№ 7, 2024. Situation on the Korean Peninsula: Opportunities for New U.S. Administration and Russian Interests

Nothing New Under the Sun

During our meetings in March and October 2016, our North Korean counterparts – including representatives of the Foreign Ministry and of the leading research institutes in Pyongyang – made it very clear that they are not scared of the sanctions regime or the prospect of it being made even more biting. They also emphasized that they had already shown flexibility by offering negotiations – meaning the initiative on a mutual moratorium (on missile and nuclear tests by North Korea, and on large U.S.-South Korean drills). That proposal by Pyongyang, however, was rejected out of hand.

Vorontsov, Alexander V.

In light of the recent U.S. presidential elections, we are pleased to recall an article written by Dr. Alexander V. Vorontsov, Head of the Department for Korean and Mongolian Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and a PIR Center Advisory Board member since 2013. The article, titled “Situation on the Korean Peninsula: Opportunities for the New U.S. Administration and Russian Interests,” was first published in the “Russia Confidential” journal, 2017, No. 1 (241), Vol. 16.

Key words: International Security; North Korea; United States

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F4/SOR – 24/11/20