David C. Kang

David C. Kang is professor of international relations and business and director of the Korean Studies Institute at the University of Southern California. His latest book is East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute (Columbia University Press, 2010).


Commentary

Security

Korea's New Cold War

| 12.31.10

It's unsexy, but it's worked for sixty years: deterrence, patience and hope on the Korean peninsula.

Economics

Predictable Pyongyang

| 07.23.10

Don’t expect the pressure Washington and Seoul are putting on North Korea to lead to any real movement on the peninsula. 

Security

Talk to Pyongyang

| 04.28.10

South Korea and America need to press hard for a deal with North Korea before higher tensions erupt in more violence.

Security

Kim's Nuclear Obsession

| 04.13.10

Obama’s summitry won’t convince North Korea to give up its nukes.

Security

Pyongyang's Temper Tantrum

| 11.11.09

North Korea’s latest military provocation won’t change Washington or Seoul’s approach to the rogue state.

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May 26, 2012