May 25, 2011

Korea-U.S. Economic Relationship with or without an FTA: KORUS FTA as a Better Alternative to Manage the Bilateral Economic Relationship

By Lee Jaemin

On 1 April 2007 Korea and the United States finally completed their year-long negotiations to conclude the Korea- U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA), which...

May 25, 2011

Preparing for Future Threats and Regional Challenges: The ROK-U.S. Military Alliance in 2008-09

By Bruce Bechtol

President Lee Myung-bak won a landslide victory in 2007. His popularity before the election was obvious, and it came as a surprise to almost no...

May 25, 2011

The Future of the Korea-Japan Strategic Relationship: A Case for Cautious Optimism

By Park Cheol-hee

Korea and Japan are two key allies of the United States in East Asia. These two countries are “window models” of postwar democratization and economic...

May 25, 2011

Guests of the Dear Leaer: Shin Sang-Ok, Choi Eun-Hee, and North Korea’s Cultural Crisis

By Kim Suk-young

On 19 October 1983 in Kim Jong-il’s office at the Central Party Building in Pyongyang, a private conversation took place between Kim and two South...

May 25, 2011

Lessons from the North Korean Nuclear Issue

By Gregory F. Treverton

The world can only hope the recent U.S.-North Korean bilateral discussions will revive the six-power talks and lead to Pyongyang’s renunciation of its nuclear weapons...

May 25, 2011

Issues In U.S.-ROK Economic Relations

By Kozo Kiyota, Robert M. Stern

This paper builds on Kiyota and Stern (2007), in which we analyzed the economic effects of a U.S.-Korea free trade agreement (KORUSFTA). In Section II,...

May 25, 2011

Strategic Abandonment: Alliance Relations in Northeast Asia in the Post-Iraq Era

By Daniel Sneider

The security alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is the foundation for the architecture of strategic stability in Northeast Asia...

May 25, 2011

Turning the Six-Party Talks into a Multilateral Security Framework for Northeast Asia

By Gilbert Rozman

The Cold War in Northeast Asia became irreversible with the outbreak of the Korean War on 25 June 1950. Over the decades partial steps were...

May 25, 2011

Peace in Our Time at What Cost? Possible Financial and Legal Implications of Denuclearizing North korea

By Scott Rembrandt

On 21 June 2005 the flag of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam flew outside of Blair House, across the street from the White House. Standing...

May 25, 2011

Remember Me, Remember Us, Remember Korea: Hallyu, Flashbacks, and the Transformation of South Korea into an Unforgettable Nation

By Aaron Han Joon Magnan-Park

Growing up as a Korean-American, I was often asked, “Where are you from?” This question became a kind of standard line that opened or punctuated...

May 25, 2011

A Real Deal or a Political Masquerade? The North Korean Nuclear Question Revisited

By Lee Jung-hoon

In less than a year, the fate of the six-party talks has swung around from the lowest ebb when North Korea conducted its nuclear test...

May 25, 2011

Cultural Integration Between the United States and Korea: Looking Beyond the Free Trade Agreement

By Mo Jongryn

It may be premature right now to talk about post–free trade agreement (FTA) relations between the United States and Korea. The U.S.-Korea FTA still has...