South Korea
Media Briefing: President of South Korea to Visit Washington
May 01, 2013 // 10:30am — 11:00am
Wilson Center experts answer questions from the press about President Park's visit to the U.S. and the state of U.S. relations in East Asia in this media briefing. more
2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea
June 14, 2013 // 9:30am — 3:30pm
Keynoted by Ambassador Glyn Davies, the 2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea will also include a roundtable discussion on leadership changes in East Asia moderated by veteran ABC anchor Sam Donaldson and a panel on North Korea's crisis diplomacy. more
South Korea and the U.S. Pivot to Asia
April 03, 2013 // 12:45pm — 1:35pm
As the United States focuses more attention to Asia politically, economically, and militarily, South Korea is reassessing its own role in ensuring stability in the region. Can Seoul and Washington work more closely together to further security and prosperity between the two countries and across the Asia-Pacific? How will the U.S. pivot toward Asia impact Washington’s security alliance with South Korea? Will the possibility of South Korea joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership help or hinder the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement? more
The U.S.-Canada Energy Relationship and the Growing Role for Asia
Apr 26, 2013Canada Institute Advisory Board member Jim Slutz's working paper for the National Bureau of Asian Research on the growing importance of Asian companies in the development of North American fossil fuels.
Why John Kerry Could be a Better Secretary of State than Hillary Clinton
Apr 26, 2013Aaron David Miller writes that John Kerry may prove to be a more successful U.S. Secretary of State than Hillary Clinton.
NKIDP Senior Adviser Mitchell Lerner Publishes in The Diplomat
Apr 23, 2013NKIDP Senior Adviser Mitchell Lerner writes in The Diplomat that "patience, not peemption," is what is needed on the Korean Peninsula.
Database on Inter-Korean Relations
Apr 15, 2013Using fresh and policy-relevant historical data, the Database on Inter-Korean Relations informs and supports current and future efforts to reunify peacefully the Korean Peninsula and achieve reconciliation in post-unification Korea.
Media Briefing: President of South Korea to Visit Washington
May 01, 2013 // 10:30am — 11:00am
Wilson Center experts answer questions from the press about President Park's visit to the U.S. and the state of U.S. relations in East Asia in this media briefing.
2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea
June 14, 2013 // 9:30am — 3:30pm
Keynoted by Ambassador Glyn Davies, the 2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea will also include a roundtable discussion on leadership changes in East Asia moderated by veteran ABC anchor Sam Donaldson and a panel on North Korea's crisis diplomacy.
South Korea and the U.S. Pivot to Asia
April 03, 2013 // 12:45pm — 1:35pm
As the United States focuses more attention to Asia politically, economically, and militarily, South Korea is reassessing its own role in ensuring stability in the region. Can Seoul and Washington work more closely together to further security and prosperity between the two countries and across the Asia-Pacific? How will the U.S. pivot toward Asia impact Washington’s security alliance with South Korea? Will the possibility of South Korea joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership help or hinder the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement?
North Korea and the American Radical Left
NKIDP e-Dossier no. 14, "'Our Common Struggle against Our Common Enemy': North Korea and the American Radical Left," is introduced by Benjamin R. Young and features ten documents from the personal papers of Eldridge Cleaver, a former Black Panther Party leader, which describe Cleaver's fascination with and travels to the DPRK during the "long 1960s."
North Korean Perspectives on the Overthrow of Syngman Rhee
NKIDP e-Dossier no. 13, "North Korean Perspectives on the Overthrow of Syngman Rhee, 1960," is introduced by Jong-dae Shin, Christian F. Ostermann, and James Person and features twenty translated documents cataloging North Korea’s immediate responses to the April 19 Revolution in South Korea and how the DPRK attempted to take advantage of the events which ultimately led to the resignation of President Syngman Rhee.
Redefining U.S. Economic Rivalries in Asia
Promising to level the playing field with China has been a vote-winning mantra among Democrats and Republicans alike. Yet competition for new markets, natural resources, good jobs, and global talent is as likely to come from Japan and South Korea as from China.