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  • Yi Wang
    Yi Wang “No conflict or war ends on the battlefield, but rather at the negotiating table. China supports the convening at an appropriate time of an international peace conference that is acceptable to the Russian and Ukrainian sides with the participation of all parties equally. There, peace plans can be discussed, fairly, to achieve a ceasefire as soon as possible. We must always insist on an objective and just position, there is no magic wand to solve the crisis. All parties should start with themselves.” 17 hours ago
  • Boris Pistorius
    Boris Pistorius “Russia is already producing weapons and ammunition beyond its need for conducting an aggressive war against Ukraine. With increased spending on armaments and the streamlining of the military economy, a significant portion or part of what is produced no longer goes to the front line, but ends up in warehouses. Now you can be naive and say he's doing it just out of caution. As a sceptical person, I would say in this case that he's doing it because he has plans or could have them.” 22 hours ago
  • Emmanuel Macron
    Emmanuel Macron “There is a risk our Europe could die. We are not equipped to face the risks. Russia must not be allowed to win in Ukraine. Europeans should give preference to buying European military equipment. We must produce more, we must produce faster, and we must produce as Europeans.” 23 hours ago
  • Aleksey Kushch
    Aleksey Kushch “By including the Ukraine package in a bill that also provides military aid to Israel and Taiwan, the US shows the world that it equals Ukraine's and Israel's archenemies - Russia and Iran. This is a mighty geopolitical slap for China. As the trade turnover between Russia and China rose to $240bn last year, the more the US pushes Beijing, the more discounts for oil and gas China gets from Russia.” 23 hours ago
  • Nikolay Mitrokhin
    Nikolay Mitrokhin “The aid is a surprisingly exact match of Ukrainian military's needs that mostly has a deficit of air defence weaponry of all kinds and also needs to replenish its arsenal of tank destroyers, anti-infantry landmines and other kinds of ammunition. It's obviously needed to deliver infantry and other ground troops to the front line but not for an advance - otherwise the US would have given tanks.” 23 hours ago
  • Ihor Romanenko
    Ihor Romanenko “The aid can improve the situation on the 1,000km-long (620-mile-long) front line. But the aid looks like a handout to show that we haven't been forgotten, no more than that. They're always late, they hit the brakes, they're afraid. All of that is done to catch up [with Russia], but wars are won by those who act ahead of time.” 23 hours ago
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US - South Korea relations

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Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in

“Our administration has proposed the end-of-war declaration in order to pass on a situation, in which the U.S., South Korea and North Korea are in talks, to the next administration. Close cooperation between Seoul and Washington is more important than anything else.”

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President of South Korea
02 Dec 2021 3 4
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Lloyd Austin
Lloyd Austin

“The United States and the ROK remain committed to a diplomatic approach to the DPRK. And we continue to call upon the DPRK to engage in dialogue, but we also discussed measures to enhance our combined deterrence posture and to defend against the full range of threats. We also approved new strategic planning guidance (SPG), an important step forward to frame forthcoming alliance planning efforts.”

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US Secretary of Defense
02 Dec 2021 4 3
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Terence Roehrig
Terence Roehrig

“OPCON transfer is important and should happen in the future. However, there were crucial reasons for the shift to a conditions-based transfer, including the need for Korea to possess the necessary military capabilities and experience for the success of this change. Moreover, on two occasions in the past, the date was set and then canceled, which was a problematic element of the process.”

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U.S. Naval War College professor
29 Nov 2021 4 3
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Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett

“I have the impression that the ROK has been working on many things other than its commitments, and that it is unlikely to make the United States very happy or very willing to agree to an OPCON transition, for which the ROK appears to not be prepared. If the OPCON transition is so important, why hasn't the Moon administration funded the capabilities it agreed to fund to become ready for OPCON? The United States has been clear that once the ROK has those capabilities, OPCON transition will be promptly concluded. The ROK is nowhere close to meeting its commitments in 2022.”

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Senior international defense analyst at the RAND Corporation
29 Nov 2021 5 3
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Harry Kazianis
Harry Kazianis

“While surely Team Biden wants the Moon Jae-in government to be a more active part of what is clearly a growing anti-China coalition, it seems unlikely the Blue House [Korean presidential office] will cave to any pressure. Korea must continue its difficult balancing act, trying to juggle emerging economic ties with China and a much-needed security alliance with America. That won't be easy, but it has been something President Moon thus far has excelled at.”

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Senior director of Korean Studies at the Center for the National Interest
24 Nov 2021 8 4
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Yoon Seok-youl
Yoon Seok-youl

“It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of a comprehensive South Korea-U.S. alliance covering security, health, administration, climate response and advanced technologies. I place importance on a rules-based international order and predictability in diplomacy between countries.”

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Former Prosecutor General and 2022 South Korea Presidential candidate
12 Nov 2021 8 3
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Park Won-gon
Park Won-gon

“As Kritenbrink [Daniel Kritenbrink] is a key figure in the Biden administration regarding regional matters, his meetings with the presidential candidates, with Moon [Moon Jae-in] still remaining in office, indicates the U.S. policy direction is to prepare for the next South Korean government, while seeking to maintain the status quo with the current administration. The assistant secretary is a China expert and the Biden administration's priority is to curb China's global influence, but the current South Korean government is not actively engaged in the U.S.-led anti-China alliance. In that sense, the meetings between Kritenbrink and the presidential candidates [Lee Jae-myung and Yoon Seok-youl] are delivering a message that the U.S. cares about who will be in power here during its campaign against Beijing.”

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Professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Womans University
09 Nov 2021 8 3
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Sean King
Sean King

“It took former President Trump 17 months to nominate an ambassador to South Korea, so I'm not overly concerned that President Biden hasn't yet sent forth a name for Seoul. What's more, U.S. Special Representative for the DPRK Sung Kim (who himself served as ambassador to South Korea from 2011 to 2014) can also function as a more than capable go-between with Seoul until President Biden makes his choice.”

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Senior vice president at Park Strategies
07 Nov 2021 5 2
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Park Won-gon
Park Won-gon

“It is partly because the Biden administration is focusing on domestic issues in its first year, with less attention being paid to foreign policy. Previous assistant secretaries of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs used to be those well aware of North Korea issues, but Biden's pick for the post, Daniel Joseph Kritenbrink, is a China expert, so the ambassador to South Korea this time will have a larger role than before in dealing with the North Korea nuclear issue. There have been some rumors since April, but it is still unpredictable with no visible candidate as of the moment. It could be a signal that South Korea has fallen behind in diplomatic priority.”

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Professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Womans University
07 Nov 2021 5 4
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Park Won-gon
Park Won-gon

“The President [Moon Jae-in] did what is best for the national interest, but it certainly may not be the best for Samsung Electronics' business interests. Samsung will face greater challenges in terms of surviving on its own.”

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Professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Womans University
01 Nov 2021 3 2
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Shin Beom-chul
Shin Beom-chul

“[The creation of AUKUS] It is seen as a significant incentive for Australia, which has long been standing as faithful partner for the U.S. in terms of countering China. South Korea was also given similar opportunities to join the anti-China campaign, but the Moon administration made its choice to stand neutral, which could cause mid- to long-term pressure on Seoul's diplomacy.”

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Director of the Center for Diplomacy and Security at the Korea Research Institute for National Strategy
23 Sep 2021 7 6
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Shin Beom-chul
Shin Beom-chul

“North Korea is following its own path of seeking more from the U.S., such as sanctions relief or the suspension of the South Korea-U.S. combined military exercises, and the missile launches were part of this basic strategy. Frankly speaking, few countries support the Korean Peninsula peace process. With North Korea and China urging the U.S. to concede more, Washington perfunctorily approves it, but it is not yet ready to ease sanctions. As there is little chance that the relevant countries will change their stances, the peace initiative is unlikely to make progress if South Korea continues to pursue it in the same fashion.”

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Director of the Center for Diplomacy and Security at the Korea Research Institute for National Strategy
14 Sep 2021 5 7
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Park Won-gon
Park Won-gon

“The U.S. appears to be taking advantage of its nuclear talks with South Korea as a means to ensure cooperation - in other words, to have Seoul on Washington's side. South Korea is seen by some as the weakest link among the Washington-Seoul-Tokyo trilateral security structure, so the Biden administration is trying to keep the country in check in its policy toward North Korea. In that sense, the two sides have held multi-level talks.”

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Professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Womans University
12 Sep 2021 4 6
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Noh Kyu-duk
Noh Kyu-duk

“I expect that the upcoming talks will be a productive step to accelerate the Korean Peninsula peace process. What we consider the most important is to resume talks with North Korea. To this end, South Korea and the U.S. have held talks about jointly carrying out humanitarian cooperation projects for North Korea, which have shown considerable progress.”

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Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, MOFA
12 Sep 2021 5 3
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Park Won-gon
Park Won-gon

“Beijing's biggest concern is the Biden administration's hardline policy toward China. … Withdrawing its forces from Afghanistan, the U.S. said it will instead put more focus on the security situation in Northeast Asia, referring to threats posed by China, Russia and North Korea. When the main target of the U.S. is China, China wants to break the weakest link in the U.S. alliance network in the region, meaning South Korea.”

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Professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Womans University
07 Sep 2021 7 4
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Ministry of National Defense of South Korea
Ministry of National Defense of South Korea

“According to the termination of the U.S. missiles guidelines on South Korea in May, the newly developed missiles would be able to destroy tunnels and buildings, while the existing ones were for striking aboveground targets. We will develop a missile with improved precision by reducing the error area from the size of a tennis court to the size of a building entrance.”

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Statement of the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea
04 Sep 2021 (approx) 3 3
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Shin Jong-woo
Shin Jong-woo

“The development of ballistic missiles with heavier warheads was already underway and has been accelerated especially after a South Korea-U.S. summit in May, in which President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to terminate U.S. missile guidelines on South Korea that have long restricted Seoul's development of missiles. Ballistic missiles with heavier warheads would be able to destroy underground facilities, but deploying them is still not the same as deploying far more powerful strategic nuclear weapons. South Korea has been boosting its military budget and developing weapons including ballistic missiles, but it has not being effective in terms of costs, when nuclear weapons are much more powerful than others.”

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Senior researcher at the Korea Defense and Security Forum
04 Sep 2021 6 4
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Noh Kyu-duk
Noh Kyu-duk

“I came to Washington in order to continue the discussions I had with Special Representative Sung Kim in Seoul last week. I wish to hold in-depth discussions on various issues related to the Korean Peninsula, including the North Korean nuclear issue, with U.S. government officials during my U.S. trip.”

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Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs, MOFA
29 Aug 2021 5 3
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Park Won-gon
Park Won-gon

“What is different from the previous U.S. stance is that Sung Kim talked about the U.S. support for inter-Korean humanitarian aid in more detail. Although it did not mean that the U.S. will fully roll up its sleeves for the humanitarian assistance, he showed the U.S.'s determination toward South Korea helping its northern neighbor in humanitarian aid.”

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Professor of North Korean studies at Ewha Womans University
23 Aug 2021 7 3
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