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DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute’s East Asia Program presents Stephen Cos
 tello of George Washington University.&nbsp\;The persistence of North Kore
 a’s isolation and poverty continues to impact the region in multiple ways.
  It provokes and sustains the DPRK’s nuclear weapons and ICBM production. 
 It encourages Kim Jong-un to intensify economic cooperation with China and
  Russia. It is a major justification for a regional arms race that is at l
 east two decades old.&nbsp\;How are the political and strategic interests 
 of regional states and the U.S. adjusting to the latest developments? Russ
 ia’s war on Ukraine has sucked in North Korea as a provider of weapons and
  troops. The U.S.’s capacity for providing diplomatic or security goods to
  the region has hit a generational low. China is newly relieved of diploma
 tic and military pressures from outside and is economically vibrant\, but 
 its leaders remain risk averse.Middle powers Japan and South Korea are bot
 h now relatively stable democracies. They have different strengths and wea
 knesses. Political structures\, together with today’s leaders Sane Takaich
 i and Lee Jae-myung\, present them with unfamiliar options. What can we ex
 pect from them as middle powers everywhere discover new flexibility and un
 certainty?Stephen Costello&nbsp\;is a non-resident scholar at the Institut
 e for Korean Studies at George Washington University and a non-resident fe
 llow at the Quincy Institute. He directed the Korea in Transition program 
 at the Atlantic Council from 1999 to 2003. Since 1990 he has been a specia
 list on South Korean politics and foreign policy. Costello has been a poli
 tical consultant\, policy analyst\, columnist and facilitator of U.S.-Kore
 a dialogue. Working mainly in Washington and Seoul\, he has run think tank
  programs and consulted with companies\, embassies\, government officials 
 and former officials\, academics and scholars in both capitals.
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SUMMARY:North and South Korea Issues in Regional Context | Interests and Po
 licy Dynamics in NEAsia
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div>The Moynihan Institute’s East Asia Progra
 m presents Stephen Costello of George Washington University.&nbsp\;</div><
 div><br></div><div>The persistence of North Korea’s isolation and poverty 
 continues to impact the region in multiple ways. It provokes and sustains 
 the DPRK’s nuclear weapons and ICBM production. It encourages Kim Jong-un 
 to intensify economic cooperation with China and Russia. It is a major jus
 tification for a regional arms race that is at least two decades old.&nbsp
 \;</div><div><br></div><div>How are the political and strategic interests 
 of regional states and the U.S. adjusting to the latest developments? Russ
 ia’s war on Ukraine has sucked in North Korea as a provider of weapons and
  troops. The U.S.’s capacity for providing diplomatic or security goods to
  the region has hit a generational low. China is newly relieved of diploma
 tic and military pressures from outside and is economically vibrant\, but 
 its leaders remain risk averse.</div><div><br></div><div><p>Middle powers 
 Japan and South Korea are both now relatively stable democracies. They hav
 e different strengths and weaknesses. Political structures\, together with
  today’s leaders Sane Takaichi and Lee Jae-myung\, present them with unfam
 iliar options. What can we expect from them as middle powers everywhere di
 scover new flexibility and uncertainty?</p><p><strong>Stephen Costello</st
 rong>&nbsp\;is a non-resident scholar at the Institute for Korean Studies 
 at George Washington University and a non-resident fellow at the Quincy In
 stitute. He directed the Korea in Transition program at the Atlantic Counc
 il from 1999 to 2003. </p><p>Since 1990 he has been a specialist on South 
 Korean politics and foreign policy. Costello has been a political consulta
 nt\, policy analyst\, columnist and facilitator of U.S.-Korea dialogue. Wo
 rking mainly in Washington and Seoul\, he has run think tank programs and 
 consulted with companies\, embassies\, government officials and former off
 icials\, academics and scholars in both capitals.</p></div>
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