Darcie Draudt-Véjares

Oct 12, 2024 | myemail.constantcontact.com | Darcie Draudt-Véjares |Lee Hyo-jin |Kim Seung-yeon

Quotes of the Day:"Intelligent individuals learn from every thing and every one; average people learn from their experiences. The stupid already have all the answers."– Unknown (but misattributed to Socrates)"Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses."– Plato"Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence."– Leonardo da Vinci1. N. Korean leader's sister warns of 'horrible disaster' if S.

Oct 10, 2024 | thediplomat.com | Darcie Draudt-Véjares

At the United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on September 24, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted the role of international aid to Russia, identifying North Korea and Iran as outsized partners to Moscow in an axis of adversaries. The Biden administration’s interest in naming and shaming this coalition of states brings to question how the next U.S. presidential administration will handle growing global hot zones of conflict.

Oct 2, 2024 | nationalinterest.org | Darcie Draudt-Véjares

In 2016 and again in 2020, the state of the U.S.-South Korea strategic alliance featured prominently in the presidential campaign talking points. Indeed, the Korean Peninsula serves as a microcosm of broader geopolitical tensions, where the consequences of American leadership, or lack thereof, are acutely felt. Trump  the seventy-year partnership for its financial costs, appealing to voters that American allies must pay up for U.S. contributions to global security.

Sep 10, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Darcie Draudt-Véjares

Recent intelligence reports from the United States and its partners indicate the war in Ukraine has entered a hazardous new phase: North Korean troops have arrived in Russia, possibly to train to fight in Ukraine. On Monday, South Korea summoned the Russian ambassador and urged the immediate withdrawal of North Korean soldiers from Russia, though the Kremlin has consistently denied their presence.

Sep 10, 2024 | carnegieendowment.org | Darcie Draudt-Véjares

The South Korean president’s imposition of martial law and the National Assembly’s rapid vote to demand an end to the decree have left the country with a slew of puzzling questions about the president’s political calculus and the country’s future. Late Tuesday evening, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol stunned his country and the world with an attempt to impose martial law.