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The security dilemma in Northeast Asia: is European experience relevant?

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38 North has just published my article exploring the relevance of European experience to regional security in Northeast Asia.

Faced by growing insecurity and destabilizing uncertainties, Northeast Asia lacks a regional mechanism to establish guardrails to manage the risks. The discussion about this is increasingly turning to the the European experience from a half-century ago in constructing a security framework in the form of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE).

At first look, the relevance is easy to grasp.

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Facts, understanding and peace: reflections on receiving the Jeju 4.3 Peace prize, 2021

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I can hardly express how honoured I am and how grateful to receive the Jeju 4.3 Peace Prize for 2021. It is a moment I will always treasure.

My previous post was about the massacre, torture and repression hiding under the headline, Jeju 4.3 incident. This post is a heavily edited version of the speech I gave when accepting the award.

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