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Eric J. Ballbach

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Korea Foundation Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs - SWP Berlin. Research on North and South Korean foreign and security policies, EU-Korea relations, identity politics.

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Essay | What Is the Endgame for Ukraine? History offers a range of precedents for what an agreement with Russia could look like—and how bad the consequences might be.

Quoted by the wonderful Yaroslav Trofimov,
Chief Foreign-Affairs Correspondent of the WSJ, discussing whether a Korea-style armistice could be a realistic scenario for the future of Ukraine/Russia? Prepare, but understand the many challenges that would come with it.
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23.03.2025 13:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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South Korea enters the top 10 arms exporters globally, while Ukraine becomes the world’s largest arms importer, according to SIPRI’s latest data on #ArmsTransfers.

13.03.2025 11:09 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I am very thankful to Prof. Kim Sihong of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies for the opportunity to discuss Korean Peninsula security from a different angle. More to come soon...

13.03.2025 08:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.” Antonio Gramsci

01.03.2025 08:38 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Südkorea, Japan und die NATO: gemeinsame Herausforderungen – DW – 31.01.2025 Japan und vor allem Südkorea pflegen seit Jahren eine enge Partnerschaft mit der NATO. Durch den russischen Angriff auf die Ukraine hat sie sich noch einmal vertieft.

www.dw.com/de/s%C3%BCdk...

03.02.2025 18:26 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump, Kim und Yoon: Das explosive Dreieck in Asien Südkoreas Präsident rief Ausnahmezustand aus – angeblich wegen Nordkorea. Er scheiterte. Warum, erklärt Eric Ballbach im Telepolis-Podcast.

Ausführliches Interview mit Dietmar Ringel (Telepolis) zu den aktuellen Entwicklungen auf der koreanischen Halbinsel.
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www.telepolis.de/features/Tru...

27.01.2025 06:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

As many students aspire to a career outside of university, I think it is extremely important to inform students about possible career paths as early as possible. We hope to be able to offer this event in the future. Many thanks to the Korea Foundation for the financial support.

25.01.2025 09:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We presented Korea-related work 1) in political foundations using the example of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 2) in the (economic department of the) Korean embassy in Berlin and 3) in think tanks using the example of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP Berlin).

25.01.2025 09:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I finally found the time to realize a project close to my heart. Together with Prof. Hannes Mosler and Dr. Florian Pölking, we organized a workshop for students from the Universities of Duisburg-Essen and Bochum, in which we discussed non-university career paths for Korean Studies graduates.

25.01.2025 09:31 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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South Korea’s Ever-Closer Relations with NATO Intersecting and Varying Motives of South Korea’s Moon Jae-in and Yoon Suk-yeol Administrations

New SWP policy paper analyzing the motives driving South Korea's ever-closer relations with NATO.
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www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

21.01.2025 16:44 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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„Unvermeidlich“: Experte rechnet mit zweiter Welle an Nordkorea-Soldaten im Ukraine-Krieg Wie wird China reagieren? Das Xi Jinping könnte Kim Jong-un zurückpfeifen oder gewähren lassen: Mehr Kräfte aus Nordkorea in der Ukraine sind möglich.

Zitiert in diesem ausführlichen Bericht über Nordkoreas militärische Unterstützung für Russland.
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www.fr.de/politik/ukra...

19.01.2025 20:01 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump 2025: Wie sich China und Asien auf die zweite Amtszeit des US-Präsidenten vorbereiten Asien blickt gelassen auf die Rückkehr von Donald Trump – trotz zahlreicher sicherheits- und wirtschaftspolitscher Konfliktthemen. Angela...

Latest SWP podcast on the implications of Trump 2.0 for South Korea and Japan and what to expect with respect to US-China relations and the Taiwan and North Korea conflicts (in German).
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www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

15.01.2025 09:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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