Geopolitical Affairs Programs

2026 Gala

2026 Annual Gala

2026 Van Fleet Award Honoree
JENSEN HUANG
Founder & CEO
NVIDIA

This year, the Korea Society is honored to announce the 2026 Van Fleet Award recipient is Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, in recognition

Japan, South Korea, and the United States Nuclear Umbrella, with Terence Roehrig

US Naval War College Professor and Asia-Pacific Studies Group Director Terence Roehrig discusses the nuclear umbrella in Northeast Asia in the context of deterrence theory

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Nukes, Missiles, and Ways to Talk

The Diplomat’s Ankit Panda discusses North Korea nuclear weapons, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and diplomatic pathways aimed at mitigating these threats. Panda, also an Adjunct Senior

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Remembering the 1988 Seoul Summer Games

The 1988 Seoul Olympics represents South Korea’s first foray as international host and hub. Senior Director and Columbia Adjunct Professor Stephen Noerper leads a special

Korea at a Crossroads: Inter-Korean Relations and Next Steps in US-DPRK Dialogue

Asia business and policy veterans Philip Sherman and David Anderson convene an Old Asia Hands luncheon to discuss negotiations around the Korean Peninsula. This group

Playing Frisbee in North Korea

Director Savanna Washington offers a sneak preview of Playing Frisbee in North Korea (2018) for a Korea Society audience. She appears after in conversation with

Our Greater Alliance, Making Peace: A Conversation with President Moon Jae-in

His Excellency Moon Jae-in, President of Republic of Korea, addresses the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea’s alliance with the United States and

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Imagining the Impossible: The DMZ as a Productive Territory Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture 2018

Architect and educator Dongsei Kim–recipient of the 2018 Sherman Family Korea Emerging Scholar Lecture Series award–explores how the discipline of architecture and landscape architecture investigates

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Korea at a Crossroads: North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa

  Professor and author Bruce E. Bechtol, Jr. discusses his new release, North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa: Enabling Violence and

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The Case for Diplomacy: A Closer Look at Denuclearization Talks

As discussions to denuclearize North Korea develop, a number of vexing problems, seen before in previous negotiations, have resurfaced. How can the United States and

ARMISTICE DAY SALUTE 2018

JULY 27, 2018  — NEW YORK — A memorial ceremony for veterans of the Korean War will take place on Friday, July 27, 2018, at 12 noon at