Gabriela Bernal
Biography
Publications
Dr Gabriela Bernal is a Korean affairs analyst based in Seoul, South Korea, and a Non-Resident Fellow at the European Centre for North Korean Studies. Her writing and analyses have appeared in various news outlets and think tanks, including Nikkei Asia, the South China Morning Post, the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), the Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP), and more. Dr. Bernal is also the founder of the Peninsula Dispatch blog, where she explores issues pertinent to the Korean Peninsula. Originally from the Caribbean island of Curaçao, she is also interested in Caribbean security affairs.
North Korea’s evolving diplomatic logic
Kim is consolidating ties with a small cluster of partners – Moscow matters, but China offers a particular prize.
North Korea: Is Kim’s daughter the chosen successor?
Analysts once doubted Ju Ae was the chosen heir. The evidence has shifted – but obstacles remain.
North Korea’s nuclear ambitions are here to stay
Pyongyang’s party congress sets out five more years of military expansion, hardline diplomacy and estrangement from Seoul.
Europe should back Donald Trump to again engage Kim Jong-un
With North Korean troops fighting Ukraine, the days of treating North Korea as a problem in splendid isolation are over.
Conflict creeps into Caribbean calm
Small European territories fear the cost of proximity as tensions boil between Washington and Caracas.
Why fears about Japan going nuclear are likely overblown
The atomic weapons taboo remains just that.
Seoul’s new leader faces an uphill battle on inter-Korean relations
The new president will need to balance Washington, Pyongyang and Moscow for any hope of peace on the Peninsula.
US troops in Korea may soon switch focus from Pyongyang to Beijing
Could America’s security rejig inadvertently strengthen an alliance between North Korea, China and Russia?
How far can Canberra and Seoul’s partnership stretch?
For all the talk of alignment, Australia has no influence with North Korea, and South Korea has different interests with China.
