Russian Institute for Strategic Studies

Amid rising global geopolitical tensions and the Trump administration's high-profile foreign policy initiatives, the situation on the Korean Peninsula briefly slipped out of the news cycle. RISS Senior Expert Roman Lobov commented on current trends in relations between DPRK and the Republic of Korea, analyzed the internal and external factors influencing inter-Korean ties, and offered a forecast regarding the prospects for resolving the conflict between Pyongyang and Seoul.