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U.S.-Korea Relations at 70: A Post-Summit Evaluation

On April 28, 2023, the KEI team discussed the outcome of the Biden-Yoon summit and what it signifies for the future of the US-South Korea relationship. Event description below: “On…

May 4, 2023

Troy Stangarone, Sang Kim, Kathleen Stephens, Mark Tokola, Clint Work

Impeachment, Part 2: Consequences

This week, Congress introduced 2 articles of impeachment against President Trump. One for abuse of power and one for obstruction of Congress. The ongoing confrontation between the White House and…

December 13, 2019

Impeachment, Part 1: Precedent

The ongoing confrontation between the White House and U.S. Congress will likely engross President Donald Trump’s political attention in the months ahead. Given his central role in executing highly delicate…

Topic: Inter-Korean

December 10, 2019

Yong Kwon

What the Korean Wave Brought to the American Table: Michael Hong

Long before BTS and Psy made their debut, a handful of entrepreneurs were laying the foundations for what would become the Korean Wave in the United States. With Korean pop culture…

January 25, 2019

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Publication

Asia at a Tipping Point: Korea, The Rise of China, and the Impact of Leadership Transitions

This PDF is the full publication and contains all of the following sections: KEI Board of Directors KEI Advisory Council Preface Download PDF here Political Change in 2010-2012 and Regional…

June 15, 2012

Gilbert Rozman

The U.S. Approach to Regional Trade Agreements Involving East Asia

The U.S. government has had a long and convoluted approach to the issue of bilateral or regional trade agreements involving East Asian countries. This paper focuses on three key aspects…

June 7, 2012

Edward J. Lincoln

Korea-India-U.S. Strategic Engagement

The U.S. pivot to Asia is emerging as one of the organizing principles for Washington’s future foreign policy as it views its own economic destiny becoming increasingly intertwined with the…

May 7, 2012

S. Amer Latif

The Dollar’s Influence in East Asia: Benevolent or Overbearing? A Comparative Answer in the U.S. Economic Aid and the Dollar Standard

There is no doubt that the United States has been a dominant economic power in the world. U.S. troops are deployed in the various corners of the world, and their…

April 2, 2012

Gloria Koo

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Peninsula Blog

Another Accident Suggests Public Safety Shortcomings

This briefing comes from Korea View, a weekly newsletter published by the Korea Economic Institute. Korea View aims to cover developments that reveal trends on the Korean Peninsula but receive little attention in the United States. If you would like to sign up, please find the online form here. What Happened On Lunar New Year’s Day, six people died…

February 6, 2020

Korea View

New Prospects for U.S.-Korea-Japan Cooperation

By Emanuel Pastreich The difficulties in promoting cooperation between Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington, D.C. in response to the rising technological and economic strength of China has been the hot topic of discussion in the United States. The standard answer is to attribute the difficulties to historical issues that have created an emotional gap between these…

January 30, 2020

The China-Russia Security Council Resolution Part 2: Chinese Motives

By Stephan Haggard and Liuya Zhang In the last post on the proposed China-Russia Security Council resolution, we showed that exempting just two product categories—seafood and textiles—would restore as much as 50% of North Korea’s exports. But that does not capture the full extent of China’s ability to keep the regime afloat, even if we…