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Clint Work
Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs
Korea Economic Institute of America
Dr. Clint Work is a Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). In addition to his work on KEI’s publications and publication-related programs, Clint leads KEI’s University Outreach and conducts research, writing, and public engagement focused on US-Korea relations.
Before joining KEI, Clint served as a Fellow in the Henry L. Stimson Center’s 38 North Program from 2020-2022, where he focused on issues related to US-ROK alliance transformation, led Congressional engagement about peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, and organized and moderated a military working group centered on North Korea’s evolving “checkerboard” threat. He also worked with a broad range of universities and state and local organizations throughout the country to foster public engagement on US-Korea relations. Prior to joining Stimson, Dr. Work was an assistant professor at the University of Utah’s Asia Campus in South Korea and the regular foreign policy writer for The Diplomat Magazine’s Koreas page. He holds a Doctorate in International Studies from the University of Washington and a Master’s in International Relations from the University of Chicago, and his work focuses on the Korean Peninsula, US-Korean relations, East Asia, and US foreign policy. He is currently writing on the history and evolution of the US force presence on the Korean Peninsula and US-ROK alliance transformation in the post-Cold War era. In addition to his academic publications, he has written extensively for popular media, including the Washington Post, Foreign Policy, The Diplomat Magazine, The National Interest, 38 North, and Sino-NK. He regularly provides commentary to U.S. and foreign media outlets, such as The Economist, Time Magazine, NPR, and Arirang News.
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October 31, 2024
Building on last year’s “Rethinking Korea initiative,” in 2024 KEI will continue to explore the evolution of US-Korea relations, Korea’s place in the world, rapid changes in Korean society, and…
February 29, 2024
Building on last year’s “Rethinking Korea initiative,” in 2024 KEI will continue to explore the evolution of US-Korea relations, Korea’s place in the world, rapid changes in Korean society, and…
February 22, 2024
Relations between Russia and North Korea are growing closer. Pyongyang has been publically supportive of Russia’s war in Ukraine and is reported to have supplied Moscow with millions of artillery…
January 18, 2024
KEI is pleased to hold a program on Economic Security and U.S.-China Competition: The View From North Korea. One country is conspicuously missing from existing discussions about the dilemmas and…
January 11, 2024
This project was motivated by and builds upon earlier research tracing the evolution and apparent alignment of U.S. and South Korean signaling on Taiwan, wherein the South Korean government adopted…
March 31, 2025
November 3, 2023
Seoul has gradually adopted a more outspoken position regarding the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and framed it in increasingly expansive terms—as a regional and global…
November 3, 2023
KEI’S SPECIAL PROJECT ON THE SOUTH KOREAN NUCLEAR ARMAMENT DEBATE South Korea’s nuclear armament debate received renewed attention in 2023. But, this issue is one that has animated Korean politics,…
March 14, 2023
Clint Work, Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America, is covered by the Korea Herald regarding his newest report on the U.S.-ROK Alliance and…
April 2, 2025
KEI’s Fellow & Director of Academic Affairs Dr. Clint Work gave a virtual presentation on the “Korea-US Alliance & The United Nations Command (UNC)” at a conference organized by the…
October 3, 2024
This article was published in National Interest on August 27, 2024 The United Nations Command (UNC), a U.S.-led multinational command that enforces the Korean Armistice Agreement and coordinates international contributions to maintain peace…
August 27, 2024
This article was published in Korea on Point on July 21, 2024. Higher Expectations, Starker Choices President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attendance at the 75th NATO Summit amplified several existing and…
July 21, 2024
While most Korea watchers’ attention is centered on the Constitutional Court’s pending judgment on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment this Friday, concern is rising in Seoul that fundamental changes in the role of United States Forces Korea (USFK) may be underway. These changes will spark growing demands on South Korea to lean more concertedly into…
April 2, 2025
Executive Summary This project builds upon earlier research tracing U.S.-South Korea signaling on “the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.” The current project was based on the premise that there is a significant gap between such diplomatic rhetoric and the U.S.-ROK alliance’s preparedness to navigate an actual conflict between the United States…
March 27, 2025
Entering 2024, US and ROK defense officials wasted little time building upon the previous year’s effort to institutionalize the US-ROK Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG). Yet, by year’s end, in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory and President Yoon Suk Yeol’s abortive martial law declaration and impeachment, the NCG faced an uncertain future. Following the…
December 31, 2024
Uncertainty prevails when it comes to the incoming Donald Trump administration and the US-ROK alliance. Observers are feverishly speculating on a range of potential policy trajectories from universal and across-the-board 10-20 percent tariffs, obstructed implementation of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and less flexible US export controls to increased cost- and burden-sharing demands related to…