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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:09:47 GMT
The U.S. and the international community face great challenges in the 21st century—globalization offers more freedom and prosperity, but also new threats to our security. The Foreign Policy Studies scholars and research help policymakers and the public address these crucial issues.
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT
On the heels of President Obama's recent trip to Asia, Michael Fullilove reassures Australians about the United States' commitment to the Asia-Pacific, saying that they should take the president at face value when he says "Asia and the United States are not separated by this great ocean; we are bound by it."
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Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT
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- November 06, 2009, 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

In mid-November, President Barack Obama began his first trip to Asia as president with a visit to Tokyo. He also traveled to China, South Korea and Singapore, where took part in meetings of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Prior to the president's trip, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and the John L. Thornton China Center at Brookings hosted a discussion of President Obama’s trip and the issues he was likely to face.
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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT
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- October 08, 2009, 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM

On October 8, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings hosted an event featuring contributors from A Roadmap for Expanding U.S.-ROK Alliance Cooperation, produced by the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy at the Asia Foundation. At the event, the contributors presented their findings on expanding the U.S.-ROK alliance to cover such newly-emerging issues as pandemics and biological threats, counter-terrorism, and space cooperation.
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Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT

The Korean peninsula served as the battleground for an internationalized civil war from 1950-1953. Over a half-century later, the peninsula is still divided and the Korean question remains unresolved. In this CNAPS visiting fellow working paper, Wonhyuk Lim writes that placing Korean unification within the broader context of regional integration in Asia may be an effective geopolitical strategy for the Korean nation.
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Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Dennis Wilder joined Gwen Ifill to discuss President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak meeting about recent provocations in the latest round of the ongoing diplomatic standoff with North Korea.
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Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Iraq and Afghanistan continue to pre-occupy U.S. military planners. But North Korea, with its growing nuclear arsenal, would become America's paramount security challenge if the state were to collapse. Michael O’Hanlon writes that the United States and other nations must begin detailed and coordinated planning for stabilization in the event of collapse of the North Korean state.
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Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:00:00 GMT
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- April 16, 2009, 9:00 AM to 11:45 AM
On April 16, leading experts from South Korea and the United States addressed the economic and military relationship between the two countries during the third annual Seoul-Washington Forum at the Brookings Institution. Brookings Senior Fellow Richard Bush, director of the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, provided introductory remarks and moderated the discussion.
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Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Richard Bush offers insight into what North Korea's Kim Jong Il may be thinking on several key issues including the recent missile launch tests and the new U.S. administration of President Barack Obama.
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Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
In this CNAPS Visiting Fellow working paper, Haeran Lim explores the effects of democratization on the transformation process of East Asian developmental states, focusing on financial reform in Korea and Taiwan after the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998. Despite their similarities, Korea and Taiwan have taken different paths of reform, which resulted in different outcomes.
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Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT
Even though the six-party process focuses on Korean denuclearization, it has also served as a catalyst for the future of Asia-Pacific security cooperation. In this CNAPS Visiting Fellow Working Paper, Pang Zhongying writes that China and the U.S. should extend their positive cooperation on Korean denuclearization into the realm of regional security, and develop a mechanism that ensures peace, stability and prosperity.
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Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:30:00 GMT
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- February 12, 2009, 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
The Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies and the John L. Thornton China Center hosted a discussion on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s first trip abroad. Secretary Clinton will visit Japan, Indonesia, South Korea and China and is expected to address the challenges facing the international community, including the global financial crisis, humanitarian issues, regional security and climate change.
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Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

In this CNAPS Visiting Fellow Working Paper, Georgy Toloraya writes that the United States and the other parties concerned must begin to consider three key issues as they seek to convince North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program: the future of the North Korean state, the basis of its long-term security, and the shape of a new regional security order.
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Mon, 02 Feb 2009 08:45:00 GMT
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- February 02, 2009, 8:45 AM to 4:45 PM

The Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings, the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation and the Seoul National University’s Institute for Korean Political Studies and the Political Science BK21 Project hosted a symposium to examine South Korea's progress over the last 20 years in building its democratic institutions.
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Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Issues in its relationship with the United States often become domestic political problems for the South Korean government, to far a greater extent than for Washington. CNAPS Visiting Fellow Park Sun-won describes the various policy forces in Korea, explores their expectations of the U.S., and prescribes some steps for the two governments to maintain stability in the alliance.
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Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Though 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.
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Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:58:47 GMT
Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced the arrival of five new visiting fellows at the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings (CNAPS). This year’s fellows come from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and will participate in the center’s ten-month program.
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Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:00:00 GMT
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- June 17, 2008, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
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.
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

South 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.
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Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Hunger 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.
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Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT
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.
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Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT
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.
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Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT

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.
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Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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.
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Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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.
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Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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.
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Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Scholar Wing Thye Woo discusses the key components for forming an effective Asian Economic Forum.
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Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:00:00 GMT
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- November 20, 2007, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
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.
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Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:08:47 GMT
Ambassador Charles L. Pritchard, Bush Administration Special Envoy to North Korea, joins Brookings.
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Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:40:02 GMT
Brookings President Strobe Talbott announced today the arrival of six new visiting fellows at the Brookings's Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS). This year's fellows come from China, Hong Kong, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan, and will participate in the center's ten-month program.
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Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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- July 11, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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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.
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Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Chad P. Bown, Washington Post (4/13/07)
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Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Wonhyuk Lim and Sunhyuk Kim, Washington Quarterly (Spring 2007)
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Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:30:00 GMT
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- February 22, 2007, 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM
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Wed, 18 Oct 2006 14:00:00 GMT
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- October 18, 2006, 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM
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Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Richard C. Bush III and Bruce E. Bechtol Jr., The Brookings Institution (9/14/06)
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Fri, 01 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMT
On September 14th, the presidents of the United States and the Republic of Korea - George W. Bush and Roh Moo-hyun - will meet at the White House for their latest, and perhaps last, summit. This is President Roh's third visit to the United States as president and his sixth summit with President Bush. Their meeting occurs at a critical time in Northeast Asia and in the U.S.-ROK alliance.
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Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Michael E. O'Hanlon, The Washington Times (8/28/06)
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Fri, 05 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Speech by Richard C. Bush III, KORUS House (5/5/06)
I am very pleased to speak on the occasion of the dedication of KORUS House as a center for cooperation in media, academics and society concerning critical current issues. I've already attended a number of programs here. I expect to attend many more. I am also very honored to follow Minister Kim Chan-ho, Minister of the Korea's Information Agency, at the podium.
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Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT
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Seoul-Washington Forum
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Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:30:00 GMT
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- March 14, 2006 at 8:30 AM
Without doubt, Korea represents the best example of US foreign policy success. If the US had not intervened in the Korean War, it would be difficult to imagine the Korea of today. Korea today is no longer one of the poorest nations in the world. As a matter of fact, it is now a member of the rich countries' club, the OECD. Politically, Korea is the most advanced and vibrant democracy in Asia. This achievement is of course the result of the hard work of the Korean people themselves, but at the same time the US is justified in taking pride in this development.
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Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Wonhyuk Lim, Nautilu Institute Policy Forum (2/16/06)
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Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Wonhyuk Lim, Korea-China Forum (2/14/06)
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Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT
Chapter by Wonhyuk Lim and Joon-Ho Hahm, From Crisis to Opportunity (1/06)
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Sun, 18 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT
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Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Interview with Strobe Talbott, JoongAng Ilbo (12/6/05)
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Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Paper by Charles L. Pritchard, prepared for 2005 CNAPS Annual Conference (12/1/05)
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Thu, 01 Dec 2005 09:00:00 GMT
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- December 01, 2005, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
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Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT
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- November 02, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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Wed, 10 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Michael O'Hanlon, The Washington Times, (8/10/05)
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Tue, 01 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Charles L. Pritchard, UNIDIR Disarmament Forum (2005 no. 2)
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Thu, 27 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT
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- January 27, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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Fri, 14 Jan 2005 00:00:00 GMT
Paper by Charles L. Pritchard, Uri Party Foundation International Symposium on Peace and Prosperity in Northeast Asia (1/14/05)
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Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT
CNAPS Working Paper by Sook-Jong Lee (September 2004)
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Fri, 06 Aug 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by James E. Goodby and Donald Gross, International Herald Tribune (8/6/04)
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Tue, 15 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Testimony by Michael E. O'Hanlon, House Armed Services Committee (6/15/04)
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Thu, 10 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Michael E. O'Hanlon, International Herald Tribune (6/10/04)
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Tue, 23 Mar 2004 00:00:00 GMT
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- March 23, 2004 at 12:00 AM
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Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Michael O'Hanlon, The Japan Times (11/29/03)
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Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Katy Oh, Education About Asia (Fall 2003)
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Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:00:00 GMT
CNAPS Working Paper by Jae Ho Chung (July 2003)
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Sat, 21 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Kongdan Oh, The Korean Daily (6/21/03)
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Mon, 09 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Naoko Munakata, CSIS PacNet Newsletter (6/9/03)
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Sun, 01 Jun 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Article by James Steinberg, New Perspectives Quarterly (Summer 2003)
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Tue, 01 Apr 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Article by Dong Shin Kim, Strategic Forum (April 2003)
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Thu, 13 Mar 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Michael O'Hanlon in The Baltimore Sun (March 13, 2003)
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Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:00:00 GMT
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- February 26, 2003 at 12:00 AM
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Fri, 24 Jan 2003 13:00:00 GMT
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- January 24, 2003, 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
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Sun, 19 Jan 2003 00:00:00 GMT
Presentation by Ambassador Hong-choo Hyun at the 16th Joint Planning Meeting Korea-U.S. /U.S.-Korea Business Councils (January 19-21, 2003)
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Wed, 13 Feb 2002 15:00:00 GMT
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- February 13, 2002, 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
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Sun, 18 Nov 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Speech by Michael H. Armacost, The Fourth Symposium on Korea and the Search for Peace in Northeast Asia (November 2001)
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Fri, 01 Jun 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Policy Brief #61 by Richard N. Haass and Meghan L. O'Sullivan (June 2000)
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Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT
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- March 01, 2001 at 12:00 AM
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Thu, 01 Mar 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Working Paper by Chungsoo Kim, Guest Fellow, the Brookings Institution, for the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies, 2001
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Wed, 07 Feb 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Bush and Korea-- What's Next?, Opinion in Dong-A Ilbo, February 7, 2001, by Joel S. Wit, foreign-policy, The Brookings Institution
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Wed, 17 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT
Its Your Move, President Bush, Opinion in Asahi Shimbun, January 22, 2001, by Joel S. Wit, foreign-policy, The Brookings Institution
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Fri, 06 Oct 2000 00:00:00 GMT
Breakthrough in U.S.-North Korean Relations? Opinion in , October 6, 2000, by Joel S. Wit, foreign-policy, The Brookings Institution
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Wed, 07 Jun 2000 14:00:00 GMT
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Wed, 07 Jun 2000 14:00:00 GMT
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Sun, 01 Aug 1999 00:00:00 GMT
In this report, the seven authors—all policy analysts or practitioners specializing on Northeast Asia—take a critical look at the economic, political and social legacies of the 1997 Asian currency crisis, and offer reasoned policy prescriptions as their governments pursue varied paths to cope with its long-term aftershocks.
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Mon, 30 Mar 1998 00:00:00 GMT
Aim for Korea Breakthrough: Ambitious Military, Economic Plan May Spur Action, Defense News, March 30 - April 5, 1998, by Michael E. O'Hanlon and Mike M. Mochizuki. After two years of talking about having talks, it is time the United States, South Ko
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Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT
Opinion by Michael Armacost and Richard Holbrooke, The New York Times (12/24/97)
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Sat, 01 Mar 1997 00:00:00 GMT
Brookings Review article by Barry Eichengreen (Spring 1997)