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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.
Expertise: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); 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).
Related Links:
"Is North Korea Playing a New Game" (The Chosun Ilbo; June 19, 2009; Korean version)
"Wen Jiabao Gets the Red Carpet Treatment From Kim Jong Il" (GlobalSecurity.org; October 6, 2009)
Current Research Projects
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
September 11, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder advocates the need for more effective regional coordination on contingency planning for North Korean instability.
See more in North Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
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
Op-Ed
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
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder discusses the retrenchment of North Korea's domestic policy.
See more in North Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
July 3, 2009
Op-Ed
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."
See more in North Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
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.
See more in United States, North Korea, South Korea, Proliferation
June 9, 2009
Op-Ed
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
June 3, 2009
Audio
Listen to experts discuss the implications of North Korea’s recent nuclear tests and the available policy options for the Obama administration and the international community.
See more in North Korea, Arms Control and Disarmament
June 3, 2009, Washington D.C.
Transcript
Sheila Smith and Scott Snyder discuss the reasons behind North Korea's provocative actions, and the implications for its neighbors in the region as well as the United States.
See more in North Korea, Proliferation
May 28, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder discusses China and sanctions against North Korea.
See more in China, North Korea, International Finance, Weapons of Mass Destruction
May 25, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder discusses North Korea's second nuclear test.
See more in North Korea, Proliferation, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 23, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder remembers the idealism of Korean president Roh Moo-hyun.
See more in South Korea
May 16, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder analyzes what North Korea has said about prospects for renewed diplomacy with the United States.
See more in North Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
May 11, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder argues that greater stability in relations between Taipei and Beijing have done little to improve Taiwan's long-term strategic position in the region.
May 3, 2009
Op-Ed
GlobalSecurity.org
Scott A. Snyder discusses the potential contradictions the Obama administration is facing as it develops its policy toward North Korea.
See more in North Korea, U.S. Strategy and Politics
April 2009
Article
Korea Economic Institute
Scott A. Snyder examines why "Northeast Asia, in security terms, remains underinstitutionalized."
See more in Northeast Asia, International Peace and Security
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