Looking Ahead to KORUS FTA Ratification
Despite an historic delay and continued opposition in some quarters, passage of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS FTA) looks set to proceed quickly through…
The New Faces of KEI
KEI has bid farewell to 6 of its 9 family members this year. The faces and personalities are changing, but KEI’s commitment to excellence remains….
Pyongyang has an App for That: Sanctions and Luxury Goods in North Korea
Despite years of sanctions and isolation, foreign goods and modern consumer technologies continue to flow into North Korea providing elites with luxury goods and fueling…
Gateway to Inter-Korean Summits
Winston Churchill coined the term “summit” in the early 1950s to define meetings between leaders of great powers in the Cold War. While summits have…
South Korea’s Role in a Post-Fukushima Nuclear Environment
While the initial focus may be on the humanitarian and safety needs of Japan after the Fukushima nuclear accident, South Korea has a major stake…
The Strategic Implications of Transformation in the Middle East for Korea
For much of the past month, the world has sat transfixed as the Arab World has begun to transform before our eyes. Having started in…
Uncertainty in the Alliance?
During the last two years ago, U.S.-South Korea relations have strengthened in ways that many Korea watchers did not expect. With a liberal President Barack…
Volatility and Opportunity in 2011
Last year was a momentous year for the Korean Peninsula. As the world worked its way out of the global and financial crisis of 2008-2009,…
North Korea Reveals Uranium Enrichment Facility and Light Water Reactor
On November 2-6, KEI President Jack Pritchard and KEI Director Nicole Finneman visited Pyongyang to discuss with North Korean officials the current state of North…
Korea’s Moment: A Look at the Upcoming Seoul G-20 Summit
In less than two weeks world leaders will arrive in Seoul for two days of intense discussions on the current global economic recovery. Unlike the…