Eric J. Ballbach

Eric J. Ballbach is an associate in the Asia research division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), a leading think tank in Berlin. Since 2015, he has been a post-doctoral research fellow and lecturer at the Institute of Korean Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin.
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It’s Time to Act, Not React, on North Korea

Although things have been quiet in recent months and there has been no active dialogue between North Korea and the United States, developments in recent days suggest that Pyongyang is back on the agenda of the international community. First, it became known that the US has been reaching out to North Korea through several channels, starting in mid-February, but it has not heard back. North... Continue Reading

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