Khang Vu
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Khang Vu is a visiting scholar in the Political Science Department at Boston College. He was a 2023-2024 Hans J. Morgenthau pre-doctoral fellow at the University of Notre Dame. Khang received his Ph.D. from Boston College in 2024 and his master’s degree from Dartmouth College in 2019. His other writings have appeared in International Security, the Journal of Contemporary China, The Diplomat, War on the Rocks, The National Interest, East Asia Forum, Fulcrum, to name a few. His expertise is in East Asian security, arms control, alliance politics, inter-Korean security issues, and Vietnam’s foreign policy.
North Korean troops in Russia: The first test of the Russia-North Korea alliance
Should the deployment be confirmed, history offers three ways to gauge the cohesion of Pyongyang’s ties to Moscow.
North Korean elite defectors on the rise?
South Korea must be careful not to politicise high-level defections from the North.
Family ties? How Kim Jong‑un is going his own way
Every leader wants a legacy.
Putin’s diplomacy roadshow in North Korea and Vietnam
Despite Moscow’s charm offensive, regional states are keeping their options open, and China remains the partner of choice.
With balloons in the sky, North Korea keeps its feet on the ground
Just mind not to step in the smelly message.
North Korea’s population problem
A demographic crisis is looming in the hermit kingdom and that has policy implications – foreign and domestic.
North Korea and its socialist friends in Southeast Asia
Pyongyang is relying on ties with Vietnam and Laos to prop up its dwindling diplomatic reach.
A summit between Japan and North Korea? About time
With Kim Jong-un extending an olive branch to Tokyo, high-level talks may be on the cards, but roadblocks remain.
The News Lens
14 February 2023
