Wilson Center Experts out front on North Korea Tensions
Three Wilson Center experts are available for interviews on tensions in North Korea
For an interview or briefing with any of the experts below, contact Ryan McKenna,
202-691-4217, or ryan.mckenna@wilsoncenter.org.
Robert S. Litwak is the author of Preventing North Korea’s Nuclear Breakout (published in March), Deterring Nuclear Terrorism, and Iran’s Nuclear Chess: After the Deal which have been frequently cited by The New York Times, The Washington Post, among other outlets. He is a consultant to the Los Alamos National Laboratory on non-proliferation.
News Clips
North Korea Risk Too High For Military Option (USA Today)
The dangers of Trump’s strategic impatience with North Korea (Washington Post)
Watch an interview with Robert Litwak
James F. Person is the Director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy. Person holds a Ph.D in modern Korean history and teaches courses on modern Korean history at the George Washington University. He has appeared on CBS, CSPAN, National Public Radio, Vice News, KBS, and his interviews have appeared in Newsweek, CNN, USA Today, the LA Times, the Donga Daily, and other news outlets.
News Clips
Body of Dictator's Murdered Brother Returned to North Korea (CNN – The Situation Room)
Want to Be a Successful Dictator? Copy North Korea. (The National Interest)
Jean H. Lee is a Seoul-based Global Fellow with the Wilson Center. She led the Associated Press’ Korean Peninsula coverage from 2008 to 2013. In 2011, she became the first American journalist granted permission to join the local foreign press corps in North Korea, and opened the news agency’s Pyongyang bureau in 2012.
News Clips
North Korea rebukes U.S. as Navy strike group advances (PBS – NewsHour)
Some Americans are panicking about North Korea. Here’s why South Koreans aren’t (PRI – The World)
Contributors
Robert S. Litwak
James Person
Professor of Korean Studies and Asia Programs, JHU SAIS; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, SAIS
Jean H. Lee
Journalist and former Pyongyang Bureau Chief, Associated Press
Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy
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North Korea International Documentation Project
The North Korea International Documentation Project serves as an informational clearinghouse on North Korea for the scholarly and policymaking communities, disseminating documents on the DPRK from its former communist allies that provide valuable insight into the actions and nature of the North Korean state. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. Read more
