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KEI’s NK Couple Picture Gets Top Billing

The September 15 KEI-Woodrow Wilson Center program on my trip to North Korea with Charles Armstrong (Columbia University) and James Person (Wilson Center) received much...

Philippe Cousteau

September 18, 2011

Analysis

Human Resources and Korean Reunification

Much has been written over the years on the geopolitical, security, legal, institutional, economic, and policy requisites for success in a hypothetical Korean reunification. One...

Nicholas Eberstadt

August 31, 2011

Publication

Reviving the Korean Armistice: Building Future Peace on Historical Precedents

Despite the critical function of the armistice, very little political attention has been paid to the agreement, with few bureaucrats, policymakers, and Korea experts sufficiently...

Balbina Y. Hwang

July 1, 2011

Publication

A Tour de Force by Two Ambassadors

U.S. citizens from many walks of life had the unusual opportunity in early September to hear from and interact with the two ambassadors responsible for...

Greg Scarlatoiu

May 25, 2011

Publication

The Sun Shines on: Inter-Korea Relations Warm in August

August 2009 saw an abrupt “about-face” in North-South relations on the Korean peninsula. The month began with former president Bill Clinton’s historic meeting with Chairman...

Julia B. Cunico

May 25, 2011

Publication

It’s All in the Golf Cart: President of the Republic of Korea, Lee Myung-bak, Visits the United States

For Korea watchers—and particularly for those of us who worked closely on events associated with President Lee’s visit to Washington—April was a very rewarding month....

Julia B. Cunico

May 25, 2011

Publication

Ambassadors’ Double Header Hits The Road: Six Cities in Eight Days

KEI recently completed its sixteenth annual Ambassadors’ Dialogue program (previously called the Korea Caravan), featuring Lee Tae-sik, the Republic of Korea’s Ambassador to the United...

James H. Alvis

May 25, 2011

Publication

Taking a Larger Role in International Affairs: Korea’s Growing Efforts in Peacekeeping Missions and Development Aid

In 1996, Korea joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), marking Korea's rise into the ranks of the developed world. Only twenty years...

Troy Stangarone

May 25, 2011

Publication

Bush-Roh Summit: Exceeding Expectations?

This past June, President Bush made a series of telephone calls to leaders in the region calling on them to use their influence with Pyongyang...

Jack Pritchard

May 25, 2011

Publication

Ambassadors Connect with America

In a speaking tour to seven major U.S. cities during May 3 through May 11, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United...

James Lister

May 25, 2011

Publication

Engagement in Action: The Kaesong Industrial Complex

As 2005 wound down, the Six Party Talks appear stalled with the talks likely to resume no earlier than midJanuary. North Korean officials spent December...

Scott Rembrandt

May 25, 2011

Publication

Divergent Consensus: Meeting the Needs of Both Sides of the Coin: A Young Leaders’ Perspective on U.S.-ROK Relations

The relationship between the United States and the Republic of Korea is unique; the challenges it faces are not. Next-generation views of the ties between...

Adrian Yi

May 25, 2011

Publication

The U.S.-Japan Alliance and the U.S.-ROK Alliance

Given the growing importance of East Asia to global stability and prosperity, sustaining the five U.S. treaty alliances in the region—Japan, the Republic of Korea,...

James Przystup

May 25, 2011

Publication

South Korea’s Progressives and the U.S.-ROK Alliance

As the reigning consensus has it, the U.S.-ROK alliance is one of the most successful of its kind in history. The alliance not only succeeded...

Hahm Chaibong

May 25, 2011

Publication

Where Does Northeast Asia Fit in the Bush Administration Foreign Policy?

The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks shocked the world twice: first, their unimaginable method of attack and, second, the U.S. response in their wake. Doctrines,...

Kwon Man-hak

May 25, 2011

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