Newly Published Issues and Analyses

■ Sejong Policy Briefs

	“The Future of New START and the Prospects of Global Strategic Stability” | CHUNG Eunsook
	“Tasks of Integrating Statistics between South and North Korea” | YANG Un-Chul

■ Current Issues & Policies

	“U.S. Republican and Democratic Party Platforms and Foreign Policy Prospects” | LEE Sang Hyun
	“China in Democratic Party Platforms” | WOO Jung-Yeop
	“The Prospects for Korea-Japan Relationship under the New Suga Cabinet of Japan” | LEE Myon Woo
	“Triple Distress of the North Korean Economy: COVID-19 Crisis, Economic Sanction, Typhoon Damage” | YANG Un-Chul

■ Sejong Commentaries

“Kim Jong Un’s “Delegation Politics” and Changes in Status and Roles of the North Korean Power Elites” | CHEONG Seong-chang

■ Sejong Video Briefs

	“[Sejong-CFR Seoul Washington Forum Virtual Meeting] The Future of U.S. Policy Toward North Korea”
	“(Korean) [2020-11] The Possibility of Putin’s Life-long Rule and Russia’s Foreign Policy Strategy” | HONG Hyun-ik
	“(Korean) [2020-12] Evaluation of One-Year Korea-Japan Trade Conflicts: Tasks and Prospects” | LEE Myon Woo
	“(Korean) [2020-13] Impact of India-China Border Dispute on the U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy” | LEE Daewoo
	“(Korean) [2020-14] Issues and Tasks of OPCON Transition” | KIM Jungsup
	“(Korean) [2020-15] The U.S. China Policy: Significance and Implication of a “Competitive Approach”” | LEE Sang Hyun
	“(Korean) [2020-16] The Possibility of the U.S.-China Military Conflict in the South China Sea” | LEE Daewoo
	“(Korean) [2020-17] The Future of New START and Global Strategic Stability” | CHUNG Eunsook
	“(Korean) [2020-18] Deteriorating U.S.-China Relations and Prospects for Changes in China’s Policy toward the U.S.” | LEE Seong-hyon
	“(Korean) [2020-19] Prospects for Japan’s Domestic Politics” | JIN Chang Soo

On September 8, 2020, the Sejong Institute held the fourteenth colloquium of this year. Dr. YANG Un-Chul, director of the Department of Unification Strategy Studies, presented his paper on the topic of “The Task of Integrating Statistics between the ROK and North Korea.”   

On September 9, 2020, the Sejong Institute held the eighth Sejong Policy Forum on the topic of “Domestic Situations in the Four Neighboring Countries: Current Status and Issues” at the Somerset Palace located in Gwanghwamun, Seoul.   

“Nagasaki Conference on ROK-Japan Relations 2020” was held on September 17 (Thu.), 2020 through a video conference on the topic of “Peaceful Cooperation in Northeast Asia and Korea-Japan Relations in the COVID-19 Era.”   

The Sejong-CFR Seoul Washington Forum, co-hosted by the Sejong Institute and the Council on Foreign Relations(CFR) and sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, was held on September 23, 2020 at the Westin Chosun Hotel Seoul as a virtual seminar.   

On August 25 (Tue.), 2020, the Center for East Asian Cooperation of the Sejong Institute held an internal seminar. Dr. PARK Da Jung, a visiting research fellow of the institute, presented her paper on the topic of “The Impact of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance (August 1945) on the U.S. Korea Policy.”