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December 15, 2023

South Korea
The President’s Inbox Recap: The U.S.-South Korea Alliance

Developments at home and abroad are testing U.S.-South Korea relations.

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol as viewed smiling to the left of U.S. President Joe Biden, who is also smiling.

March 20, 2024

South Korea
The U.S. Election and South Korean Anxieties

Today is my last day at CFR, which marks the conclusion of over fifteen years of contributions to Asia Unbound. My publications and contributions to CFR remain in archives on the website. 

Military personnel carry U.S. and South Korean flags as people wait for an official state arrival ceremony for South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and First Lady Kim Keon Hee on the South Lawn of the White House on April 26, 2023.

March 15, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Joe Biden Opposes the Sale of U.S. Steel to Nippon Steel

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden doesn’t want one of America’s closest allies to buy a once iconic American company.

Steel

January 13, 2015

Europe and Eurasia
Correcting Paul Krugman’s Austerity Chart for Monetary Effects Yields Very Different Results

In two recent blog posts (1/6 and 1/7), Paul Krugman highlighted a chart he made that, he says, illustrates clearly the failure of “austerity” around the world.  We reproduce it above on the left…

Correcting Paul Krugman’s Austerity Chart for Monetary Effects Yields Very Different Results

February 12, 2013

Monetary Policy
Why NGDP Targeting is a Fad

Big-name economists have been lining up to show their support for yet another target-based approach to monetary policy making: nominal gross domestic product level (NGDP) targeting. The basic idea…

Why NGDP Targeting is a Fad

January 31, 2024

North Korea
Satellites, Summits, and Succession in North Korea

In 2023, North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un marked three significant achievements: a successful satellite launch, strengthened ties with Russia, and the public emergence of his daughter as his likely su…

North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un views the launch of a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile at an unknown location on December 18, 2023.