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Adjunct Senior Fellow for Korea Studies
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Phone: +1.202.588.9420
E-mail: ssnyder@cfr.org
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Washington, DC
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Senior associate at the Asia Foundation and Pacific Forum CSIS. Author of China’s Rise and the Two Koreas.
CFR experts give their take on the cutting-edge issues emerging in Asia today.
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Politics and foreign policy of South Korea and North Korea; U.S.-Korea relations; Northeast Asian security; and U.S.-Asia relations.
Experience:Pantech Fellow, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University, 2005-2006; Country Representative, The Asia Foundation, Seoul, Korea, 2000-2004; Program Officer, Research and Studies Program, U.S. Institute of Peace, 1994-1999; Acting Director, Contemporary Affairs Department, The Asia Society.
Languages:Korean (proficient).
Honors:Pantech Fellowship, Stanford University Shoreinstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, 2005-2006; Abe Fellowship, Social Sciences Research Council, 1999; Thomas G. Watson Fellowship,1987-1988.
Selected Publications:China’s Rise and the Two Koreas: Politics, Economics, Security (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2009); "The Korean Peninsula: On the Brink?" in The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies (Victor Mauer and Myriam Dunn Cavelty, eds.; November 2009); Paved With Good Intentions: The NGO Experience in North Korea, co-edited with L. Gordon Flake (Greenwood Publishing Group, 2003); Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior (USIP, 1999).
Essay:
U.S. Domestic Politics and Multilateral Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia, from the CFR project, New Regional Security Architecture for Asia.
Articles in Korean:
"Is North Korea Playing a New Game?" (The Chosun Ilbo; June 19, 2009)
Current Research Projects
March 16, 2010
Interview
If North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il visits China as reportedly scheduled, he will be urged to return to Six Party Talks. But the U.S. and North Korea are at a standoff, says CFR Korea expert Scott Snyder, with North Korea demanding a peace treaty and the United States insisting on denuclearization.
See more in United States, North Korea
January 2010 - Volume 33, Number 1
Article
The Washington Quarterly
Scott A. Snyder discusses the transition to North Korea's next generation of leadership.
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January 14, 2010
Article
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder says President Obama's speech in Oslo reveals the president's views regarding North Korea-related issues.
See more in North Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Vol. 11, No. 4 (Jan. 2010)
Article
Center for Strategic and International Studies
In Comparative Connections, Scott A. Snyder and See-Won Byun detail how China takes two different approaches to North and South Korea.
See more in China, North Korea, South Korea
December 30, 2009
Article
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder argues, "... any progress in the U.S.-DPRK relationship and in inter-Korean relations is likely to be mutually reinforcing."
See more in North Korea, South Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Volume 18, Number 2
Article
International Journal of Korean Unification Studies
Scott A. Snyder and See-Won Byun discuss the implications of potential political instability in North Korea.
See more in North Korea, Proliferation, U.S. Strategy and Politics
November 13, 2009
Article
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder and Brad Glosserman state, "With President Barack Obama making his first trip to China, it is vital that the two countries have a clear understanding of what they expect from each other."
See more in China, U.S. Strategy and Politics
November 3, 2009
Interview
Ahead of President Obama's Asia trip, CFR experts Sheila Smith, Joshua Kurlantzick, Elizabeth Economy, and Scott Snyder discuss what the president should focus on during his visit to Japan, Singapore, China, and South Korea.
See more in Asia, U.S. Strategy and Politics
Vol. 11, No. 3 (Oct. 2009)
Article
Center for Strategic and International Studies
In Comparative Connections, Scott A. Snyder and See-won Byun review recent developments toward North Korea's denuclearization.
See more in China, North Korea, South Korea, Weapons of Mass Destruction
October 6, 2009
Article
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder discusses Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to Pyongyang on the sixtieth anniversary of Sino-DPRK ties.
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September 11, 2009
Article
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder advocates the need for more effective regional coordination on contingency planning for North Korean instability.
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August 4, 2009
Interview
CFR Korea expert Scott A. Snyder says the visit to Pyongyang by former President Bill Clinton, which won the pardon of two U.S. journalists, provided a rare opportunity to gauge North Korea's views as nuclear talks remain stalled.
See more in North Korea, Proliferation, U.S. Strategy and Politics
August 4, 2009
Article
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder says, "Bill Clinton's visit might turn out to be the equivalent of hitting the 'reset' button in U.S. relations with North Korea."
See more in North Korea, International Law, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 22, 2009
Article
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder discusses the retrenchment of North Korea's domestic policy.
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July 3, 2009
Article
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder argues, "North Korea never gave the President a chance to reach out before acting provocatively by conducting a second nuclear weapons test..."
See more in North Korea, Proliferation, U.S. Strategy and Politics
June 22, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder writes that "North Korea may believe it has found a successful approach to getting what it wants from the United States."
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June 17, 2009
Testimony
Scott A. Snyder testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment; and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade. His testimony addresses North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests and Six-Party talks.
See more in United States, North Korea, South Korea, Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament, Missile Defense
June 17, 2009
Interview
Washington has reassured Seoul of continued U.S. support for South Korean security, but CFR's Scott Snyder says some aspects of South Korean policy toward North Korea and the United States could become divisive in South Korean domestic politics.
See more in United States, North Korea, South Korea, International Peace and Security
June 16, 2009
Op-Ed
Baltimore Sun
Jack Pritchard, John H. Tilelli Jr., and Scott A. Snyder discuss the three main issues President Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak must address at their meeting in Washington today.
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June 9, 2009
Article
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder discusses North Korea's handling of the trial of two American journalists, and whether North Korea has fundamentally changed the terms of dealing with Pyongyang.
See more in North Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
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