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[Robert J. Fouser] South Korea as a Middle Power

ViewpointsSept 25, 2020

On Monday this week, President Moon Jae-in addressed world leaders by satellite in a special event to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations. In his address, Moon focused on the multi...
[Robert J. Fouser] America’s ‘lost two decades’

ViewpointsSept 11, 2020

Nineteen years ago today, terrorists hijacked two planes and flew them into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, killing thousands. George W. Bush, the US president at the time...
[Robert J. Fouser] The resurgence of COVID-19

ViewpointsAug 28, 2020

South Korea’s battle with COVID-19 took a turn for the worse as cases started to jump in the middle of August. Unlike the first wave, which centered on Daegu, the recent spike in cases has been natio...
[Robert J. Fouser] Is ‘Korean New Deal’ needed?

ViewpointsAug 14, 2020

A month ago, on July 14, President Moon Jae-in gave a speech outlining the “Korean New Deal.” The term takes its name from US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s sweeping response to the Great Depressi...
[Robert J. Fouser] Sejong City back in limelight again

ViewpointsJul 31, 2020

Sejong City is back in the limelight. Politicians of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, are rallying behind a proposal to move the president, the National Assembly, and government ministries from ...
[Robert J. Fouser] Joe Biden’s campaign challenges

ViewpointsJul 17, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed the presidential campaign in the US. In a normal election year July, the party out of power crowns its nominee, and the party in power does so a few wee...
[Robert J. Fouser] South Korean leadership for openness

ViewpointsJul 3, 2020

North Korea’s recent demolition of the South Korean liaison office in Kaesong is a sharp reminder that tension remains the norm on the Korean Peninsula. More recently, Prime Minister Abe of Japan cam...
[Robert J. Fouser] Challenges for cities after pandemic

ViewpointsJun 19, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic gripped New York City in March, articles discussing the future of cities came into vogue. Most articles predicted that the pandemic would change cities “forever” and that lar...
[Robert J. Fouser] What would Biden presidency mean for Korea?

ViewpointsJun 5, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many trends that have been gathering force slowly. The pandemic transformed the tense competition between the US and China into a nascent Cold War. To isolate C...
[Robert J. Fouser] Dealing with labor market duality

ViewpointsMay 22, 2020

South Korea continues its steady march back to normal life as the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic recedes. The nation continues to earn international praise for its effective response to the pandemic....
[Robert J. Fouser] South Korea’s political realignment

ViewpointsApr 23, 2020

Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, South Korean voters went to the polls to choose a new National Assembly for the next four years. The ruling Democratic Party won a landslide victory, giving it an o...
[Robert J. Fouser] Contribution to post-virus future

ViewpointsApr 8, 2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic tightened its grip on the world, the focus has remained on slowing the spread to save lives and reduce the burden on strained medical systems. Nearly half the population of t...
[Robert J. Fouser] Lessons from the Spanish flu

ViewpointsMar 10, 2020

Since March began, the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, has spread rapidly around the world, causing broad disruption in its wake. The speed of the spread has caught leaders and public health of...
[Robert J. Fouser] Developing an appropriate response to COVID-19

ViewpointsFeb 25, 2020

As news of the surge in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Daegu spread, The Drudge Report, a sensationalist site run by investigative reporter Matt Drudge, ran a photo of a thermal imaging devi...
[Robert J. Fouser] Reviving economic growth in South Korea

ViewpointsJan 28, 2020

South Korea’s economy grew 2.01 percent in 2019, just over the government goal of 2 percent. The growth rate is the lowest since 2009, when the world economy was reeling from the effects of the 2008 ...