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RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioU.S.- ROK: The Forgotten Alliance

Kongdan Oh, October 2008, The Brookings Institution

U.S.- ROK: The Forgotten AllianceThough North Korea receives far more attention in the media, South Korea – a major trading partner and military ally – is far more important to the United States. As defense leaders from the United States and South Korea meet for the 40th annual Security Consultative Meeting, Brookings Nonresident Senior Fellow Kongdan Oh writes that Washington and Seoul must recast their alliance. Read More

South Korea, Northeast Asia, International Relations, North Korea, Defense

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioSoft Power in East Asia

Tuesday, June 17, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC

On June 17, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) at Brookings and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs hosted a seminar to announce and examine the findings of a groundbreaking public opinion survey on the current and potential use of soft power in East Asia by the United States, China, Japan and South Korea. Read More

China, Japan, Taiwan, Asia, South Korea

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Save to My PortfolioSouth Korea's Trade Protests: Lessons for President Lee and Korea's Role in the Global Economy

Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, June 03, 2008, The Brookings Institution

South Korea's Trade Protests: Lessons for President Lee and Korea's Role in the Global EconomySouth Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, and his cabinet face a political crisis in the wake of large-scale protests that were started by fears of a potential agreement to reopen the South Korean market to American beef. Leonardo Martinez-Diaz examines the situation and the conflicting views of Korea's place in a changing world economy that have led to political turmoil for the new government. Read More

Emerging Markets, Trade, Asia, South Korea, Global Economics

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioHow to Feed North Korea

Roberta Cohen, May 05, 2008, Washington Post

How to Feed North KoreaHunger should know no politics, as President Ronald Reagan declared to justify food aid to Ethiopians starving under a brutal communist regime in the 1980s. Therefore South Korea's criticism of North Korea's human rights record need not prevent its providing food and fertilizer to hungry people in the North. Read More

North Korea, Human Rights, Global Food Crisis, South Korea, Asia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioThe Emerging Architecture for Security and Cooperation in Northeast Asia

James E. Goodby, March 2008, Insights and Isues

James Goodby believe the outlook for the Korean Peninsula is far from bleak, but top-level leadership in all countries will be required if 2008 is to see significant progress toward a new system for peace and security in Northeast Asia. Read More

North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea, Northeast Asia, Proliferation

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioNorth Korea Now: Will the Clock Be Turned Back?

, February 11, 2008, The Brookings Institution

The overall mood regarding possibilities for Korean denuclearization has changed dramatically for the worse since the beginning of 2008. CNAPS Visiting Fellow Georgy Toloraya writes that there is a danger that this pessimism could roll back the progress made thanks to engagement policies in the past year. Read More

North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea, Proliferation, Developing Countries

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioInauguration of Lee Myung-bak: Grappling with Korea’s Future Challenges

Scott Snyder, February 2008, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary

On February 25, Lee Myung-bak will be inaugurated as the tenth president of the Republic of Korea. President Lee will have to reach across party and social lines to manage challenges in the economy, relations with the United States and other foreign powers, inter-Korean engagement, and—not least—South Korea’s uncertain political environment. Read More

South Korea, Northeast Asia, Asia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioNorth Korea Out of a Corner?

Michael E. O'Hanlon, December 27, 2007, The Washington Times

Michael O'Hanlon writes that with the election of Lee Myung-bak to be South Korea's next president come February, a new phase is beginning in efforts to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program — and ideally, to begin a gradual reform and integration with the rest of the world. Read More

North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control, South Korea, Asia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioLooking Back and Looking Forward: North Korea, Northeast Asia and the ROK-U.S. Alliance

Hyeong Jung Park, December 2007, The Brookings Institution

Following a period of rocky relations caused by both ideological and structural factors, the U.S.-South Korea relationship began recovering in early 2007. In this CNAPS Visiting Fellow Working Paper, Hyeong Jung Park analyzes the recent history of the relationship and offers comprehensive suggestions for how the two sides can transform both their alliance and the strategic shape of Northeast Asia. Read More

North Korea, Nuclear Weapons, South Korea, Northeast Asia, Asia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioWhat Form Should An Asian Economic Union Take?

Wing Thye Woo, November 2007, Japan Economic Currents No. 67, Keizai Koho Center

Brookings Scholar Wing Thye Woo discusses the key components for forming an effective Asian Economic Forum. Read More

China, Japan, BRICs, South Korea, Asia

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioRussia’s East Asian Strategy: The Korean Challenge

Georgy Toloraya, November/December 2007, Russia in Global Affairs

Georgy Toloraya argues that the Korean Peninsula has changed radically since the end of 2006 and that Korea will play a greater and much different role in East Asia than it did in the past.  Read More

North Korea, Russia, South Korea, Asia

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioThe Legacy of Developmental States: Industrial Policy in Korea and Taiwan

Tuesday, November 20, 2007
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC

Haeran Lim explores the path of the post-developmental state by focusing on changes in industrial policy in Korea and Taiwan after the 1997 Asian financial crisis. She explains how the legacy of the developmental state led to a coordination failure, and identifies the need for a new coordination mechanism for industrial policy. Read More

Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, Developing Countries, Asia

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioChanges in Perceptions of the ROK-US Alliance and the Way Ahead to Achieve Common Interests

Wednesday, July 11, 2007
12:00 AM to
Washington, DC

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South Korea, Asia, Northeast Asia

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioSeoul-Washington Forum

Monday, May 14, 2007
12:00 AM to
Washington, DC

American and Korean officials and scholars discussed Korean-American revelations, North Korea’s nuclear program and establishing permanent peace on the Korean peninsula. An underlying theme was that the situation there will improve only when relations between North Korea and the U.S. improve. Read More

North Korea, South Korea, Asia

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioToward a Peace Regime on the Korean Peninsula: A Way Forward for the ROK-US Alliance

Wednesday, May 02, 2007
12:00 AM to
Washington, DC

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North Korea, Asia, South Korea

Featured Experts

Richard C. Bush III

Richard C. Bush III

Director, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies
The Michael H. Armacost Chair

Richard Bush’s two-decade public service career spans Congress, the intelligence community and the U.S. State Department. He currently focuses on China-Taiwan relations, U.S.-China relations, the Korean peninsula and Japan’s security. He is the author of, among other works,  A War Like No Other: The Truth About China's Challenge to America,  Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait , and At Cross Purposes: U.S.-Taiwan Relations Since 1942.

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James E. Goodby

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies

Jim Goodby is a specialist on nuclear nonproliferation and security issues in Northeast Asia, focusing particularly on the Korean peninsula. A former diplomat, he was involved in nuclear security issues and military affairs for the State Department.


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Michael E. O'Hanlon

Michael E. O'Hanlon

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy
The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair

Michael O’Hanlon specializes in U.S. national security policy. He is senior author of the Iraq Index. A former defense budget analyst who advised members of Congress on military spending, he specializes in Iraq, North Korea, homeland security, the use of military force and other defense issues. He is also director of Opportunity 08.
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