Jessica Renee Taylor

Huge thanks to @UnderSecT for taking time out of her busy schedule to spend time w/ us to discuss an important topic! & as always huge thanks to @koreasociety @jcorrado1953 @ChelsieAlex_ for this opportunity ! PS @UN_Command CFC @USForcesKorea lapel pin credit - @AlexJungBaek !

Honored to lead this bipartisan U.S.-Taiwan Task Force with Ambassador @robertcobrien — an exceptional group of former officials and experts committed to strengthening U.S.-Taiwan relations. Full details: mailchi.mp/globaltaiwan/p…

The Self-Defense Forces will deploy about 1,400 personnel, multiple warships and aircraft, along with anti-ship missile systems, to the Balikatan exercises in the Philippines. This will include the Ise helicopter carrier. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/1…

Fellowship alert! 38 North is accepting applications for a new round of our Emerging Scholar Fellowship Program. If you're a young professional seeking training in researching North Korea, check it out!

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit North Korea from Thursday to Friday, Pyongyang’s state media reported Wednesday, amid preparations for US President Donald Trump’s visit to China in May. koreaherald.com/article/107129…

Mission Ready Airmen. ✈️🫡 U.S. Air Force Airmen respond to a simulated casualty during exercise Freedom Shield 26 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. The exercise presents participants with realistic threat scenarios to strengthen shared understanding and combined defense capabilities. 📍 Republic of Korea 📸 U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dylan Maher #FreedomShield26 #Airmen #Readiness #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific

📺 VIDEO: How the Strategic Value of China to Korea Has Changed (Part 2) As regional uncertainty grows amid great‑power competition, @CSIS @VictorDCha explains how Seoul’s assessment of Beijing has shifted—and why South Korea has effectively already made its choice. ▶️ Watch here: youtu.be/e2m8iZlUKZs?si…

A US senate delegation is calling for Taiwan to invest sufficient funding in its defense, warning that underfunding is dangerous amid growing threats from China.

What should we make of the Lukashenko-Kim Jong Un summit? My latest for @Diplomat_APAC provides context on Kim Jong Un’s record of summits and the Belarus-DPRK relationship, before detailing the outcomes from engagement. Read more here ⬇️ thediplomat.com/2026/03/breaki…

The .@WestPoint_USMA Class of 2029, understand this: the weight is not a burden. It is the weight of responsibility willingly taken on as you go through life and continue to add stones to that bucket. dvidshub.net/news/561608/ge…

“Japan has usually taken part in joint US-Philippine military exercises in the past as observers or to provide backup support. But this will be the first time in post-war history that Japan will fully participate in a joint exercise that involves on-the-ground combat.”

Psyched to have Morgan Spector—star of The Gilded Age and The Plot Against America—on The Bang-Bang Podcast! Morgan is a real anti-imperialist, and we get him on wax covering every issue on table right now in foreign policy and Democratic Party politics bangbangpod.com/p/the-anti-imp…

Join us online on Monday at 9am ET as our 38 North Emerging Fellows present their research. Having gotten to know these rising stars over the past year, they are an impressive bunch and I'm so excited to give them a platform to discuss their findings. Don't miss it!

A 3,000-ton Korean naval submarine will travel across the Pacific for the first time to take part in joint drills with Canada in June, aimed at bolstering maritime security and arms industry cooperation, the Navy said Wednesday. koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/def…

#UpcomingEvent: Join us next TUESDAY for a discussion on North Korea’s nuclear weapons and how it relates to Japanese security. With Mizumi Dutcher, Hideya Kurata, @MichiruNishida, and @j3nnyt0wn. Moderated by Andrew Oros 🗓️March 16 ⏰8:30 - 10:00 AM EDT stimson.org/event/pursuing…

Today marks fifteen years since the #GreatEastJapanEarthquake - we offer our deepest condolences to all the victims of the disaster.

President Lee Jae Myung said that his government expressed "an opposing view" to the potential relocation of USFK assets stationed on the peninsula outside the region, marking a rare public disclosure of military information regarding Seoul's ally. koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2026-03-1…

Gen. Xavier Brunson & ROK Chairman Gen. Jin Young-seung co-chair the PMC during #FreedomShield26. 🇰🇷🇺🇸 Strategic unity for a ready Alliance. 🛡️ #ROKUSAlliance #UNC #USFK 📷Sgt. Daniella Lechuga Liggio

Join us on 3/18 for Strategic Japan 2026: Countering Challenges from Autocratic Powers Hear top scholars, Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki (@waseda_univ), Riho Aizawa (@Nids1952), and @KristiGovella discuss Japan’s role amid shifting global power dynamics. 👉 bit.ly/4l9v5PP

Japan this week moved one step closer to allowing the export of lethal arms, as a panel of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party approved a proposal calling on the government to ease rules limiting defense equipment transfers. japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/2…

The combined armed forces of Japan, the Philippines and the U.S. demonstrated a collective commitment to strengthen regional and international cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific while conducting a multilateral Maritime Cooperative Activity within the Philippines’ Exclusive Economic Zone Feb. 20-26. #AlliesAndPartners pacom.mil/Media/NEWS/New…