Welcome
Peninsula Dispatch is an independent analytical platform focused on security, diplomacy, and strategic risk on the Korean Peninsula.
Rather than covering breaking news, Peninsula Dispatch aims to explain why developments on the Peninsula matter over the medium to long term. Its analysis looks beyond immediate headlines to examine trajectories, constraints, and choices shaping inter-Korean relations, North Korean foreign policy, and regional approaches involving the United States, China, Japan, and other stakeholders.
The platform emphasizes strategic depth over breaking news. Analysis focuses on assessing risks, exploring policy options, and considering downstream effects—contributing to more nuanced debate about one of the world's most complex security challenges.
Peninsula Dispatch publishes three types of content. Strategic Assessments are analytical reports examining how key developments may shape the Korean Peninsula and region in the medium to long term. The Context provides focused analysis of important security and diplomatic issues, offering background and strategic framing that goes beyond immediate news. Changing Currents offers brief, timely takes on emerging developments and their potential implications.
The site is run by Dr. Gabriela Bernal, a Seoul-based independent consultant and analyst specializing in Korean Peninsula security and diplomacy. While she has written extensively for international media and policy outlets, Peninsula Dispatch serves as a space for deeper, more sustained analysis that is not always possible within the constraints of traditional publishing formats.
About Gabriela
Dr. Gabriela Bernal is a Seoul-based analyst specializing in security and diplomacy on the Korean Peninsula. She is a former analyst at Korea Risk Group and a Non-Resident Fellow at the European Centre for North Korean Studies.
Her research and writing focus on inter-Korean relations, North Korean foreign policy, and the strategic implications of regional and U.S. policy toward the Peninsula. Her analysis has appeared in leading international media and policy outlets, including Nikkei Asia, The South China Morning Post, the Lowy Institute, Channel News Asia, The Financial Times, and The Straits Times, among others.
