Valdai Club

Alexey Zakharov

Sergey Zilitinkevich

Boris Zhelezov

Minghao Zhao

Milana Živanović

Elena Zinovieva

Andrei Zolotov

Ivan Zuenko

Nikolai Zlobin

Alexander Zhebin

Russian Federation

Former director, Center for Korean Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Materials

Pyongyang Loses Patience but Does Not Refuse Dialogue

The intensity of missile test launches by North Korea has been unprecedented: it has conducted four tests over the past two weeks – on July 25 and 31, August 2 and 6. This indicates that Pyongyang does not intend to sit idle while the United States and its allies not only increase their sanctions pressure on the DPRK, but have signalled that they haven’t abandoned a more traditional method of pressure – using force.

A Thorny Path Towards Lasting Peace in Korea

The main reason why there is no progress in resolving the Korean issue is not the alleged “intractability” on the part of Pyongyang but the United States’ striving to implement its geopolitical plans in the region.

From Conflict to Conflict: the Vicious Circle of Korea

Understanding the causes of the current crisis is impossible without at least a brief retrospective journey into the history of inter-Korean relations. The conflict situation on the Korean Peninsula is conditioned by the division of Korea after the Second World War and the continuing struggle for leadership on the peninsula between the two Korean states.