South Korea has a new president openly willing to talk to North Korea. The United States has a president who has never hidden his desire to sit across from Kim Jong-un. And yet, North Korea trusts neither of them. This
While the eyes of the world are on turmoil in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, and on Russia’s ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine, the relevance of an assessment of relations between a European and an East Asian
Professor Bongchul Kim, Director of the Seoul Institute of Global Affairs (SIGA), was invited as a keynote speaker at the 3rd International Conference on ASEAN Sustainable Development (ICASD 2026), held from April 2 to 3, 2026, at the International College
The Meeting of the Heads of Government/Vice Presidents of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS) convened in Baku on April 2, 2026 offers a revealing snapshot of a regional framework. What was once largely a symbolic platform built around shared
At moments of escalating tension between United States and Iran, the international system often searches for stabilizing intermediaries. In the current phase of confrontation, Pakistan has re-emerged as one of the few actors capable of maintaining open channels with both
On March 25, 2026, an international conference dedicated to the 35th anniversary of Turkmenistan’s Independence and to the year 2026, proclaimed as the year of “Independent, Permanently Neutral Turkmenistan – Homeland of Purposeful Heavenly Horses,” was held at Hankuk University
The escalating tensions in the Middle East have once again exposed the fragility of regional order across Eurasia. As airspace closures, disrupted logistics networks and emergency evacuations reshaped mobility between Asia and Europe, Turkmenistan emerges as a rare anchor of
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