September 15, 2008
North Korea's Future
Event Report
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Dr. John Park discusses possible scenarios for North Korea's future following renewed speculation over the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
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July 15, 2008
North Korea's Nuclear Moves
Event Report
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Dr. John Park discusses the decades-long conflict between Pyongyang and Washington over North Korea's nuclear program; he specifically discusses the response following June 26, when, in return for submitting its nuclear declaration, Pyongyang received confirmation that President Bush would notify Congress of his intention to remove North Korea from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List and lift Trading With the Enemy Act restrictions.
June, 2006
How China Can Bring Sunshine to Korea
Journal Article, Far Eastern Economic Review, issue 5, volume 169
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
April 5, 2006
Path for Seoul's Sunshine Policy
Op-Ed, The Korea Times
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Autumn 2005
"Inside Multilateralism: The Six-Party Talks"
Journal Article, Washington Quarterly, issue 4, volume 28
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Despite extensive diplomatic efforts to facilitate the six-party talks, domestic policy constraints, differing priorities, and conflicting historical analogies among each of the countries have brought vastly differing perspectives to the multilateral negotiating table.
February 23, 2005
A Road Map -- The Only Route for Beijing
Op-Ed, The South China Morning Post
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
February 12, 2005
China's Herculean N. Korea Task
Op-Ed, The Korea Herald
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
May 14, 2004
North Korean Crisis: China Shows the Way to Pyongyang
Op-Ed, International Herald Tribune
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
China's
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January 2013
"Deciphering North Korea's New Year's Address: The Real Road Ahead"
News
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
Kim Jong-eun's New Year's Day address signaled a willingness to ease tensions with South Korea and focus on economic development, but how credible is this message? Project on Managing the Atom Associate and MIT Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow John Park analyzes the address in an HKS PolicyCast.
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December 2012
"The Leap in North Korea's Ballistic Missile Program: The Iran Factor"
Policy Brief
By John S. Park, Associate, Project on Managing the Atom
John S. Park, Stanton Nuclear Security Junior Faculty Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Project on Managing the Atom Associate, argues that cooperation between North Korea and Iran has been a critical—yet underexamined—enabler of North Korea's recent success. He concludes that the time has come for the United States to view the two previously independent missile programs as two sides of the same coin and recommends strategies for disrupting the procurement channels between Iran and North Korea.
