Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security

IFANS Focus

• Birth of Takaichi Cabinet and Japanese Politics: Assessment and Implications for Policy toward Japan YOON Sukjung Upload Date 2025-11-10 Hits 2920

  1. Implications behind the LDP Presidential Election: Right-wing LDP and Return to the Abe-line
  2. Prime Minister Takaichi’s Government: Leveraging Lessons from the Abe Era and Developing a Framework for Governance led by Prime Minister’s Office
  3. The LDP-JIP Coalition Government and Incomplete Securing of a Majority in the Diet
  4. Evaluation and Diplomatic Considerations Regarding Japan

  #JapanesePolitics #KoreaJapanRelations #LDP #SanaeTakaichi
• Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Resignation and an Analysis of His “Reflections on the 80th Anniversary of the End of the War.” OH Seung Hee Upload Date 2025-11-10 Hits 1745

  1. The Resignation of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
  2. Analysis of Ishiba’s Reflections on the 80th Anniversary of the End of World War II
  3. Characteristics and Limitations of Ishiba’s Message

  #Japan #WorldWarII #Ishiba #PostWar #Statement #80thAnniversary
• President Trump’s Gaza Initiative: Background, Assessment and Meaning IN Nam-sik Upload Date 2025-10-28 Hits 5818

  1. Backdrop of President Trump's Engagement 
  2. Assessment of Trump's Gaza Initiative
  3. Viability of the Proposal

  #GazaConflict #PresidentTrump
• Diplomatic Evaluation of S. Korea as Globally Responsible Power at UNGA 80 BAN Kiljoo Upload Date 2025-10-24 Hits 5147

  1. Introduction
  2. Launch of UNGA 80 amidst Crises
  3. Identification of Korean Diplomacy's Opportunity Elements at UNGA 80
  4. Diplomatic Evaluation of Korea as a Globally Responsible Power at UNGA 80
  5. Future Tasks and Policy Suggestions

  #UNSC #UNGA80 #GloballyResponsible #DiplomaticStrategy #DPRKNuclearProgram
• North Korea’s Parade Politics: Pyongyang’s Strategic Calculations and Policy Implications from the WPK’s 80th Anniversary Celebrations BAN Kil Joo Upload Date 2025-10-23 Hits 4431

  1. Introduction 
  2. Analyzing the Politics of Military Parades in the Kim Jong Un Era
  3. Characteristics and Strategic Calculations of Parade Politics Marking the 80th Anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) 
  4. Policy Implications

  #NorthKorea #HyperStrategy #MilitaryParade #WPK80thAnniversary #DPRKChinaRussia #Hwasong20
• Significance and Key Discussions of the 2025 World Emerging Security Forum: Emerging Technologies and Rising Hybrid Threats SONG Tae-Eun Upload Date 2025-09-29 Hits 12556

  1. 2025 World Emerging Security Forum: First International Conference on “Hybrid Threats” in the Indo-Pacific
  2. Hybrid Threats: Stealthy, Global Challenges
  3. Cognitive Warfare: Hacking and Manipulating the Human Mind
  4. Perpetual Security Threats from Emerging Technologies and Sabotage of Critical Infrastructure
  5. Significance and Implications

  #AI #CyberAttacks #HybridWarfare #HybridThreats #EmergingThreats #WESF
• Assessment of the August Korea-Japan Summit and Challenges for Japan Policy JO Yanghyeon Upload Date 2025-09-26 Hits 9678

  1. Implications and Key Points of the Korea-Japan Summit 2025
  2. Assessments and Challenges
  3. Response Measures.

  #Ishiba #ROKJapanSummit #JapanPolicy #KoreaJapanRelations
• Economic Security Implications of the US AI Action Plan YOO Ji Yeong Upload Date 2025-09-17 Hits 11593

  1. The US AI Action Plan and the Three Executive Orders
  2. Key Points of the US AI Action Plan from an Economic Security Perspective
  3. Economic Security Challenges for South Korea

  #China #US #AI #EconomicSecurity #SouthKorea
• Seoul’s New Government Prioritizes ASEAN and Southeast Asia CHOE Wongi Upload Date 2025-08-27 Hits 16481
  #ASEAN #Cooperation #ASEANKorea #ROK #SoutheastAsia
• Strategic Implications from the July Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting: Prospects for Indo-Pacific Cooperation under the Second Trump Administration CHO Won Deuk Upload Date 2025-08-25 Hits 12532

  1. Introduction   
  2. Major Developments and Assessment
  3. Policy Implications

  #Trump #Quad #IndoPacific #SouthChinaSea #CriticalMinerals