The North Korean nuclear dossier is generating growing concern across the Western world and more recently Italy has expressed the urgency of containing the threat, not merely at the rhetorical level, but also through a pragmatic approach. The Pyongyang government
Tensions continue to be high on the Korean Peninsula. The presence of large-scale military forces and nuclear weapons threatens regional peace and stability. In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the active involvement of North
Introduction: The Mediterranean Reaches the PacificIn 2024, the Italian aircraft carrier Cavour led a strike group on a 158-day deployment across the Indian and Pacific Oceans — the most visible sign yet that a country long anchored in the Euro-Mediterranean
IntroductionDigital regulation is increasingly becoming a trade issue between the United States and its major partners. Rules once discussed mainly in terms of competition, consumer protection, privacy, or telecommunications policy are now being examined in Washington for their effects on
Ambassador Petar Kraytchev has served as Bulgaria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since April 2024. A career diplomat, he has held a range of senior positions at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including Director of the Americas Directorate,
Ambassador Ugo Astuto has served as the European Union Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since September 2025. A career diplomat, he joined the Italian Diplomatic Service in 1991 and has extensive experience in multilateral diplomacy and Asian affairs. He
South Korea’s foreign policy has long been shaped by a structural tension that no administration has fully resolved. The tension is known as the imperative of maintaining the US-ROK alliance as the foundation of national security, and the equally pressing
IntroductionOn 6 July 2026, at HMC Dockyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) had been named the preferred bidder for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), a program valued at up
North Korea’s withdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of nuclear weapons in 2003 and its first nuclear test in 2006 fundamentally changed the security environment on the Korean Peninsula. Since then, diplomatic negotiations, international sanctions and political pressure have
Ambassador Karl-Olof Andersson has served as Sweden’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea since August 2024. He holds degrees in business and languages from Lund University and in international studies and political science from Johns Hopkins University. He also served