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Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un awaits President Vladimir Putin at Pyongyang Sunan International Airport ahead of the Russian leader's first visit in 24 years. The sign pictured reads (translated using DeepL): "Long live the unbreakable friendship and unity between the peoples of the two countries -Korea and Russia!" 18 June 2024. (Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
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The Trilateral Frontier Memorial at the Observation Deck in the Fangchuan National Scenic Area near the China–North Korea–Russia tripoint, where the China–Russia border and the North Korea–Russia border intersect. 15 September 2019. (Senkaku Islands, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)
WHAT'S ON OUR MIND
In addition to our weekly resource update, today we also offer an updated collection of pieces on the Israeli-Hamas war.
Following a US presidential election of great consequence to our American network and our friends and colleagues abroad we bring awareness to developments that, for many, have been overshadowed in the news cycle.
In recent weeks, experts have grown increasingly concerned that the deployment of North Korean troops to the Russia-Ukraine front line risks conflagrating the conflict into an even greater global security crisis with the potential for globalizing the existing war.
This new phase poses daunting ramifications for Ukraine’s battlefields, European stability, and tensions on the Korean peninsula. In this week’s resource update, we offer vital background to contextualize this development, examinations of what both Russia and North Korea stand to gain from the increased partnership, China’s increasingly challenging balancing act, and implications for the broader geopolitical landscape.
From The South China Morning Post, news of the first Ukrainian attack on North Korean troops in the Kursk border region. Assorted pieces from Al Jazeera and RT convey the public statements made by representatives from the pertinent nations regarding these developments.
Russia and North Korea’s mutual benefit is explored in The Conversation. The Washington Post delves into the material and intellectual returns gained by Pyongyang for their hands-on show of support. Analysis from Re: Russia draws particular focus to the potential for Russian involvement in North Korean missile and nuclear programs, exploring how such involvement could increase North Korean aggression on the global stage and impact dynamics in Ukraine, South Korea, Japan and the West.
Desk Russie provides further analysis of the potential nuclear threat, Beijing’s position in the ‘geostrategic triangle,’ and historical context for Russo-Korean relations. It issues a warning that the US and its allies are at risk for strategic overextension in Eurasia. An expert in The Kyiv Independent examines the role of China, suggesting that advance knowledge of North Korean boots on the ground was likely.
In The Guardian, a more detailed look at Beijing’s delicate balancing act. The BBC expands upon these challenges, highlighting the tug-of-war between Russia, China, and North Korea as seen from the border where all three territories converge. As tensions reach a boiling point on the Korean peninsula, Novaya Gazeta Europe examines the potential for a proxy war between the two Koreas in Ukraine. The Guardian outlines the growing appetite for Ukraine support in South Korea. To close our exploration of this theme, Foreign Affairs examines North Korean involvement in the broader context of states whose vested interest in the Ukraine War, in tandem with the shifting US political landscape, complicate the path to peace.
Finally, we conclude with varied perspectives on the results of Tuesday’s US presidential election. In this selection we emphasize experts’ outlook on the impact to US foreign policy, in the Ukraine and Israel-Hamas wars and beyond. Find also a cadre of reactions from Ukrainian and Russian publications.
In the overview, an expert analysis of the current state of the Russian regime, including its strengths and weaknesses, a macro look at Ukrainian circumstances under occupation, and an argument for overhauling Washington’s decision-making process for nuclear weapons deployment. In videos, the role of Ukrainian culture in national defense. Find also a historian discussing the past, present, and future of Russia’s colonialism.
In the arts, New York’s “Vladimir” places (fictionalized) contemporary Russia at center stage, an expert round up of top contemporary Ukrainian art, Ukrainian film festival in Warsaw spotlights experiences of war, and how Russian artists in exile are uniting the diaspora, despite facing the challenges of emigration themselves.
Find these stories and more on today's Russia-Ukraine resource page update. Visit our blog for new perspectives on the Israel-Hamas War, including reflections from our network.
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