Research Review: March 2026

Recent Highlights in Elliott School Scholarship:

• GWIKS published a new US-ROK Policy Memo, "The Future of U.S.-South Korea Nuclear Cooperation: Finding PolicyDirection in a Tempestuous Time," and a new North Korea Economic Forum Policy and Research Paper, "Discerning North Korean Economic Strategies."
• Professor Emeritus Charles L. Glaser authored a new book: Retrench, Defend, Compete: Securing America's FutureAgainst a Rising China.
• Speaking about education in the age of AI, Professor Alexa Alice Joubin delivered the plenary at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities 2026 annual meeting in Washington, DC.
• Research Professor Deepa Ollapally co-edited Asia Policy Volume 21 Number 1.
• Director of the Space Policy Institute Scott Pace co-authored, "The Solar System Internet: Envisioning a networked future beyond Earth," for The Space Review.
• PONARS Eurasia published two new policy memos:
  • "Too Much, Too Late? The Impact of Secrecy on Efforts to Mediate an End to the Russia-Ukraine War;" and
  • "The ‘Don’t Lose Lukashenko’ Approach: Kyiv’s (Non-) Strategic Ambiguity Toward the Belarusian Opposition."