North and South Korea are locked in a competitive cycle marked by efforts to balance each other’s increasing military capabilities. Jina Kim explores arms control and crisis stability on the Korean Peninsula and its impact on North Korea’s strategic calculations. The paper offers policy recommendations for South Korean policymakers to address these challenges.
Dr Jina Kim is the Dean of the Language and Diplomacy Division at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. She currently serves on various advisory boards, including the UN Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters as well as those of the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of...
Planned activities for the 2024 Munich Security Conference, including a side event with US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security
In the absence of globally acknowledged governance frameworks for AI in the military domain, two new initiatives came into existence in 2023 – the Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain (REAIM) and the US-initiated Political Declaration. Mahmoud Javadi and Michal Onderco analyse both, writing that REAIM provides a much-needed space for a democratic, depoliticised, and decentralised approach to global military AI governance.
Mahmoud Javadi holds the position of AI Governance Researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR), The Netherlands, where he contributes to an EU-funded research project focused on reigniting multilateralism via emerging technologies (REMIT). He also represents EUR at the EU Non-Proliferation...
This ELN and APLN policy brief explores the challenges facing Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the UK in their security strategies towards China and North Korea. The paper argues that these security partners must balance deterrence strategies with providing assurances to adversaries.