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Clint Work

Clint Work

Clint Work, Ph.D., is Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) and a Nonresident Fellow at the Stimson Center’s 38 North program.

Clint Work, Ph.D., is Fellow and Director of Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) and a Nonresident Fellow at the Stimson Center’s 38 North program.

His work is broadly focused on South Korea’s foreign and national security policy, political culture, U.S.-Korean relations, and U.S. foreign policy. More specifically, his doctoral research centers on U.S.-Korean relations under President Jimmy Carter and Carter’s abortive withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from South Korea. He has published his work in both academic and popular publications, including The Diplomat, Sino-NK, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, 38 North, and the Peterson Institute for International Economics’ “North Korea: Witness to Transformation” page.

Follow him on Twitter: @clintwork1.

Posts by Clint Work
November 08, 2022

How, Exactly, Can the US Strengthen Extended Deterrence?

By Clint Work
Strengthening deterrence isn’t all about concrete realities and advanced capabilities. It’s just as much – if not more – about perception.

August 26, 2020

The US-South Korea Alliance and the China Factor

By Clint Work
In the current context of U.S.-China competition, Washington’s strategic preferences and Seoul’s search for greater autonomy are clashing.
March 28, 2020

US-Korea Alliance Diplomacy in the Shadow of COVID-19

By Clint Work
COVID-19 has disrupted or complicated already contentious cost-sharing talks in more ways than one. 

February 11, 2020

Beyond North Korea: Fractures in the US-South Korea Alliance

By Clint Work
Tracing near-term, structural, and strategic divergences in the alliance.

July 16, 2018

In Trump and Kim Jong Un We Trust?

By Clint Work
Recent polling data reveals South Koreans are looking more favorably on both the U.S. and North Korean leaders.

July 15, 2018

South Korea's Authoritarian Past Echoes in Controversial Document

By Clint Work
Seoul will be investigating a controversial plan to mobilize soldiers if protests against former president Park got out of hand.
July 09, 2018

Trump’s North Korea Policy: Treating Reality Like Reality Television

By Clint Work
The gap between Trump’s portrayal of events and the reality on the ground is cause for serious concern.

June 15, 2018

The US-North Korea Summit: All Flash, Little Substance

By Clint Work
Trump's haphazard approach to a historic event was not surprising. But what comes next?

June 08, 2018

US-North Korea-South Korea: Three's Company or a Crowd?

By Clint Work
The Kim-Trump summit is on. What about a trilateral follow-up?

June 02, 2018

Personnel is Policy, So Who Are the Players in US North Korea Talks?

By Clint Work
An introduction to the officials representing Washington in this week's North Korea talks.

May 24, 2018

The Moon-Trump Summit: This Is Chaos in Action

By Clint Work
Is Trump second guessing the rush to strike a deal? Showing flexibility? Both? Neither?
May 19, 2018

What Do North Korean Defectors Think of the Recent Peninsula Diplomacy?

By Clint Work
Getting a sense of what an under-represented constituency might think of the North Korean overtures.

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