Free Trade Agreements and the Future of U.S.-Korean Trade Relations
During the past decade, the United States and Korea have pursued free trade agreements (FTAs) with a number of bilateral trading partners. For the United…
From Crisis to Recovery: Korea’s Policy Response to the Global Financial Meltdown, August 2007-June 2009
During the two-year period since the outbreak in August 2007 of the U.S. subprime crisis, Korea has felt its severe effects: Korea’s economy contracted sharply…
Future Directions for Northeast Asian Regionalism: New Security and Trade Architectures (
There is certainly a place for regionalism in Northeast Asia.1 It already exists in various amorphous ways, but regional identity is relatively weak in Northeast…
Rising China and North Pacific Security: A Net Assessment
The rise of China means that the regional (not global) power structure is shifting from unipolarity to bipolarity. Whether this is a positive or negative…
North Korean Issue: What Can be Done?
The dramatic events of recent months—and, above all, North Korea’s second nuclear test and long-range missile launch—demonstrated once again that the Barack Obama administration and…
The North Korea Challenge
In the spring of 2009, North Korea’s second nuclear test, its long-range missile tests, and its provocative rhetoric once again threatened stability in Northeast Asia….
The Rise of China and its Impact on the North Pacific Security Environment
What impact will a rising China have on the North Pacific security environment? A close examination of recent developments in Beijing’s approach to dealing with…
A Political Economy Approach to Northeast Asian Regionalism: From a Crisis Model to a Political Leadership Model?
The last two years have seen a series of changes affecting regionalism in North- east Asia. One category of changes has been the crises in…
Whither the KORUS FTA? The Moment of Truth
Two years and nine months have passed since Korea and the United States put their signatures on the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA). Nei-…
Divergent Consensus: Meeting the Needs of Both Sides of the Coin: A Young Leaders’ Perspective on U.S.-ROK Relations
The relationship between the United States and the Republic of Korea is unique; the challenges it faces are not. Next-generation views of the ties between…