[EAI Issue Briefing] The 4IR and the Future of the North Korean Police State
Commentary·Issue Briefing
Ken Gause | 2024-07-09
Ken Gause, Analyst and Senior Advisor of the North Korea Program at the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), examines the impact of new technologies emerging from the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) on North Korea. Gause discusses how these technologies have enhanced the Kim regime’s control, using AI and facial recognition technology for surveillance. However, he also highlights the constraints, such as limited electricity and reliance on imports for electronics. Gause concludes that North Korea’s top-down strategy will not facilitate bottom-up local entrepreneurship or global connections for revolution, and the 4IR in North Korea will not lead to revolution or regime change and will make potential reunification more challenging.
[EAI Issue Briefing] Knowledge State in the Era of Generative AI and the Future of the Korean Peninsula
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Chaesung Chun | 2024-07-08
Chaesung Chun, Chair of the EAI’s National Security Research Center and Professor at Seoul National University, analyzes the impact of generative artificial intelligence (AI) on the global world order and potential Korean unification. Chun observes that while South Korea has developed AI for innovative purposes, North Korea has focused on using AI for domestic control and international manipulation. He raises the question of whether AI will enhance the prospects of unification or if the technological development gap between the two Koreas will widen, creating a greater power differential and diminishing the chances of unification. He finds that to improve the chances of unification, South Korea must uphold innovation, ethical standards, and the welfare of its citizens in its AI development.
[EAI Issue Briefing] Tailored Deterrence Strategy on the Korean Peninsula
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Gary Samore | 2024-07-05
Gary Samore, Professor of the Practice of Politics at Brandeis University, discusses the emergence of a global power rivalry between the United States and its European and Asian allies against Russia and China. He describes the United States’ use of “tailored deterrence” and “integrated deterrence” and their continued application to the Korean Peninsula through joint planning and exercises, intelligence sharing, and greater cooperation on military operations. Nevertheless, Samore concludes that the future deterrence of North Korea remains uncertain and predicts that if Trump wins 2024 presidential election and leans toward more acceptance of North Korea’s nuclear program, South Korea’s likelihood of developing its own nuclear weapons would increase significantly.

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[ADRN Working Paper] Electoral Accountability in Thailand: Analyzing the 2023 Election (Interim Report)
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[ADRN Working Paper] Electoral Accountability in Thailand: Analyzing the 2023 Election (Interim Report)
Parin Jaruthavee | 2024-07-03
Introduction   This research focuses on the 2023 Election which was hoped to be the most democratic election since the 2014 coup d’état. Although there was 2019 Election, however, it was hosted and conducted by the 2017 Constitution (Interim). Thus, the legislative body, consisted of Senates appointed bas...
[ADRN Working Paper] Vertical Accountability in Pakistan (Interim Report)
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[ADRN Working Paper] Vertical Accountability in Pakistan (Interim Report)
Alena Sadiq | 2024-07-03
1. Background   When reviewing academic literature on the subject, it becomes apparent that researchers have worked diligently to refine the definition of accountability in the political and governmental spheres. For the purposes of this paper, we define accountability as “the de facto constraints on the governm...
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[EAI-NDI Capstone Roundtable] ROK-U.S. Parliamentary Democratic Partnership (Session 2)
| 2024-05-16
Over the past eighteen months, EAI has been actively engaging with the members of the ROK National Assembly, scholars, and civil society stakeholders to enhance domestic and regional collaboration for advancing democratic norms and values. Reflecting on our progress, this culminating capstone event sought to gather parliamentari...

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