Joel Wit, Senior Research Scholar at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, recently spoke to CNBC about the scheduled talks between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. In the May 16, 2018 article "North Korea Unlikely to Withdraw from Talks with President Trump, Experts Say," Dr. Wit told CNBC that North Korea may be attempting to heighten tension with the U.S. by threatening to … [Read more...]
WEAI Adjunct Prof. Stephen Noerper Appears on Bloomberg Markets to Discuss U.S.-North Korea Talks
Stephen E. Noerper, Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, appeared on Bloomberg Markets TV on April 18, 2018 to discuss the potential high level talks between the United States and North Korea and the potential Inter-Korean summit meeting. Watch Professor Noerper's Bloomberg Markets TV appearance here. Professor Noerper's … [Read more...]
WEAI Welcomes New Faculty Member Seong Uk Kim
The Weatherhead East Asian Institute welcomes Seong Uk Kim, the Il Hwan and Soon Ja Cho Assistant Professor of Korean Culture and Religion in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, to the WEAI faculty. Professor Kim's research investigates the intersections between Buddhism and other religions, religion and politics in modern and pre-modern … [Read more...]
Andrew J. Nathan Discusses China’s Possible Reaction to the U.S.-North Korea Summit Meeting in ChinaFile
Andrew J. Nathan, the Class of 1919 Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, was one of several experts who discussed "When Trump and Kim Meet, What Will Xi Do?" in a March 13, 2018 ChinaFile Conversation. Professor Nathan was asked how the potential summit meeting between President Trump and Kim Jong-un might affect China’s interests in the region and how Beijing … [Read more...]
Carol Gluck Takes Part in Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Conference on Japan-Korea Relations
Carol Gluck, the George Sansom Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, took part in the March 8, 2018 conference "Japan-Korea Relations 20 Years After the Kim-Obuchi Summit," held at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, … [Read more...]
