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North Korea Post-Kim: A Continuing Need for Strategy

The most significant thing about the dramatic change in North Korea is how little has changed. Kim Jong-il has died, inaugurating a period of complex...

Michael J. Mazarr

December 27, 2011

Analysis

Decision-making in a Post-Kim Chong-il North Korea

The death of Kim Chong-il does not only mean a transition in leadership as can be seen with the apparent coronation of Kim Chong-un as...

Ken Gause

December 23, 2011

Analysis

A New Type of Korean Leadership in the Midst of Continued U.S. Preeminence

While thanking Congress for the ratification of the KORUS FTA, President Lee discussed Korea’s growing role on the world stage.

Sarah Yun

October 14, 2011

Analysis

The Lee-Obama Summit – A Celebration

The official State Visit by Republic of Korea President Lee Myung-bak this week marks a true celebration of a remarkable partnership between the United States...

Amb. Charles Pritchard

October 12, 2011

Analysis

Five Considerations for a Gas Pipeline Through North Korea

After more than a year of heightened tensions over the sinking of the Cheonan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island a proposed gas pipeline from...

Troy Stangarone

September 29, 2011

Analysis

Two Koreas and the Growing China Factor: Opportunity for a New Model?

While the future of inter-Korean cooperation projects remains clouded, China continues to pursue joint projects in Rason and Sinuiju.

Sarah Yun

September 22, 2011

Analysis

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