10 Issues to Watch for on Korean Peninsula in 2016
By Mark Tokola, Phil Eskeland, Troy Stangarone, Jenna Gibson, and Kyle Ferrier In the aftermath of North Korea’s nuclear test, 2016 has already begun with a new crisis on the Korean peninsula. As the...
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U.S. Presidential Candidates Comments on the Korean Peninsula
This year will see the election of a new U.S. president. As the primary season for both political parties begins to heat up with the Iowa Caucuses approaching, KEI has gathered comments by contenders...
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How Korea’s Trade with Its FTA Partners Performed in 2015
By Troy Stangarone With the global economy slowing and Korean merchandise exports and imports down in 2015 we recently looked at how U.S.-Korea trade compared to Korean trade in general and U.S. trade...
View ArticleThe Republic of Korea and Israel at 68
By Mark Tokola The Republic of Korea and the State of Israel have a lot in common: both were founded in 1948, both had to fight for their early existence, both have succeeded despite a lack of natural...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Brexit
By Mark Tokola To be clear, the United Kingdom has not yet left the European Union. The June 23 referendum in the UK was an expression of the will of the people (by a majority of 52 percent to 48)...
View ArticleTrump’s Choice of Vice President: Governor Mike Pence of Indiana
By Donald Manzullo I served in Congress with Mike Pence from 2001 to 2013, including six years together on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. He represented southeastern Indiana, including the...
View ArticleImplications for Korea of the platform of U.S. political parties – Part 1: A...
By Phil Eskeland There has been much discussion in recent weeks regarding the policy implications of the respective party platforms of the Republican and Democratic parties. Most of the focus has been...
View ArticleClinton’s Choice of Vice President: Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia
By Donald Manzullo The day I left Congress in 2013 and became the head of KEI, Governor Tim Kaine was sworn in as a U.S. Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia. I did not have the opportunity to...
View ArticleImplications for Korea of the platform of U.S. political parties – Part II: A...
By Phil Eskeland Last week, we looked at the Republican Party platform. This week, the Democratic Party is meeting to nominate its candidate for president and vice president. Part of the agenda for...
View ArticleMisconceptions About Trade Dominate the First Presidential Debate
By Phil Eskeland Last night’s debate between former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and businessman Donald Trump highlights trade as a top tier political issue in the upcoming U.S. presidential...
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Has the KORUS FTA Cost the United States 100,000 Jobs?: Part I – A Look at...
By Troy Stangarone At a rally in Henderson, NV and in his speech before the Detroit Economic Club, Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump has suggested that the free trade agreement between the...
View ArticleImplications of Trump’s Election on U.S. Trade Policy Towards Korea
By Phil Eskeland Unlike past U.S. elections, President-elect Donald Trump has made trade a centerpiece of his campaign. In many appearances, he severely criticized what he characterized as “disastrous...
View ArticleKorea Should Take the Lead and Create a Rump TPP
By Claude Barfield Given the turmoil in Seoul at the moment, and the prospect of a new president and administration in the coming months, it may not seem a propitious time to call for bold moves in the...
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Has the KORUS FTA Cost the United States 100,000 Jobs?: Part 2 – A Look at...
This is the second part of a two part series looking at the impact of the KORUS FTA on jobs in the United States. Part I can be found here. By Troy Stangarone In the first part of this series, we...
View ArticleThe Year of the Unexpected: A Look Back At the Korean Peninsula in 2016
By Troy Stangarone In the Chinese zodiac, 2016 is the year of the Fire Monkey. Fire Monkeys are said to be ambitious and adventurous, as well as irritable. Despite Donald Trump’s not having been born...
View Article10 Issues to Watch for on the Korean Peninsula in 2017
By Mark Tokola, Phil Eskeland, Troy Stangarone, Jenna Gibson, Kyle Ferrier, and Juni Kim The Korean peninsula was dominated by unexpected events in 2016. North Korea began the year with a nuclear test...
View ArticleKorea and the Trump Administration: Confirmation Questions for State and...
This is the first in a two part series looking at the potential questions senators should ask Trump Administration officials on North and South Korea policy during their confirmation hearings. The...
View ArticleThe Trump Administration and Trade Policy: Confirmation Questions for the...
This is the second in a two part series looking at the potential questions senators should ask Trump Administration officials on policy that will affect Korea during their confirmation hearings. The...
View ArticleU.S.-Korea Relations: The Obama Years
By Troy Stangarone Summing up a presidential legacy is a complex endeavor. There are countless details that are either unknown or just too difficult to fit into the flow of a single piece. There are...
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President Trump Praises Samsung for Plan to Manufacture in the U.S.
By Jenna Gibson “Thank you, @Samsung! We would love to have you!” Donald Trump wrote on his personal Twitter account, linking to a story about a possible plan for the tech company to build a factory...
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