieve […]

Seol In-hyo* , Lee Jang-wook*
decoupling , Kill-Chain , Korean Air Missile Defense , Korean Massive Punishment and Retaliation , US extended deterrence
Oct 15,2015 Special Forum

Dreaming Big, Acting Big: Xi’s Impact on China’s Military Development

Xi Jinping emerged from his recent US visit with no meaningful new constraints on the development, deployment, and use of China’s military. Constructively, as part of a larger UN support package, he unveiled a Chinese plan to establish a police squad and 8,000 standby troops for UN Peacekeeping. Despite an ambiguous statement of intent to […]

Andrew Erickson
Asymmetry , China Military Dream , Kill-Chain , National identity , Sino-American military tensions , South China Sea