RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jeffrey A. Bader and Richard C. Bush III, June 26, 2008, The Brookings Institution
With North Korea now releasing information on its nuclear program and the Bush Administration stating that it will lift sanctions and remove North Korea from its list of terrorist states, Jeffrey Bader and Richard Bush offer their comments on both actions and offer recommendations for future U.S. policy. Bader and Bush say that North Korea will first need to allow on-the-ground verification at its nuclear sites. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Roberta Cohen, June 2008, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary
In this Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary, Nonresident Senior Fellow Roberta Cohen calls for the development of performance standards for addressing natural disasters including the cyclone in Burma, earthquake in China, and famine in North Korea. Without such standards, states and the international community may be hampered in saving lives and reconstruction efforts. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Daniel L. Byman, May 2008, Saban Center Analysis Paper
The current United States approach to state sponsorship of terrorism is flawed, writes Daniel Byman. He suggests that instead of simply managing a list of state sponsors, Washington needs to recognize the complexity of sponsorship, monitor states using a broad definition of what constitutes state sponsorship, and use diplomatic pressure as well as political and economic penalties when needed. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Roberta Cohen, May 05, 2008, Washington Post
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. Read More
PAST EVENT
Friday, April 25, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Beijing, China
During the last year there have been a number of significant events with potential impace on U.S. China Relations. The Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy held a public discussion with four visiting American experts on key issues such as the six-party negotiations and nuclear proliferation. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Cynthia P. Schneider, February 28, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Cynthia Schneider discusses the groundbreaking concert by the New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang, North Korea on February 26. She argues that the visit had "all the characteristics of successful cultural outreach" and that though it was "just a concert" the symbolism "may impact future relationships in imperceptible ways." Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Georgy Toloraya, 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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
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
PAST EVENT
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
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Sanghee Lee, November 20, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Lee Sanghee offers new approaches to dealing with North Korea. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Roberta Cohen, October 25, 2007, Fall Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law
The particular situation of North Korea, including its isolation from the rest of the world coupled with a near absence of human rights and a proclivity toward developing nuclear weapons pose challenges for policy makers, especially those addressing the North Korean refugee crisis. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Roberta Cohen, October 19, 2007, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedoms and U.S. House of Representatives China Caucus Roundtable
China's behavior in the human rights and refugee spheres over the past decades has moved forward in some positive ways, but its actions are still quite unrestrained by international norms. Read More