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Korea Economic Institute of America
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Scott A. Snyder is President and Chief Executive Officer at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). Previously, he was a Senior Fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations from 2011 to March 2024. Mr. Snyder is the author of The United States-South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not (December 2023) and South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (January 2018). Mr. Snyder received a BA from Rice University and an MA from the regional studies East Asia program at Harvard University.

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[Media Interview] KEI President Interviews with VOA Washington Talks

KEI President Scott Snyder was interviewed by the Voice of America Korean Service for the “Washington Talk” show. This video was published in Voice of America on March 30, 2024.  …

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March 30, 2024
Scott Snyder

[Op-ed] S Korean trade, diplomacy trending away from China

This article was published in The Asia Times on March 28, 2024. South Korea is trending away from economic dependence on China and increasing its trilateral interactions with Washington and Tokyo.…

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March 28, 2024
Scott Snyder

[Op-ed] Satellites, summits and succession in North Korea

This article was published in The East Asia Forum on January 31, 2024. Though North Korea had yet to fully resume its pre-pandemic activities by the end of the year,…

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January 31, 2024
Scott Snyder

Podcasts

What are Domestic Politics Doing to the U.S.-Korea Alliance?

In April 2023, the United States and South Korea marked the 70th anniversary of an alliance that has served the strategic interests of both countries. Their relationship has expanded beyond…

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Region: Asia,North America

March 6, 2024
Scott Snyder, Troy Stangarone, Andrew Yeo

Winning an Election during a Pandemic: Scott Snyder, Kang Insun, and Song Hochang

On April 7, the American state of Wisconsin held an election to decide who would be the Democratic Party’s nominee for the US presidential election in November 2020. The days…

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April 24, 2020
Scott Snyder, Kang Insun, Hochang Song

Publication

Korea Policy Vol. 1, Issue 2

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Region: Asia, Indo-Pacific

November 3, 2023
Gilbert Rozman, Scott Snyder, Yuki Tatsumi, Clint Work, Katrin Fraser Katz, Susannah Patton

The United States-South Korea-North Korea Strategic Triangle in the Indo-Pacific

The development of the concept of the Indo-Pacific strategy, since its adoption by the United States in 2017, has primarily been driven by the emergence of China as an object…

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Region: Asia, Indo-Pacific

November 2, 2023
Scott Snyder

The Pandemic and its Impact on the South Korea-Japan Identity Clash

The global pandemic caused by the onset of the novel coronavirus known as COVID-19 has tested governance at both the national and international levels by challenging the capacity of nations…

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Region: Asia

July 30, 2021
Scott Snyder

South Korean Identity Under Park Geun-hye: Crosscurrents & Choppy Waters

South Korea’s nation-building project during the Cold War relied heavily on strong state direction designed to generate a sense of cohesion and national identity. These strategies were conceived and executed…

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Region: Asia

October 6, 2016
Scott Snyder

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