December 11, 2024, by Victor Cha—
This graphic shows two metrics by which Donald Trump may measure his support for NATO and Indo-Pacific allies and partners based on his first term in office and his campaign statements... Donald Trump has also made very clear from long before he entered national politics that…
June 30, 2024, by Andy Lim and Victor Cha—
The CSIS Beyond Parallel created an interactive map of North Korea's garbage-filled balloons that crossed over into South Korea in 2024... Since May 28, 2024, North Korea started sending trash-filled balloons into South Korea. Over the course of five months, and in twenty-night waves they have...
December 20, 2019—
The CSIS Beyond Parallel team compiled an original database of all North Korean provocations since the Korean War in 1953, beginning with the first provocation documented in 1958. There has been more than 280 instances of provocations, including from missile and nuclear tests, airplane hijackings, bombings, exchange of fire, to infiltration and territorial incursions into South Korea.
February 25, 2019, by Victor Cha and Andy Lim—
A study of publicly available statements made by Donald Trump on the utility of alliances and U.S. troop commitments abroad to test the proposition that the President has a transactional view of alliances as opposed to a deep appreciation of both the security and non-security benefits afforded by these relationships.
October 2, 2017—
Negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear program have occurred for more than 25 years. This database explores the entire record of nuclear diplomacy between North Korea and the United States from 1990 to 2017... Negotiations over North Korea’s nuclear program have occurred for more than 25 years. There are…
April 10, 2017—
To study the relationship between North Korean provocations and South Korean elections, Beyond Parallel created a new database of events incorporating both presidential and national assembly elections from the Republic of Korea (ROK) over the last six decades.
April 3, 2017—
Explore information on North Korean provocations and U.S.-ROK military exercises... Explore information on North Korean provocations and U.S.-South Korea military exercises. For further explanation and analysis of the relationship between provocations and exercises click here. [wpdatatable id=62]
April 3, 2017—
Beyond Parallel conducted a study of whether there are patterns to North Korean behavior around U.S. elections. To carry out this study we created a dataset of U.S. election events, incorporating both presidential and congressional midterm election years, and cross-tabulated this information with our original dataset on North Korean provocations over the same period.
April 3, 2017—
To examine the closeness of the China-North Korea relationship, Beyond Parallel created an original dataset of all high-level visits between the two countries from 1953 to the present... To examine the closeness of the China-North Korea relationship, Beyond Parallel created an original dataset…