The Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) is pleased to issue Vol. 3, Issue 2 of its new flagship journal, Korea Policy. Our new online journal carries forward the objective…
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About Sebastian Garcia
George Sebastian Garcia is Program Officer and Internship Coordinator at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI), where he assists in the planning and oversight of the organization’s academic affairs programming and the production of the biannual Korea Policy journal.
Prior to joining KEI, he was a staff intern for the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy at the Wilson Center, where he provided event programming and administrative support for projects concerning U.S.-Korea relations and conducted research on bilateral cybersecurity cooperation efforts. He has also worked as an editorial assistant for Georgetown University Press and as an administrative intern for American Councils for International Education.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in International Politics with a minor in Korean and a Master of Science in Foreign Service with a certificate in Asian Studies from Georgetown University.
December 15, 2025
The new U.S. national cybersecurity strategy presents both opportunities and challenges for the U.S.-South Korea alliance. The White House released the strategy on March 6, aligning federal cybersecurity policy initiatives with the “America First” doctrine that also shaped the Donald Trump administration’s National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy. Much like those previous documents, the…
April 1, 2026
The U.S.-South Korea relationship underwent profound changes in 2025 due to a myriad of factors, including new leadership, protectionist trade policies, and continued volatility on the Korean Peninsula and across the Indo-Pacific. As both countries grapple with new realities in the bilateral relationship, Seoul faces the challenge of strengthening alliance credibility while expanding strategic autonomy…
February 2, 2026
The following is part of a new miniseries from KEI surveying the most important developments and trends in the U.S.-South Korea relationship in 2025. You can read all year-in-review pieces by clicking here. 2025 marked a new high for North Korean cybercrime. The unprecedented February 21 theft of USD 1.46 billion in Ethereum tokens from…
January 5, 2026
North Korea’s celebrations marking the eightieth anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) were a fireworks-filled spectacle with high-profile Chinese, Russian, and other foreign officials in attendance. The centerpiece of this year’s military parade was the newly unveiled Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile, described as the nation’s “most powerful nuclear strategic weapon…