• A Korean Tragedy
  The Asia Pacific Journal – Japan Focus August 15, 2017
  Reposting on Zoom in Korea
  • A Korean Tragedy, Part 1
    Sep 8, 2017 This article was originally published in The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. This article has been reprinted with the permission of the author and The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus.
  • A Korean Tragedy, Part 2
    
  • A Korean Tragedy, Part 3
    Reposting on Korea Policy Institute
    
  • A Korean Tragedy
    September 6, 2017 By Tim Beal | September 5, 2017 updated Originally published in the Asia Pacific Journal
  • A Korean Tragedy: Update
    September 12, 2017
• North Korea’s Deterrent and Trump’s Options
  Zoom in Korea Jul 26, 2017
• Pig Peril: the Real Threat to America!
  Counterpunch April 3, 2017
• Trump, TPP and the Implications of the Squandering of America’s Soft Power Advantage
  Zoom in Korea Mar 17, 2017
• The Deployment of THAAD in Korea and the Struggle over US Global Hegemony
  Journal of Political Criticism, Seoul
  December 2016
• It’s time to stop trying to predict North Korea’s collapse
  Choi Sun-sil's collapse theory was rooted in Shamanism, many analyst's predictions are just as shaky
  NK News December 7th, 2016
• North-South Competition for Legitimacy (3/3) – Diplomatic Recognition
  Zoom in Korea Nov 16, 2016
  Diplomatic recognition is an acknowledgement of the legitimacy of a foreign government, and legitimacy is a key concept in political theory stretching back at least as far as Mencius in about the 4th century BCE.
• The Korean Peninsula within the Framework of US Global Hegemony
  The Asia Pacific Journal Japan Focus November 13, 2016
  On 8 July 2016 it was announced in Seoul that the US would, as had long been anticipated, deploy an initial unit of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in South Korea.
• North-South Competition for Legitimacy (2/3) – Race to the Stars
  The two Koreas are rather special in that they also compete in space exploration, or more specifically, the launching of satellites
  Zoom in Korea, Nov 2, 2016
• North-South Competition for Legitimacy and its Implications, Part 1
  The two Koreas, like other divided countries, have long competed in a variety of ways, but now the nature of the competition is shifting in a disturbing direction.
  Zoom in Korea, Oct 24, 2016
• Fallout: S. Korea as collateral damage in U.S.’ struggle with China
  THAAD and the South China Sea ruling shift Chinese attitudes, raising concerns in the South
  NK News September 14th, 2016
• Shenanigans in the South China Sea – Implications for Korea
  Zoom in Korea, Aug 16, 2016
• The Dangerous Year, 2017 – Part 2
  Zoom in Korea Jul 28, 2016
• The Dangerous Year, 2017 – Part 1
  A look ahead at US Korea policy after the election
  Zoom in Korea 20 July, 2016
• Wendy Sherman hints at Hillary Clinton’s Korea policy
  Sherman may be the next secretary of state and her speech suggests 2017 may be a dangerous year
  NK News May 19th, 2016
• Looking in the right direction: Establishing a framework for analysing the situation on the Korean Peninsula (and much more besides)
  Korean Policy Institute
  April 23, 2016
• North Korean satellites and rocket science
  Deconstructing the hysteria over the satellite launch that now appears imminent
  NK News February 3rd, 2016
• The North Korean threat – the myth and its makers
  Stories of Pyongyang’s relative military capability are much exaggerated – for a variety of reasons
  NK News January 21st, 2016
• The myth of the North Korean threat
  A military balance between North and South – despite the uncertainties the evidence is overwhelming
  NK News January 13th, 2016
• From pilgrimage to profit: N. Korea’s search for tourism revenue
  Opening of new terminal at Sunan airport a new step in tourism infrastructure – but will tourists come?
  NK News August 26th, 2015
• Will North Korea make Obama’s trifecta? Don’t bet on it
  Obama’s moves to improve relations with Cuba, Iran lead to speculation that North Korea may be next
  NK News 9 June, 2015
• North Korea and Singapore: Two families, two nations
  The Kims, the Lees and the curious parallels between a leader eulogized and a nation demonized
  NK News, April 6th, 2015
• ‘The Interview’ as anti-North Korean propaganda
  As subversive propaganda, attention-grabbing Sony-produced movie flops
  NK News March 9th, 2015
• The Sony hack: A brave new world of cyber confusion
  The U.S. government narrative blaming North Korea faces an unprecedented level of scrutiny from experts
  NK News January 16th, 2015
• What was Panetta thinking?
  Former U.S. defense secretary's revelations about going nuclear raise disquieting questions
  NK News, November 20th, 2014
• Jackpot Unification and dangers of fantasies of collapse and the ‘German Solution’
  Korean Quarterly, Summer, 2014
• Engagement and its geopolitical context
  Consider assymetrical power relationship when broaching U.S., N. Korean dialogue
  NK News 10 September 2014
• Engaging with engagement: Preferring to talk only to God
  It’s not just North Korea; U.S. has long history of not talking things out with opponents
  NK News 8 September 2014
• The Great Illusion – South Korean version
  Park Geun-hye talks of ‘peaceful unification’ but her actions belie a peaceful process
  NK News 30 July 2014
• The transformation of the nuclear weapons calculus
  Why North Korea’s Byungjin policy makes good sense, but has a sting in the tail
  NK News 19 June 2014
• Why won’t the U.S. negotiate with North Korea?
  Would another nuclear test make Obama's strategy more proactive?
  NK News 25 May 2014
• The contradictions of Dresden
  Park’s position on joint military drills, denuclearization doom her proposal
  NK News 25 April 2014

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