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South Korea Declares and Cancels Martial Law: What Are the Geopolitical Impacts?
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared emergency martial law in a move that caught everyone by surprise. The situation is particularly striking given that Yoon is a favourite in Washington and South Korea is considered part of the self-declared “West,” referring to Western-style liberal democracies.
One foot over the danger line: drones over Pyongyang
Recently the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of China and Modern Asia published a forecast, to which the present author contributed, which noted that the most likely scenario for the outbreak of a conflict on the Korean Peninsula is that it could be sparked by irrational factors, including provocations mounted by a third party.
A small but important step
Russia has criticized the resolution adopted at the 68th session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which concerns the DPRK.
