Will Russia play a constructive role in helping stem tensions around the Korean Peninsula? Or will it play the role of spoiler given a decline in US-Russia relations? How do the approaches of Moscow toward Pyongyang and Seoul square with those of Beijing? How is South Korea responding? Noted Russian professor Anna Kireeva speaks to […]
The Korea Society celebrates sixty years since its founding with a public and press presentation on September 27 by Katrin Katz of Northwestern University. Ms. Katz served on the National Security Council in the George W. Bush administration. The Korea Society selected Ms. Katz, whose dissertation addresses maritime conflict in Northeast Asia and the dynamics […]
Korea Society President Thomas Byrne convenes a discussion on Korea-China Relations, with former Newsweek Beijing Correspondent Isaac Stone Fish and Stimson Center Senior Associate Yun Sun, formerly with the International Crisis Group’s office in Beijing. This session follows on the Society’s March Korea-China session with Harvard’s John Park and focuses on the twists and turns […]
Join Korea Society senior director and Columbia University adjunct professor Stephen Noerper in conversation with Tong Yang, Korea Foundation and Korea Stanford Alumni Chair of Korean Studies Gi-Wook Shin. Professor Shin appears remotely from Stanford University. This rapid reaction program examines the winner and losers in the election, priorities and next steps for the new […]
To help examine the opportunities, challenges, and agenda for the upcoming G20 Seoul Summit, The Korea Society convened a three-part executive breakfast signature series featuring Dr. Colin Bradford, a leading voice on the “new dynamics of summitry” and a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Centre for Global Governance Innovation, and Dr. […]
Dr. Colin Bradford, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and the Centre for Global Governance Innovation, addresses “hub” Korea’s recent success in hosting the G20 summit and offers insights into Korea’s growing global leadership role and the challenges still facing institutional and global governance. Dr. Colin Bradford and Dr. Stephen Noerper, senior vice president of […]
On November 18, 2010, Ambassador Thomas Hubbard, Chairman of the Korea Society, hosted a discussion of the economic, trade, and regulatory issues covered at the G-20 Summit. The panel included Ambassador Young-Mok Kim, Consul General of The Republic of Korea in New York, William Rhodes, senior advisor to Citigroup and a G-20 participant, and James […]
Dr. Colin Bradford, a leading voice on the “new dynamics of summitry,” returns for this third and final executive breakfast in our November G20 Seoul Summit series. Through a live call-in, Bradford will examine final preparations and innovations for the upcoming meeting of world leaders, as well as discuss Korea’s role as an innovation leader […]
This second in a series of executive breakfast sessions will address the November summit schedule with Dr. Marcus Noland, deputy director and senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. After exploring the significance of the Seoul Summit and potential for institutional reform in our first breakfast of the series, this follow-up discussion will […]
This first executive breakfast in a three-part series highlights Korea’s attractiveness as a regional hub for economic dialogue, investment, and innovation. The session explores both the mechanics and the attendant opportunities of bringing the world to Korea for the G20 summit. The event will feature a call-in by Colin Bradford, a leading voice on the […]
