The Limits of Identity Politics and the Strategic Case for U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateralism
The ROK-Japan relationship seemingly found a floor after the downward spiral that marked the end of the Lee Myung-Bak presidency and the first three years…
New Frontiers of Cooperation in U.S.-Korea Relations: Opportunities for Economic Engagement
In October 2015, the U.S. and Korean governments announced “New Frontiers of Cooperation” for the bilateral agenda following the summit meeting between U.S. President Barack…
Continuity in South Korean Foreign Policy
The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) launched in August 2008 and transformed into a treaty-based inter-governmental organization in October 2012. The GGGI positioned South Korea…
The Making of a Global Economic Player? An Appraisal of South Korea’s Role in Myanmar
Suddenly and unexpectedly, after several decades as Asia’s backwater and basket case of international development, Myanmar was thrust to the center stage of international attention…
Exchange Rate Risk, Stock Transactions and Financial Integration: The Republic of Korea and Japan
This paper examines the short-run and long-run relation between volatility in the real effective exchange rate and stock returns in the Republic of Korea. A…
North Korea Policy: Recommendations For The Trump Administration
Among the most important issues that will confront the new Trump administration is how to deal with North Korea. Before Mr. Trump leaves office, North…
A Fork in the Road? Korea and China’s One Belt, One Road Initiative
In 2013, two countries in East Asia launched their respective visions for an East-meets-West integrated region: China pronounced one of the most ambitious foreign economic…
Labor Market Rigidities and Social Inequality in Korea: The Role of Legal, Economic and Social Governance
This study explores the organization of the Korean labor market, systemic faults in it leading to undesirable outcomes and their determinants, and consequences for workers…
The Middle East Reopens for Business but with Old and New Hazards for South Korea
The Middle East offers huge trade opportunities to South Korea, especially after the P5+1 agreement with Iran. President Park Geun-hye’s May 2016 visit to Iran…
Authoritarian Regimes and Economic Sanction Effectiveness: The Case of North Korea
North Korea has been under several rounds of economic sanctions since the beginning of the Korean War in 1950. Economic coercion, however, has had no…