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Scott A. Snyder is President and Chief Executive Officer at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). Previously, he was a Senior Fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations from 2011 to March 2024. Mr. Snyder is the author of The United States-South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not (December 2023) and South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (January 2018). Mr. Snyder received a BA from Rice University and an MA from the regional studies East Asia program at Harvard University.

 

To schedule an interview, please contact Ms. Jennifer Ahn, at ja@keia.org.

I recently traveled to Dallas, Texas and Tulsa, Oklahoma to give talks on my new book on the US-South Korea alliance. It is increasingly difficult for me to travel around the United States without discovering new aspects of American interactions with the Korean Peninsula. As KEI fulfills our mission of promoting knowledge and understanding about…

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Region: North America

July 11, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin has a very short list of countries on his list of available international travel destinations these days. He made a wise choice to travel to Pyongyang, where he could be feted as a fellow dictator and share relief from sanctions-imposed isolation. However, Putin’s decision to sign a comprehensive mutual defense pact…

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Region: Asia

June 24, 2024

Scott Snyder, President & CEO at the Korea Economic Institute of America, appears on Voice of America’s “Washington Talk” and explains why transactionalism and ‘Trump-centrism’—not shared values—will define the U.S.-South…

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March 11, 2025

KEI’s President and CEO Scott Snyder participated in an episode of ‘Wider View,’ a program of Poland’s national broadcaster TVP World. The program aired on January 28, 2025.

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February 3, 2025

KEI’s President and CEO Scott Snyder participated in a virtual event organized by the Asia Society Policy Institute. The event was titled “South Korea in 2025: Democratic Evolution and Implications for…

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January 29, 2025

KEI’s President & CEO Scott Snyder was interviewed on VOA’s Washington Talk. This interview was published on January 25, 2025. To watch the full clip on VOA, please click here.

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January 27, 2025

In April 2023, the United States and South Korea marked the 70th anniversary of an alliance that has served the strategic interests of both countries. Their relationship has expanded beyond…

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On April 7, the American state of Wisconsin held an election to decide who would be the Democratic Party’s nominee for the US presidential election in November 2020. The days…

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South Korea’s launch of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) military satellite on April 22 from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as part of a network capable of monitoring North…

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Region: Space

May 2, 2025

The Fall 2024 issue of Korea Policy, Broadening the Alliance: New Frontiers in US-South Korea Cooperation, is a special issue focused on the US-ROK alliance. The issue is motivated by…

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The Joe Biden and Yoon Suk-yeol administrations have embraced the expansion of economic cooperation within the US-ROK alliance, leading to the emergence of South Korea as a valued technology partner…

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December 9, 2024

KEI’s 2024 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula summarizes results from a survey commissioned by KEI and conducted by YouGov from September 3rd to September 10th, 2024. The…

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Region: Asia, North America