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National Interest: Symposium: The Korean War Began 70 Years Ago This Week. We Asked the World’s Top Experts Whether It’ll End Before Turning 75
Over 50 top analysts and thinkers with a wide range of perspectives as the Korean War—a war that has never formally ended—turns 70.
Though the 1953 Armistice Agreement halted actual combat operations that claimed the lives of millions of people, the Korean Peninsula has nonetheless remained in a state of war since.
With that said, as the world commemorates the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, the Center for the National Interest’s Korean Studies team decided to ask dozens of the world’s top experts a simple question: Do you believe that the Korean War will finally come to an end before its next major anniversary in 2025?
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- June 25, 2020
Korean War began exactly 70 years ago – can Trump get a peace treaty to officially end it? -- Harry Kazianis, NYPost
What is Kim Jong-un Planning? -- Daniel R. DePetris, National Interest
China,
India border dispute could flare again after China builds structures in Galwan Valley -- ABC News Online
Why are Indian and Chinese soldiers fighting with fists, sticks and rocks? -- Liu Zhen, SCMP
'International community has failed completely' in Syria -- Matthias von Hein, DW
Cameroon's escalating Anglophone crisis shows little sign of abating -- Jean Marie Ngong Song, DW
Mali's deepening crisis: Key questions answered -- Al Jazeera
Libya: 'Faces a real risk of partition' -- France 24
China's Pacific push reverberates as Kiribati's pro-Beijing president wins re-election -- Melissa Clarke, ABC News Online
Anatomy of a Kosovo Summit Catastrophe -- Edward Joseph, Foreign Policy
Coronavirus: What's happening in Peru? -- Pierina Pighi Bel and Jake Horton BBC
EU Travel Ban For Americans: What This Means For Travel In France -- Alex Ledsom, Forbes
EU considers barring American travelers on rubbish standards -- Jeremy Beaman, Washington Examiner
Why is the US experiencing a coronavirus resurgence? -- AFP
Who hasn’t heard of COVID-19 by now? More than you think -- Cara Anna, AP
Why are Indian and Chinese soldiers fighting with fists, sticks and rocks? -- Liu Zhen, SCMP
'International community has failed completely' in Syria -- Matthias von Hein, DW
Cameroon's escalating Anglophone crisis shows little sign of abating -- Jean Marie Ngong Song, DW
Mali's deepening crisis: Key questions answered -- Al Jazeera
Libya: 'Faces a real risk of partition' -- France 24
China's Pacific push reverberates as Kiribati's pro-Beijing president wins re-election -- Melissa Clarke, ABC News Online
Anatomy of a Kosovo Summit Catastrophe -- Edward Joseph, Foreign Policy
Coronavirus: What's happening in Peru? -- Pierina Pighi Bel and Jake Horton BBC
EU Travel Ban For Americans: What This Means For Travel In France -- Alex Ledsom, Forbes
EU considers barring American travelers on rubbish standards -- Jeremy Beaman, Washington Examiner
Why is the US experiencing a coronavirus resurgence? -- AFP
Who hasn’t heard of COVID-19 by now? More than you think -- Cara Anna, AP
