Military
Scholarly Publications
Peace on a Knife's Edge: The Inside Story of Roh Moo-hyun's North Korea Policy
February 2018
Peace on a Knife’s Edge is the translation of Lee Jong-Seok's 2014 memoir of South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun's efforts to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula in the face of opposition at home...
China's Vision of World Order
October 2012
China has benefited from the liberal international order led by the United States.
Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea
June 2012
Coverage of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) all too often focuses solely on nuclear proliferation, military parades, and the personality cult around its leaders.
Other Publications
Assessing the Effectiveness of Alliance Responses to Regional and Global Threats
June 2018
From 31 January through 1 February 2018, Stanford University’s U.S.-Asia Security Initiative (USASI) and the Sasakawa Peace Foundation (SPF), gathered in Tokyo representatives from the government,...
Is the War Danger in Korea Real?
August 2017
President Donald Trump's ominous threat to unleash “fire and fury” on North Korea succeeded at least in garnering the attention of not only Kim Jong Un but the globe.
The North Korean Missile Test Pushes Xi and Putin Closer
July 2017
The most dangerous impact of North Korea’s long-range missile test this past week may not have been the one in the Sea of Japan, felt in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo.
News
General James M. Holmes meets Stanford students
June 2018
On May 23, Stanford students enrolled in Technology and Security (MS&E 193/293) met with General James M. Holmes.
War of Words Threatens Greater Escalation on Korean Peninsula
October 2017
As the war of words escalates between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un amid a series of North Korean missile launches and a September 3 nuclear test, Gi-Wook Shin, director of the...
Shorenstein APARC Director Gi-Wook Shin Says U.S-North Korea Rhetoric "Dangerous"
September 2017
NBC Bay Area spoke with Shorenstein APARC director Gi-Wook Shin on the danger of the increasingly heated language between the United States and North.
Events
Taiwan's Defense Policy in the Trump Era
May 1, 2017
This event is co-sponsored by the Taiwan Democracy Project and the U.S.-Asia Security Initiative. AbstractTaiwan's defense policy faces several daunting challenges.
Of Paradigms, Politics and Principles: The 2016 Taiwan Elections and Implications for China’s Security Strategy and Cross-Strait Relations
December 1, 2015
Sponsored by the Taiwan Democracy Project and the U.S.
Anti-Americanism in Democratizing South Korea
October 2, 2015
Americans think of South Korea as one of the most pro-American of countries, but in fact many Koreans hold harsh and conspiratorial views of the United States.
Projects
Political Movements in an Authoritarian Hierarchy
This project investigates the sources of stability and conflict in authoritarian regimes, especially regimes that have a unitary national government, apply threats and repression to their own...
English
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...
English
Multimedia
The North Korea Crisis
June 2017
Video and transcript from the joint CISAC/Shorenstein APARC panel discussion, "The North Korea Crisis," on May 30, 2017, with James Person, director of the Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation at the Center for Korean History and Public Policy; Gi-Wook...
North Korean Nuke, THAAD, and South Korean Debates
March 2017
Video and transcript from Shorenstein APARC's Korea Program seminar on March 3, 2017, titled "North Korean Nuke, THAAD, and South Korean Debates," with Chung-in Moon, the Krause Distinguished Fellow at U.C.
The Arbitral Court’s Ruling on the South China Sea: Pros and Cons, Contexts and Consequences
October 2016
Audio and transcript from the Southeast Asia Program event, "The Arbitral Court’s Ruling on the South China Sea: Pros and Cons, Contexts and Consequences," with on Oct.
People
Karl Eikenberry Professor of the Practice Fellow, S-APARC, Core faculty, CISAC, Affiliate, CDDRL, Affiliate, TEC 
