North Korea

Good energy reading for the beach?

Catherine Wolfram, faculty co-director, Energy Institute at Haas | December 22, 2014

I used to spend the week between Christmas and New Year’s Eve with my in-laws in Portland, Ore. A couple years ago, it snowed for two days straight, and the city shut down. My brother-in-law has taken it upon himself to find a warm-weather holiday destination for the family ever since. As I head for the … Continue reading »

Resume the six-party talks on Korea

Gérard Roland, E. Morris Cox professor of economics and professor of political science | April 9, 2013

The six-party talks need to resume immediately and without conditions. The escalating tension in the Korean peninsula has raised the fear of war in North East Asia. The bellicose rhetoric on the North Korean side, Kim Jong Un’s “authorization” to the North Korean army of a preemptive nuclear strike on U.S. territory raise the fear … Continue reading »

Is China ready to abandon North Korea?

Gérard Roland, E. Morris Cox professor of economics and professor of political science | March 8, 2013

The most surprising fact about the increased sanctions against North Korea voted in the U.N. Security Council on March 7, following North Korean nuclear tests in February this year is China’s strong support for tightened sanctions. Even though China opposes North Korea’s nuclear program, it has traditionally acted as its ally, providing economic support together … Continue reading »