The Militarization of Paradise
Jeju Island: honeymoon spot, UNESCO world heritage site, naval base. What’s wrong with this picture?
Playing With Fire on the Korean Peninsula
Why is the Obama Administration throwing cold water on talks with North Korea?
Seoul Salvation
The first politician of the Occupy Wall Street era has become the mayor of Seoul.
Of Bases and Budgets
U.S. military bases are very costly to the people of the Asia-Pacific region and to people here in America as well.
Why 2012 Will Shake Up Asia and the World
Can Washington move from Pacific power to Pacific partner?
Confronting Agent Orange
Allegations of Agent Orange use are rekindling the anti-base movements in South Korea and Japan.
Naval Base Tears Apart Korean Village
The struggle over Jeju Island in South Korea is heating up, with civil society activists standing up against a powerful military.
Korean Americans and Allies to Participate in “From War to Peace in East Asia,” Events on Korean War
On July 27, 2011 scholars from the Institute for Policy Studies, South Korea, and the Washington Peace Center will hold a special discussion on the status of the Korean War Armistice and why a peace treaty to end the Korean War matters today in the context of the current military issues facing East Asia and the overall need for peacebuilding in this region.
July 26 Marks the 58th Anniversary of the Onset of the Cuban Revolution
The film by Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Saul Landau, “Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up,” featuring Landau, Danny Glover and Fidel Castro (at age 84), shows how the U.S.-backed violence against Cuba has continued for decades and our government’s unusual obsession with Fidel Castro has led to the unjust conviction of the Cuban 5.
Third Prize: You’re Fired
President Obama is trying to sell free trade agreements as win-win deals. The problem is that most people will only win dubious prizes.
The Audacity of Free Trade Agreements
President Obama is reversing his earlier commitment to a new kind of trade relationship with the world by pushing three ill-conceived FTAs.
Agent Orange in Korea
Whistleblowers have unearthed the widespread use of Agent Orange by the U.S. military in Korea.
Exodus to North Korea Revisited
In towns and cities all over Japan farewell gatherings were being held, as “returnees” to North Korea packed their bags and boarded trains that would take them to the port of Niigata where, after various formalities including a “confirmation of free will” by the International Committee of the Red Cross, they would board Russian ships for the voyage to Cheongjin in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
Ending South Korea’s Child Export Shame
The South Korean government is on the verge of bringing much-needed reform to what has been the world’s largest child-export industry.
Bring War Dollars Home by Closing Down Bases
Closing U.S. military bases overseas is a key part of moving the money to meet human needs at home and abroad.