21. The lessons of the Annual Crisis
- Author:
- Ilya Dyachkov
- Publication Date:
- 04-2017
- Content Type:
- Commentary and Analysis
- Institution:
- Rethinking Russia
- Abstract:
- Occasional escalations on the Korean Peninsula each time are hotly debated in mass media, but can hardly surprise experts. Typically, difficult periods start in spring and there are several reasons for that. Exactly at this time the United States and the Republic of Korea usually conduct a joint exercise. This fact cannot but bother the DPRK. By the way, the scale of the maneuvers becomes larger every year: for instance, the personnel can practice such operation as seizure of Pyongyang. One more reason is connected with the actions and statements of North Korea itself. The North Korean missile launches, making Seoul and Tokyo nervous, usually “fall” exactly on May or April.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Nuclear Weapons, Crisis Management, and Deterrence
- Political Geography:
- South Korea, North Korea, Korean Peninsula, and United States of America