With the U.S.-ROK Alliance in question, the United States must assert its military posture, maintain relations with Japan, defend sea lines of communication, and maintain a role in Asia.

While many parts of the world have joined in the profound international integration that has occurred in the postwar era, the Democratic People"s Republic of Korea has maintained a distinctly bellicose and autarkic international posture since its founding in 1948.

North Korea's neighbors have suffered broader economic costs, and lost economic opportunities, as a direct consequence of Pyongyang’s security policies and practices.

The Bush administration has been given the opportunity to recast its policy toward North Korea, a policy that is no longer beholden to an agreement struck nearly a decade ago, and whose efficacy had been in question for several years now.

This bookaddresses how to achieve a stable political order in a unified Korea and how to link Korea into a cooperative framework of international diplomatic relations.

When Barack Obama is inaugurated in January, he will face one of the most daunting international economic and security situations since the Cold War’s end. As he confronts a global financial crisis, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the continuing threat of jihadist terrorism, he will also be forced to...

At this book event marking the release of

As the war against terror began to unfold, South Korea and the United States appeared to be working at cross-purposes, and as the campaign progressed, these signs of divergence became gradually more evident.