IPSE by Day - 20 February 2023

Joe Biden

Inserted 1 year ago

“One year later, Kyiv stands, and Ukraine stands. Democracy stands. The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you.”

Aljazeera

President of the United States

20 Feb 2023 4 2

Yang Moo-jin

Inserted 1 year ago

“Tension on the peninsula is likely to reach its peak in coming months as North Korea is accelerating its military actions with higher frequency, and her [Kim Yo Jong's] statement indicates that it would continue impromptu missile tests using the Pacific as its shooting range.”

Aljazeera

Professor at the University of North Korean Studies

20 Feb 2023 2 2

Andrei Lankov

Inserted 1 year ago

“You have to keep in mind that if they only care about defending themselves, they don't need tactical nukes. Their existing nuclear forces are sufficiently large to provide absolutely reliable deterrence, so what they are doing now is for offensive operations - for attack. Not now. Maybe many decades later, maybe never. But they have passed the defensive stage and they are actually now getting weapons whose only conceivable task is to be used as tools for aggression.”

Aljazeera

Professor at Seoul's Kookmin University

20 Feb 2023 1 3

Kim Yo-jong

Inserted 1 year ago

“We are carefully examining the influence it would exert on the security of our state. The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends upon the US forces.”

Aljazeera

North Korean politician serving as the Deputy Director of the United Front Department of the Workers' Party of Korea

20 Feb 2023 2 2

Liu Fu-kuo

Inserted 1 year ago

“Public opinion is on the move as seen in the last two local elections. The government has made a number of quite serious mistakes which have already shaken the support of younger generation. Last year after the missile crisis - the Fourth Strait Crisis - the younger generation understands that if we don't improve things with China, Taiwan will be preparing with war.”

Aljazeera

Professor and research fellow at the Institute of International Relations at Taiwan’s National Chengchi University

20 Feb 2023 2 3

Kharis Templeman

Inserted 1 year ago

“The KMT, of course, is going to jump at the chance to demonstrate that they can cooperate with Beijing they can play nice together. And if in a year [Taiwanese] elect a KMT candidate as president, cross-strait relations will improve a lot. That's clearly what they think will be the most effective pitch to voters and if Beijing helps them make that pitch that's smart from Beijing's perspective.”

Aljazeera

Research fellow at the US Hoover Institution and a member of its Project on Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific Region

20 Feb 2023 2 2

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“One year later, Kyiv stands, and Ukraine stands. Democracy stands. The Americans stand with you, and the world stands with you.”

“Tension on the peninsula is likely to reach its peak in coming months as North Korea is accelerating its military actions with higher frequency, and her [Kim Yo Jong's] statement indicates that it would continue impromptu missile tests using the Pacific as its shooting range.”

“We are carefully examining the influence it would exert on the security of our state. The frequency of using the Pacific as our firing range depends upon the US forces.”

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