Nuclear Weapons

  • South Korean Grand Strategy

    ByCharlie Portlock

    Dr Christoph Bluth is Professor of International Relations at the University of Bradford South Korea, in the 21st century, is facing a complex security environment as one of the few liberal democratic states persistently threatened by its neighbour and, therefore, a frontline state in the the emerging geopolitical configuration of the region. The persistent conflict…

  • Pyongyang Prospect

    ByCharlie Portlock

    Glyn Ford is a former member of the European Parliament and author of Talking to North Korea (2018) and Picturing the DPRK (2024) North Korea’s nuclear programme is the symptom of weakness, not strength. Pundits confuse David with Goliath. The reality is that Pyongyang is comprehensively out-spent, out-gunned and out-resourced by its southern alter ego. Seoul’s military budget dwarfs…