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TK: Ask a Korean

In this episode, Chad 0Carroll speaks with “TK” (”The Korean”), the man behind the must-read blog, “Ask a Korean”. TK has been running his blog for five years and it…

October 28, 2011

Scott Snyder: Council on Foreign Relations

In this episode, Korea Economic Institute’s Director of Communications Chad 0Carroll speaks with Scott Snyder of the Council on Foreign Relations. Having written a number of publications on U.S. relations…

October 21, 2011

Richard V. Allen, National Security Advisor to Reagan

In this episode of Korean Kontext, I have the opportunity to speak with Richard V. Allen, who, in the weeks preceding his official instatement as National Security Advisor to President-elect…

June 21, 2011

Sam Yoon: Boston Politics & Community Organizing

This episode features a conversation with Sam Yoon, Executive Director of the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations (NACEDA). Prior to his work with NACEDA, Sam served on the…

June 1, 2011

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Rethinking a Liberal International Order for Asia? The United States and the Impact of the Ukraine War

June 28, 2023

Jacques deLisle

Inter-Korean Reconciliation and the Role of the U.S.: Facilitator or Spoiler?

Although the Korean Peninsula has been divided for over 70 years, North and South have not been able to make lasting progress in terms of reconciliation. While there are multiple…

April 20, 2022

Gabriela Bernal

South Korea's Critical Moment in Digital Currency Policymaking: Between Regulating Cryptocurrencies and Launching a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)

Why is South Korea pilot-testing its Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), and what made it shift from non-issuance to consideration? This paper investigates the Bank of Korea (BOK)’s CBDC-related developments…

March 3, 2022

June Park

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Should South Korea Manage its Relations with the United States and China?

This paper deals with one of the most critical issues in contemporary international relations: how China’s rise challenges foreign policies of U.S. allies, with a focus on the Republic of…

November 30, 2021

Zhiqun Zhu

Peninsula Blog

South Korea’s Struggle Against Avian Influenza

By Juho Choi Since the end of 2016, the Korean government has faced a variety of problems from a major political scandal to a stagnant economy. Among the issues, one of the most urgent is Avian Influenza (AI). According to the WHO, Avian influenza (“bird flu”) is “an infectious disease of birds caused by type…

January 12, 2017

The Trump Administration and Trade Policy: Confirmation Questions for the Commerce and USTR Nominees

This is the second in a two part series looking at the potential questions senators should ask Trump Administration officials on policy that will affect Korea during their confirmation hearings. The first part on the Trump Administration’s State and Defense nominees can be found here. By Phil Eskeland On Thursday morning, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for…

January 10, 2017

Phil Eskeland

Korea and the Trump Administration: Confirmation Questions for State and Defense Nominees

This is the first in a two part series looking at the potential questions senators should ask Trump Administration officials on North and South Korea policy during their confirmation hearings. The second part looking at the nominees for Commerce and USTR can be found here. By Mark Tokola Article II, Section 2, Clause 2 of…

January 9, 2017

Mark Tokola

Another Way of Dealing with North Korea: Negotiation Without Engagement

By Mark Tokola Winston Churchill said, “To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” He was reported to have said this at a White House luncheon in 1954, so he by then had plenty of experience with both war and negotiation. This sentiment, or something like it, is what people have in mind when they urge engagement…