http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/Recent news from KSPen-usPublic domainhttp://ksp.stanford.edu/images/feed-icon-48x48.jpghttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/60http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1695Pyongyang suspends its dismantling plans. Is North Korea hoping to push the Bush administration into reconsidering its verification policies or "playing for time in hopes of winning a better deal from" the next administration? Shorenstein APARC's associate director for research, %people1%, suggests they could be doing both.]]>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1695?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1677Shorenstein APARC director %people1% and Korean Studies associate director %people2% point out the importance of building long-term strategies by top foreign policy experts in the international community.]]>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1677?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1671Korean Studies Program associate director %people1% argued in The Nelson Report, a top Washington, D.C. policy newsletter, that Korea needs to take a strategic approach toward the controversy with Japan over the Dokdo Islets ("Takeshima" in Japanese). Widely reported in Korea, Straub's message urged Korea to base its policy on the fact that it has effective control of the islets.]]>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1671?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1660Korean Studies Program at Asia-Pacific Research Center welcomes Pantech Fellow, Koret Fellow, POSCO NGO Fellows, and visiting scholars from diverse backgrounds and experiences for 2008-2009 academic year.]]>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1660?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1645Shorenstein APARC director %people1% says that President Lee still has time to recover from the diplomatic missteps that have characterized his first months in office. He urges Lee to focus his U.S. policy on establishing a strong relationship with the incoming American president. Article in Korean.]]>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1645?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1642South East Asia Forum Director, Donald Emmerson discusses what impact, if any, there will b e on US-North Korean relations and ASEAN-North Korean relations once Pyongyang signs the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation at next week's Southeast Asian regional security meeting in Singapore.]]>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1642?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1629Center's Associate Director for Research Daniel Sneider and former Pantech fellow Scott Snyder both criticize the agreement made with Kim Jong Il's government. "As always with North Korea, it's disappointing and frustrating" says Snyder.]]>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1629?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1617In looking back at President Lee's first 100 days, Gi-Wook Shin and a former Pantech Fellow, John Feffer, assess the issues in Korea today. "With a big margin in his victory, President Lee thought and misunderstood that he had a mandate to do whatever he wanted to do and that backfired, " says Shin.]]>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1617?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1550"The policy that John McCain proposes is the policy that George W. Bush pursued--and that policy failed," says Shorenstein APARC's associate director for research %people1% tells Slate magazine in an interview.]]>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1550?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1539New Beginnings, a nonpartisan policy study group of former senior U.S. officials and other experts on Korea, will discuss the results of President Lee's visit and the prospects for forging a real partnership with South Korea at the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on June 3.]]>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1539?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1535Ten 2008 POSCO NGO Fellows were selected by the Fellowship admission committee during the second POSCO NGO Fellowship Conference held on May 1 and 2 at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver.]]>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1535?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1517The Second Annual POSCO NGO Fellowship Conference to be held on May 1 at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada]]>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1517?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1511%people1%, Shortenstein APARC director, urges President Lee to start strengthening U.S.-South Korea alliance, particularly, with cooperation on ratification of FTA and North Korea policy.]]>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1511?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1513The Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center is pleased to announce that General (ret.) Byung Kwan Kim will join the Center for the 2008-2009 academic year as the first recipient of the Koret Fellowship in the Center's Korean Studies Program.]]>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1513?http://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1500David Straub, currently a Pantech Fellow at Shorenstein APARC, has been appointed associate director of the Korean Studies Program. "David has been a tremendous asset to us with his expertise and experiences on U.S.-ROK relations," said Shorenstein APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin. "As he takes on his new role with us, he will provide important leadership to the Korean Studies Program that has been expanding fast."]]>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PSThttp://ksp.stanford.edu/news/1500?