Recalibration in the Indo-Pacific: Perspectives from the Region
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20 episodesAll Hands on Deck: Korea's Strategic Role in Revitalizing U.S. Shipbuilding
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Siloed No More: The U.S.-ROK Alliance and a Taiwan Conflict
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What Are Current American Attitudes Toward the Korean Peninsula?
Scott Snyder and James Kim of KEI sat down with Dina Smeltz from The Chicago Council on Global Affairs to discuss the results of KEI's 5th A...
NATO and the Indo-Pacific Partners
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What are Domestic Politics Doing to the U.S.-Korea Alliance?
In April 2023, the United States and South Korea marked the 70th anniversary of an alliance that has served the strategic interests of both...
Charting China’s Use of Armed Coercion: James Siebens (Part 2)
Building on last year’s "Rethinking Korea initiative," in 2024 KEI will continue to explore the evolution of US-Korea relations, Korea's pla...
Charting China’s Use of Armed Coercion: James Siebens (Part 1)
Building on last year’s "Rethinking Korea initiative," in 2024 KEI will continue to explore the evolution of US-Korea relations, Korea's pla...
Where are North Korea's Relations with Russia Headed?
For the first time since the end of the Cold War, North Korea has embraced relations with Russia as a key component of its foreign policy an...
The U.S.-ROK-DPRK Strategic Triangle in the Indo-Pacific Era
On August 17, 2023, KEI held a program on the U.S.-South Korea-North Korea Strategic Triangle in the Indo-Pacific Era. The program featured...
How Can Korea and Australia Cooperate in the Indo-Pacific?
On August 30, 2023, KEI hosted a discussion with Prof. Rory Medcalf on South Korea’s Indo-Pacific Strategy and Middle Power Convergence with...
Energy Insecurity: How Resource-Poor Korea and Japan Powered Their Economies
Despite being industrial powerhouses, Korea and Japan are both resource-poor nations with limited domestic sources of energy. Powering their...
The Costs of War: Deepening North Korea-Russia Ties
Relations between Russia and North Korea are growing closer. Pyongyang has been publically supportive of Russia’s war in Ukraine and is repo...
Economic Security and U.S.-China Competition: The View From North Korea
KEI is pleased to hold a program on Economic Security and U.S.-China Competition: The View From North Korea. One country is conspicuously mi...
Rhetoric Vs. Reality: Seoul and Washington’s Strategic Alignment on Taiwan
Seoul has gradually adopted a more outspoken position regarding the importance of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and framed it in...
Korea’s Cultural Wave: The Story Behind the Strength
From K-pop to K-drama and food, Korean culture has taken the globe by storm. Korean artists are topping the Billboard charts, Korean films a...
South Korea: Caught in the Crosshairs of U.S. China Competition Over Semiconductors
Countries with advanced semiconductor industries are caught in the middle of growing U.S.-China competition in technology focused on advance...
The ROK-U.S. Alliance at 70: Expanding Diplomatic Horizons Through Public Diplomacy
The United States and the Republic of Korea have been celebrating the 70th anniversary of the alliance and the 120th anniversary of Korean i...
What We Know and Don’t Know about North Korea
The recent war in Ukraine, Russia’s overtures towards North Korea, and North Korea’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic all signal a sea-c...
From K-Pop to K-Beauty: KEI at KCON
In 2023, KEI has set out on its "Rethinking Korea initiative," which explores the evolution of U.S.-Korea relations, Korea's place in the wo...