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Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI)

KEI is the premier U.S. think tank and public outreach organization solely dedicated to helping Americans understand the breadth and importance of our relations with the Republic of Korea. Through its publications, social media, programs, and public events, KEI seeks to advance scholarship and understanding of Korea in ways that will inform policy-makers and the American public of the security, economic, and political implications of our connections to the Korean Peninsula.
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• June 15, 2022 Defying United Nations Sanctions: Three Reasons for African Engagement with North Korea
  By: Tycho van der Hoog
• June 02, 2022 Debunking the Korean Peninsula "Arms Race": What's Behind South Korea's Military Force Development?
  By: Markus Garlauskas, Axel Catellier
• April 20, 2022 Inter-Korean Reconciliation and the Role of the U.S.: Facilitator or Spoiler?
  By: Gabriela Bernal
• March 03, 2022 South Korea's Critical Moment in Digital Currency Policymaking: Between Regulating Cryptocurrencies and Launching a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)
  By: June Park
• March 01, 2022 Will Artificial Intelligence Hone North Korea's Cyber “All-Purpose Sword”?
  By: Scott W. Harold, Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Jenny Jun, Diana Myers
• January 25, 2022 South Korea's Public Diplomacy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Seeking Status as an Authority in Global Governance
  By: Kadir Ayhan
• November 30, 2021 Between a Rock and a Hard Place: How Should South Korea Manage its Relations with the United States and China?
  By: Zhiqun Zhu
• November 04, 2021 Building on the Middle: Diversifying South Korea’s Foreign Policy Narrative and Economic Ties
  By: Carolin Wefer
• October 19, 2021 A Principled Middle Power Diplomacy Approach For South Korea to Navigate the U.S.-China Rivalry
  By: Saeme Kim
• October 19, 2021 South Korea as a Fourth Industrial Revolution Middle Power?
  By: Dongwoo Kim
• September 22, 2021 Takeaways From a Time of Increased Friction: South Korea-Japan Security Cooperation From 2015 to Present
  By: Naoko Aoki
• July 30, 2021 COVID-19, Supply Chains, and Dependence on China: The Indian Perspective
  By: Amitendu Palit
• July 30, 2021 Taiwan’s Shifting Role in the Global Supply Chain in the U.S.- China Trade War
  By: Jinji Chen, Hong-yu Lin, Yi-ting Lien
• July 30, 2021 The Pandemic’s Impact on Supply Chains from China and their Evolution: The View from South Korea
  By: Jin Kyo Suh
• July 30, 2021 The Future of U.S. Supply Chains: National Security and the Pandemic
  By: Troy Stangarone
• July 30, 2021 Shared History, Divided Consciousness: The Origins of the Sino-ROK Cultural Clash amid the Pandemic
  By: Dong Xiangrong
• July 30, 2021 The Pandemic and its Impact on the South Korea-Japan Identity Clash
  By: Scott Snyder
• July 30, 2021 The Coronavirus: Fueling Concerns and Contrasts between India and China
  By: Tanvi Madan
• July 30, 2021 The Russo-U.S. National Identity Gap and the Indo-Pacific in 2021
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• July 30, 2021 The Sino–U.S. National Identity Gap and Bilateral Relations
  By: Danielle Cohen
• July 30, 2021 The Pandemic as a Geopolitical Game Changer in the Indo-Pacific: The View from Japan
  By: Glen S. Fukushima
• July 30, 2021 How COVID-19 Has Affected the Geopolitics of Korea
  By: Jung-Yeop Woo
• July 30, 2021 China, ASEAN, and the Covid-19 Pandemic
  By: Joseph Chinyong Liow
• July 30, 2021 The COVID-19 Pandemic and Geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific: A View from the United States
  By: Jacques deLisle
• July 30, 2021 The Pandemic as a Geopolitical Gamechanger in the Indo-Pacific: The View from China
  By: Yun Sun
• July 30, 2021 The Big Squeeze: Japanese Supply Chains and Great Power Competition
  By: Mireya Solis
• June 28, 2021 Assessing South Korea's Role in Promoting ESG Investing in the Asia-Pacific
  By: William Grimes, Yaechan Lee
• June 24, 2021 Abe Shinzo: Diplomat-in-Chief
  By: Yuki Tatsumi
• May 21, 2021 2021 Report on American Attitudes towards the U.S.-ROK Alliance and North Korea Policy
  By: Troy Stangarone, Juni Kim
• May 17, 2021 Adapting the U.S.-South Korea Alliance to an Indo-Pacific Regional Architecture: Challenges and Prospects
  By: Andrew Yeo
• May 17, 2021 Advancing South Korea-Southeast Asia Security Ties: Between Opportunities and Challenges
  By: Prashanth Parameswaran
• April 26, 2021 Limits of Public Diplomacy and Soft Power: Lessons from the THAAD Dispute for South Korea's Foreign Policy
  By: Maximilian Ernst
• January 11, 2021 The Vision Group on U.S.-ROK Relations: Insights and Recommendations
  By: KEI
• October 28, 2020 Bridging the Gap: Progress and Prospects for Accelerating South Korea's Move Towards a Carbon Neutral Scenario
  By: Francesca Frassineti, Francesco Sassi
• October 21, 2020 Reverse Student Mobility from South Korea to the United States
  By: Stephanie Kim
• September 30, 2020 2020 Report on American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula
  By: Troy Stangarone, Juni Kim
• September 10, 2020 Through the Looking Glass: Chinese Open Source Assessments of North Korea's Ballistic Missile Capabilities
  By: Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga, Scott W. Harold
• June 30, 2020 Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies 2020
  By: Gilbert Rozman, Mark Tokola, Gilbert Rozman, Dmitri V. Trenin, Yuki Tatsumi, Kathryn Botto, Rush Doshi, Scott W. Harold, See-Won Byun, Cheol Hee Park, Brad Glosserman, Charles W. Boustany Jr., Matthew Goodman, Wonho Yeon, Kitti Prasirtsuk
• June 30, 2020 ASEAN’s Looming Anxiety
  By: Kitti Prasirtsuk
• June 30, 2020 Is China’s Innovation a Threat to the South Korea-China Economic Relationship?
  By: Wonho Yeon
• June 30, 2020 Strategic Ambivalence: Japan’s Conflicted Response
  By: Matthew Goodman
• June 30, 2020 China’s Economic Rise amid Renewed Great Power Competition, America’s Strategic Choices
  By: Charles W. Boustany Jr.
• June 30, 2020 Japanese Views of South Korea: Enough is Enough
  By: Brad Glosserman
• June 30, 2020 South Korean Views of Japan: A Polarizing Split in Coverage
  By: Cheol Hee Park
• June 30, 2020 Chinese Views of South Korea: Aligning Elite and Popular Debates
  By: See-Won Byun
• June 30, 2020 The Case of United States Views of Its Ties with China
  By: Scott W. Harold
• June 30, 2020 China’s Role in India’s Hindu Nationalist Discourse
  By: Rush Doshi
• June 30, 2020 Moon Jae-in: Putting North Korea at the Center
  By: Kathryn Botto
• June 30, 2020 Putin’s Strategic Framework for Northeast Asia
  By: Dmitri V. Trenin
• June 30, 2020 Xi Jinping’s Geopolitical Framework for Northeast Asia
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• June 30, 2020 Donald Trump’s Geopolitical Framework for Northeast Asia: Something Borrowed, Something New
  By: Mark Tokola
• June 17, 2020 Putting A Spoke In The Wheel: Russian Efforts To Weaken U.S.-led Alliance Structures In Northeast Asia
  By: James D. J. Brown
• May 23, 2020 South Korea's 5G Ambitions
  By: Clara Gillespie
• March 16, 2020 A New Horizon for the Korea-India Strategic and Sustainable Partnership under Korea's New Southern Policy
  By: Choong Yong Ahn
• January 07, 2020 Framing an Indo-Pacific Narrative in India-South Korea Ties
  By: Jagannath P. Panda
• December 10, 2019 Economic Relations between Russia and South Korea in the New Northern Policy
  By: Liudmila Zakharova
• December 05, 2019 Monetizing The Linchpin: Trump's Foreign Policy versus the U.S.-Korea Alliance's Value to Washington
  By: Kyle Ferrier
• October 18, 2019 South Korea’s Migrant Policies and Democratic Challenges After the Candlelight Movement
  By: Darcie Druadt
• July 29, 2019 The North Korean Factor in the Sino-Russian Alliance
  By: Stephen Blank
• July 29, 2019 Sino-Russian Relations, South Korea, and North Korea
  By: Robert Sutter
• July 29, 2019 The China-Russia-North Korea Triangle After Kim Jong-un's Turn to Diplomacy
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• July 29, 2019 Chinese Media: Why Did the Hanoi Summit Fail and What Comes Next?
  By: Danielle Cohen
• July 29, 2019 Why Did the Hanoi Summit Fail and What Comes Next? The View from Russia
  By: Artyom Lukin
• July 29, 2019 Japanese Media: Why Did the Hanoi Summit Fail and What Comes Next?
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• July 29, 2019 South Korean Print Media on Why the Hanoi Summit Failed and What Comes Next
  By: Kimberly Kim
• July 29, 2019 Why Did the Hanoi Summit Fail and What Comes Next? Coverage in Four Countries
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• July 29, 2019 The North Korean Economy and U.S. Policy: Stability Under “Maximum Pressure”
  By: Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein
• July 29, 2019 The U.S. Indo-Pacific Strategy and Its Implications for U.S.-ASEAN Economic Governance Architecture
  By: Kaewkamol Karen Pitakdumrongkit
• July 29, 2019 Redefining U.S.-Japan Trade Relations Under Trump
  By: Shihoko Goto
• July 29, 2019 The Trump Economic Impact on East Asia after Two Years: The Case of South Korea
  By: Yoon Yeo-joon
• July 29, 2019 U.S.-China Economic Relations Under the Trump Administration at the 2-Year Mark
  By: Peter Harrell
• July 29, 2019 The Trump Impact on East Asia After Two Years
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• July 29, 2019 North Korea’s Sharp Power and the Divide Over Korean Identities
  By: Aram Hur
• July 29, 2019 Just a Dash? China’s Sharp Power and Australia’s Value Diplomacy
  By: John Fitzgerald
• July 29, 2019 China's Sharp Power and South Korea's Peace Initiative
  By: Kim Tae-Hwan
• July 29, 2019 Chinese Sharp Power and U.S. Values Diplomacy: How Do They Intersect?
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• July 29, 2019 Sharp Power Versus Values Diplomacy in Indo-Pacific
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• July 29, 2019 Chinese, Russian, Japanese, and Korean Strategies for Northeast Asian Cross-Border Energy Connectivity
  By: Gaye Christoffersen
• July 29, 2019 Japan's Strategy to Keep the North Koreans and Chinese Down, the Americans in, and the Russians Neutral
  By: James D. J. Brown
• June 25, 2019 Finding an Advocate: The Role of the Private Sector in Korea-Japan Relations
  By: Jiwon Nam, Kristin Vekasi
• June 11, 2019 From Failed Economic Interfaces to Political Levers: Assessing China-South Korea Competition and Cooperation Scenarios on North Korean Special Economic Zones
  By: Théo Clément
• June 05, 2019 Hypothesizing Kim Jong-un: A Framework for Analyzing North Korean Behavior
  By: Bryan Port
• April 23, 2019 Is Pyongyang Different in Washington and Seoul? English and Korean Language Policy Discourse on North Korea
  By: Jeffrey Robertson
• April 09, 2019 Converting Maximum Pressure to Maximum Leverage: The Role of Sanctions Relief in Negotiations with North Korea
  By: Daniel Wertz
• January 02, 2019 Renewable Energy in Trade Wars: Solar Power in South Korea’s Energy Mix and the Impact of Protectionism
  By: June Park
• December 04, 2018 The Sun Sort-of Rises: The “Strong and Prosperous” Slogan in Recent North Korean Fiction
  By: Meredith Shaw
• October 01, 2018 Unification in Action? The National Identity of North Korean defector-Migrants: Insights and Implications
  By: Christopher Green, Stephen Denney
• August 13, 2018 The Chinese Perception of the U.S.-China-ROK Triangle
  By: Yun Sun
• August 03, 2018 North Korea’s Public Relations Strategy, 2018
  By: Eun A Jo
• August 03, 2018 North Korea's Strategy in 2018
  By: Korea Economic Institute of America
• August 03, 2018 Advancing East Asia’s Trade Agenda: A Korean Perspective
  By: Kijm Sangkyom
• August 03, 2018 Re-Energizing Economic Integration between South Asia and East Asia
  By: Pradumna B. Rana
• August 03, 2018 Economic Regionalism is Key to Openness and Growth: An ASEAN Perspective
  By: Sanchita Basu Das
• August 03, 2018 Japan in the Driver’s Seat? Reshaping the Regional Trade Order without the United States
  By: T. J. Pempel
• August 03, 2018 Is the Belt and Road Initiative a Chinese-style Regionalism?
  By: Tu Xinquan
• August 03, 2018 Advancing the Regional Trade Order in East Asia with a Less Engaged United States
  By: Korea Economic Institute of America
• August 03, 2018 The Chinese Perception of the U.S.-China-ROK Triangle
  By: Yun Sun
• August 03, 2018 Chinese Views of Korean History in the Cold War Era
  By: Jin Linbo
• August 03, 2018 Chinese Views of Korean History in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
  By: Kirk W. Larsen
• August 03, 2018 Chinese Views of Korean History to the Late 19th Century
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• August 03, 2018 The U.S.-Japan-ROK Trilateral: Better at Deterrence than Diplomacy?
  By: Sheila A. Smith
• August 03, 2018 South Korea’s Strategic Approach to China (or Lack of It)
  By: Chung Jae Ho
• August 03, 2018 The Candlelight Mandate & Moon Jae-in’s Inter-Korean Dilemma
  By: John Delury
• August 03, 2018 Doubling Down on the U.S.-South Korea Alliance: Olympics Diplomacy Did Not Breach Trust, but TrumpMoon Confidence Is in Jeopardy
  By: Leif-Eric Easley
• August 03, 2018 Salvaging the Sunshine Policy
  By: David Straub
• August 03, 2018 South Korea's Diplomatic Options Under Moon
  By: Korea Economic Institute of America
• August 03, 2018 North Korea’s Economic Strategy, 2018
  By: William Brown
• August 03, 2018 North Korea’s Public Relations Strategy, 2018
  By: Eun A Jo
• August 03, 2018 North Korea's Strategy in 2018
  By: KEI
• August 03, 2018 North Korea’s Military Strategy, 2018
  By: Chun In-bum
• August 03, 2018 North Korea’s Economic Strategy, 2018
  By: William B. Brown
• August 03, 2018 North Korea’s Diplomatic Strategy, 2018
  By: Mark Tokola
• June 07, 2018 The Evolution of the North Korean Nuclear Program: from Survival Strategy to Ideological Legitimization
  By: Marco Milani
• May 24, 2018 Making Korea Grow Again: Rebalancing the Moon Jae-in Economic Agenda
  By: Choong Yong Ahn
• May 02, 2018 The Economic Importance of the KORUS FTA: A Case Study of the Korean Beef Market After Renegotiations
  By: Jin Kyo Suh
• April 13, 2018 Chinese Views of Korean History in the Cold War Era
  By: Jin Linbo
• April 13, 2018 Chinese Views of Korean History in the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
  By: Kirk W. Larsen
• April 13, 2018 Chinese Views of Korean History to the Late 19th Century
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• April 13, 2018 Chinese Views of Korean History
  By: KEI
• April 13, 2018 The U.S.-Japan-ROK Trilateral: Better at Deterrence than Diplomacy?
  By: Sheila A. Smith
• April 13, 2018 South Korea’s Strategic Approach to China (or Lack of It)
  By: Chung Jae Ho
• April 13, 2018 The Candlelight Mandate & Moon Jae-in’s Inter-Korean Dilemma
  By: John Delury
• April 13, 2018 Doubling Down on the U.S.-South Korea Alliance: Olympics Diplomacy Did Not Breach Trust, but Trump- Moon Confidence Is in Jeopardy
  By: Leif-Eric Easley
• April 13, 2018 Salvaging the Sunshine Policy
  By: David Straub
• April 13, 2018 South Korea's Diplomatic Options Under Moon
  By: KEI
• April 13, 2018 North Korea’s Military Strategy, 2018
  By: Chun In-bum
• April 13, 2018 North Korea’s Diplomatic Strategy, 2018
  By: Mark Tokola
• April 13, 2018 Advancing East Asia’s Trade Agenda: A Korean Perspective
  By: Kijm Sangkyom
• April 13, 2018 Re-Energizing Economic Integration between South Asia and East Asia
  By: Pradumna B. Rana
• April 13, 2018 Economic Regionalism is Key to Openness and Growth: An ASEAN Perspective
  By: Sanchita Basu Das
• April 13, 2018 Japan in the Driver’s Seat? Reshaping the Regional Trade Order without the United States
  By: T.J. Pempnel
• April 13, 2018 Is the Belt and Road Initiative a Chinese-style Regionalism?
  By: Tu Xinquan
• April 13, 2018 Advancing the Regional Trade Order in East Asia with a Less Engaged United States
  By: KEI
• April 12, 2018 Science Diplomacy: An Underestimated Toolkit of South Korea’s Foreign Policy
  By: Olga Krasnyak
• March 22, 2018 A Way Out of the North Korean Labyrinth
  By: Stephen Blank
• November 30, 2017 Soap Operas and Socialism: Dissecting Kim Jong-un’s Evolving Policy Priorities through TV Dramas in North Korea
  By: Jean Lee
• November 16, 2017 Korean Firms' Sustainability Practices and Their Role in the Green Economy
  By: Younsung Kim
• September 13, 2017 East Asia’s Regional Financial Governance: Assessing Korea’s Centrality
  By: Ramon Pacheco Pardo
• August 01, 2017 A View from China on Triangular Relations
  By: Wang Dong, Sun Bingyan
• August 01, 2017 Establishing triangular talks among Washington, Beijing and Seoul
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• August 01, 2017 A View from South Korea on Sino-ROK Relations
  By: Kim Heung-kyu
• August 01, 2017 A View from the United States on Sino-U.S. Relations
  By: Joel Wuthnow
• August 01, 2017 A View from the United States on ROK-U.S. Relations
  By: Mark Tokola
• August 01, 2017 The Impact of Chinese Identity on Bilateral relations
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• August 01, 2017 The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-Japanese Relations
  By: Yinan He
• August 01, 2017 The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-South Korean Relations
  By: See-Won Byun
• August 01, 2017 The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-ASEAN Relations
  By: Danielle Cohen
• August 01, 2017 U.S-Rok economic relations left uncertain amid leadership changes
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• August 01, 2017 A U.S. Perspective on the Impact of Sanctions
  By: James Walsh
• August 01, 2017 A South Korean Perspective on the Impact of Sanctions
  By: Kim Joong-ho
• August 01, 2017 A Russian Perspective on the Impact of Sanctions
  By: Alexander Gabuev
• August 01, 2017 A Chinese Perspective on the Impact of Sanctions
  By: Cheng Xiaohe
• August 01, 2017 A U.S. Perspective on Bilateral Economic Relations
  By: Mark Manyin, Brock Williams
• August 01, 2017 The Trump Administration, U.S.-Korean Economic Relations, and Asian Regionalism
  By: Claude Barfield
• August 01, 2017 Reinforcing U.S.-ROK Economic Relations through a Better Understanding of the KORUS FTA
  By: Suh Jin Kyo
• August 01, 2017 Intro | U.S.-ROK Economic Relations Left Uncertain Amid Leadership Changes
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• August 01, 2017 The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-U.S. Relations
  By: Guo Yingjie
• August 01, 2017 The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-Russian Relations
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• August 01, 2017 The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-ASEAN Relations
  By: Danielle Cohen
• August 01, 2017 The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-South Korean Relations
  By: See-Won Byun
• August 01, 2017 The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Sino-Japanese Relations
  By: Yinan He
• August 01, 2017 Intro | The Impact of Chinese National Identity on Bilateral Relations
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• August 01, 2017 A View from the United States on ROK-U.S. Relations
  By: Mark Tokola
• August 01, 2017 A View from the United States on Sino-U.S. Relations
  By: Joel Wuthnow
• August 01, 2017 A View from South Korea on Sino-ROK Relations
  By: Kim Heung-kyu
• August 01, 2017 Intro | Establishing Triangular Talks Among Washington, Beijing, and Seoul
  By: Gilbert Rozman
• July 18, 2017 Corporate Debt Market in Korea
  By: Paul Moon Sub Choi
• July 18, 2017 Progress and Implications of the China-Korea FTA
  By: Li Si-qi, Tu Xin-quan, Liu Bin
• July 18, 2017 Korea's Economic Relations with Japan
  By: Kim Gyu-Pan
• July 18, 2017 Korea-Mongolia Economic Relations: Current Status and Cooperation Measures
  By: Lee Jae Young
• July 18, 2017 Strategies for Development of Transport Infrastructure in North Korea for Unification and Beyond
  By: Kwon Young-in, Na Hee Seung, Kim Kyoung-Sik
• July 18, 2017 Present Conditions of North Korean Industry and Possible Reconstruction Plans
  By: Lim Soo-ho, Hong Seok-ki
• July 18, 2017 History, International Relations, and Public Health - The Case of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1953-2015
  By: John Grundy
• June 18, 2017 What Lies Ahead? Korea's Long- and Short-Term Challenges
  By: Edda Zoli
• April 02, 2012 South Korea’s Nuclear Development Assistance in Southeast Asia: The Implications and Challenges of the Security Environment in the 21st Century
  By: Lisa He
• April 02, 2012 Aligned but not Allied: ROK—Japan Bilateral Military Cooperation
  By: Jiun Bang
• April 02, 2012 From “Cardinal Sin” to Policy Agenda? The Role of Capital Controls in Emerging Market Economies
  By: June Park
• April 02, 2012 Agencies, Roles and Their Choices: Reform of the Korean Legal Profession from 1995 to 2007
  By: Yukyoung Choe
• April 02, 2012 Another Energy Competition in Northeast Asia Coal Policies of South Korea and Japan in Comparative Perspective
  By: Eunjung Lim
• April 02, 2012 The Dollar’s Influence in East Asia: Benevolent or Overbearing? A Comparative Answer in the U.S. Economic Aid and the Dollar Standard
  By: Gloria Koo
• April 02, 2012 South Korean National Identity and its Strategic Preferences
  By: Andrew Kim
• April 02, 2012 Nothing to be Afraid of? North Korean Political Economy and Economic Reform
  By: Ian E. Rinehart
• April 02, 2012 North Koreans Have Cell Phones - Why cell phones won’t lead to revolution and how they strengthen the regime
  By: Peter Nesbitt
• April 02, 2012 Selling North Korea in New Frontiers: Profit and Revolution in Cyberspace
  By: Jane Kim