Politics

The U.S. Security State Is Losing the Competition for People

The United States built a security state to control immigration and identity. Nordic democracies built welfare states to distribute risk. Greenland’s decision between them signals the rise of model competition in the 21st century.

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The Permission Line and South Korea’s Nuclear Submarine Ambition

Between permission and power lies the new frontier of alliance politics. South Korea’s pursuit of nuclear propulsion tests not only technology, but the architecture of trust built over seventy years.

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Inside the Gyeongju Summit and the End of Globalization

As tariffs replace treaties and alliances harden into leverage, APEC 2025 reveals a Pacific world sustained not by faith in free trade but by the management of division.

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Gyeongju and the Fragile Future of Global Cooperation

As the world fragments into rival blocs, South Korea’s APEC chairmanship becomes a test of whether dialogue alone can still hold the system together.

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Busan’s Future Depends on Systems, Not Skylines

Once the engine of Korea’s industrial ascent, Busan now risks becoming its most modern relic. The city’s revival depends not on new projects or incentives, but on building a system that aligns talent, energy, and data under coherent governance.

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How Trump’s Insurrection Act Gambit Redefines U.S. Democracy and Federal Power

The Trump administration’s use of the Insurrection Act and National Guard reveals a deeper constitutional shift—how law itself becomes a tool of control.

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Japan’s Rightward Drift and Korea’s Pragmatic Response

As Japan’s conservatism turns inward and South Korea’s diplomacy grows more self-aware, East Asia enters a fragile era where stability is measured not by peace, but by control.

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South Korea’s Far Right: An Opportunistic Hybrid in Global Extremism

South Korea’s far right is less an ideology than a fusion—rooted in Cold War anti-communism, evangelical networks, and borrowed narratives from the U.S. and Japan.

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South Korea Targets Prosecutors and Finance Ministry in Dual Reform Push

South Korea is moving to dismantle the Prosecutors’ Office and divide the Finance Ministry, aiming to end two long-standing monopolies of authority.

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Why Hundreds of Korean Workers Were Detained at a Georgia Battery Plant

The Ellabell raid highlights a structural flaw in U.S. policy: labor shortages in advanced manufacturing collide with restrictive visa rules, leaving investors and workers in a legal trap.

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What the Trump–Lee Summit Reveals About Power, Peace, and Policy

Economic deals, defense costs, and diplomacy converged as the Trump–Lee summit recast the U.S.–Korea alliance in an era of rivalry and change.

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Seoul and Tokyo Turn to Economic Security, Leaving History Disputes Aside

The August 23 Korea–Japan summit produced the first joint statement in seventeen years, focusing on economic security, technology cooperation, and supply chain resilience while avoiding politically sensitive disputes.

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