Stratfor Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker explains that while escalating threats from North Korea carry the risk of armed conflict, war is still improbable.

Stratfor's Vice President of East and South Asia Analysis Rodger Baker explains the implications of the North Korean nuclear test on Pyongyang's relationship with China.

Pyongyang's third nuclear test appears to be its largest to date.

Stratfor's Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker discusses this week's elections in Japan and South Korea and the effects on the region.

Stratfor's Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker examines the significance of North Korea's successful rocket launch.

Stratfor's Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker discusses the North Korean regime's internal weaknesses and the outside forces that shape it.

As China and the United States expand their naval presence in the Asia-Pacific region, Japan will try to reinforce its commercial, territorial and energy interests through a more proactive maritime military strategy.

Stratfor discusses how North Korea's primary geographic challenge of border security has shaped the imperatives of the country's current and previous regimes.

This exclusive imagery from DigitalGlobe shows North Korea's Sohae (West Sea) Satellite Launching Station.

Stratfor Vice President of East Asia Analysis Rodger Baker examines the conflicting statements and rhetoric out of Pyongyang and Seoul in advance of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to the Demilitarized Zone and the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit.