The world is a devilishly complicated place. Because of the growing connectivity of the world through technological and sociological changes, decisions both large and small are having previously unexperienced and now unintended consequences.

One of the most interesting examples of the world’s complexity is the Korean peninsula. 

The nuclear developments of the North will not have escaped the attention of even a casual observer, while in the South the decision to deploy the THAAD missile-defense system at the Lotte-owned Seongju Country Club is drawing mixed domestic reactions – most notably from the Won-Buddhist community of the region.

Decisions concerning the