Does Perception Matter in International Relations?: Trends in US and Korean Media Coverage of the Alliance, 1992-2004
This ambitious project thoroughly assesses American and Korean media accounts of the alliance over a period of time that includes two nuclear crises, dramatic Korean economic growth and financial crisis, USFK realignment, and, perhaps most significantly, the birth of the Sunshine Policy.

Nationalism and Regionalism in Northeast Asia
A central focus for the research efforts of the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is an ongoing exploration of the trends toward regional integration and rising nationalism in Northeast Asia.

New Beginnings: Post-Election Prospects for U.S.-ROK Relations
New Beginnings is a new policy study group formed by the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center at Stanford University and The Korea Society to explore how to revitalize the U.S. alliance with the Republic of Korea (ROK) after nearly a decade of strains and tensions.

Reconciliation and Cooperation in East Asia
By linking internal, external, and regional aspects of historical injustice, the project seeks to move beyond state-oriented approaches and binary categories such as victim versus aggressor in dealing with historical injustice and explores new concepts and approaches in order to move on to the next stage of mor ...

Stanford Korea Democracy Project
This project seeks to understand the emergence and evolution of social movements during the 1970s and 1980s in South Korea. Their activism was instrumental to democratic changes that took place in the summer of 1987 and they continued to play an important role even after democratic transition.