Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Richard C. Bush
The Michael H. Armacost Chair
Chen-Fu and Cecilia Yen Koo Chair in Taiwan Studies
Co-Director - Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center
Mireya Solís
Co-Director - Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies
2017
Jun
26
Past Event
Dilemmas of a trading nation: Japan and the United States in the evolving Asia-Pacific order
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Washington, DC
2017
Jun
12
Past Event
Opportunities and challenges for development lending in the Asia-Pacific
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Washington, DC
2017
May
10
Past Event
Trade backlash and the World Trade Organization
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Washington, DC
The goal that North Korea has here is less improved inter-Korean relations per se. Their real goal, I think, would be, to the extent possible, to delink [South Korea] from the alliance with the United States. [What is to be avoided] is the situation where it appears as if South Korea and the United States are taking steps that seem to be in contradiction to one another.
[South Korea must be] realistic about [ inter-Korea talks] rather than make wildly optimistic conclusions about what the possibilities might be. There's always a danger in being too far forward-leaning toward North Korea, because it's entirely possible that North Korea will see that as a sign of weakness.
