Is There A Win-Win Scenario for the Key Actors Concerned with the DPRK? – A Korea Strategic Outcomes Virtual Think Tank Report
[Q1] Is there a win-win scenario for all of the key actors (DPRK, ROK, US, China, Russia)? If so, what might this look like? Author(s): Dr. Larry Kuznar (NSI, Inc.) and George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Summary Response This report summarizes the input of thirty-three insightful responses from the Korea Strategic Outcomes Virtual Think Tank (ViTTa) […]
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Getting Messages Through: The Cognition of Influence with North Korea and East Asia
Getting Messages Through: The Cognition of Influence with North Korea and East Asia Author(s): Dr. Nicholas Wright (Intelligent Biology) Executive Summary To cause intended effects—and avoid unintended effects—in the fiendishly complex regional environment surrounding the Korean peninsula, United States policymakers are required to understand both what motivates key actors and what type of strategic confrontation […]
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Approaches and Measures to Stabilizing the Korean Peninsula – A Korea Strategic Outcomes Virtual Think Tank Report
[Q2] Is there anything the US can do to empower the ROK to negotiate a solution that would remove both the nuclear and conventional instabilities on the peninsula? Author(s): Weston Aviles (NSI, Inc.) and George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Summary Response This report summarizes the input of 18 insightful responses from the Korea Strategic Outcomes Virtual […]
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Narratives Before & After the 2018 North Korea- United States Summit: An Analysis of Chinese and Russian News Media Coverage of Events on the Korean Peninsula
Narratives Before & After the 2018 North Korea- United States Summit: An Analysis of Chinese and Russian News Media Coverage of Events on the Korean Peninsula Author(s): Dr. Skye Cooley (Oklahoma State University), Dr. Robert Hinck (Monmouth College), Dr. Randy Kluver (Oklahoma State University), and Dr. Ethan Stokes (University of Alabama) Selected Findings • U.S. […]
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Assessment of Possible Reactions in German-Speaking and East Central Europe and the European Union (GS-ECE/EU) to Possible Strategic Outcomes in U.S.-DPRK Relations
Assessment of Possible Reactions in German-Speaking and East Central Europe and the European Union (GS-ECE/EU) to Possible Strategic Outcomes in U.S.-DPRK Relations Author(s): Dr. David Dorondo (Western Carolina University & STRATCOM Academic Alliance) Executive Summary The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) does not currently constitute a strategic threat via inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) to […]
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How the US Can Work With Its Partners to Contest DPRK Operations – A Korea Strategic Outcomes Virtual Think Tank Report
[Q5] How does the US, working with its partners, best contest DPRK operations? Author(s): George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Summary Response This report summarizes the input of 15 insightful responses from the Korea Strategic Outcomes Virtual Think Tank (ViTTa) expert contributors. While this summary response presents an overview of the key expert contributor insights, the summary […]
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Key Actor Interests in the Asia Pacific – A Korea Strategic Outcomes Virtual Think Tank Report
[Q8] How do key actors in the Asia Pacific (Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, North Korea, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, and the United States) define their key national interests / regional objectives in Northeast Asia and the Western Pacific? What are seen by each actor to be the major threats to each interest? Are there […]
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Marketization of the North Korean Economy – A Korea Strategic Outcomes Virtual Think Tank Report
[Q7] Many analysts indicate that due to the partial marketization of the North Korean economy, the economy has stabilized somewhat. What were the key reasons the regime made the decision to marketize? What factors inhibit a broader marketization of the economy? Author(s): George Popp (NSI, Inc.) Summary Response This report summarizes the input of 12 […]
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