WATCH: Endangered Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Rumbles of Thunder and Endangered Peace on the Korean Peninsula
With Moon Chung-In, Markus Garlauskas, and Susan A. Thornton
Moderated by Thomas A. Byrne
January 31, 2024
Co-hosted with The Korea Society
Recent events have heightened military tensions on the Korean Peninsula—North Korea’s successful launch of a military satellite resulting in Seoul’s decision to partially suspend the inter-Korean Comprehensive Military Agreement (CMA), and followed by Pyongyang’s deployment of additional forces near its border with South Korea—increasing the chances of conflict on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea’s advancements in its nuclear weapons and missile programs, coupled with the diminishing enforcement of sanctions and renewed support from Russia, have sparked debates among the South Korean public and security experts about the possibility of Seoul pursuing an indigenous nuclear deterrent.
Featured Panelists:
Professor Moon Chung-in
James Laney Distinguished Professor, Yonsei University
Former Special Adviser of National Security and Foreign Affairs to ROK President (2017-2021)
Markus Garlauskas
Director of Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, Atlantic Council Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Susan A. Thornton
Director of Forum on Asia-Pacific Security, NCAFP
Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center at Yale University
Thomas J. Byrne
President, The Korea Society