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Katharine H.S. Moon

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Katharine H.S. Moon is Professor Emerita of Political Science and Asian Studies at Wellesley College.

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  1. South Korea's Flourishing Culture and Teetering Democracy
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    South Korea's Flourishing Culture and Teetering Democracy

    Apr 7, 2025 Katharine H.S. Moon traces the country’s recent turmoil to the lasting impact of the Cold War and decades of military rule.

  2. Can South Korea Save the Day?
    A man and a woman watch missile launch in Pyongyang Kim Won Jin/AFP/Getty Images

    Can South Korea Save the Day?

    Aug 14, 2017 Katharine H.S. Moon hopes that Moon Jae-in’s administration will serve as a peacemaker in the US-North Korea conflict.

  3. Inside the North Korea Maze
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    Inside the North Korea Maze

    May 19, 2017 Katharine H.S. Moon engages the views of Joschka Fischer, Yuriko Koike, Yoon Young-kwan, and other PS contributors to weigh in on Donald Trump’s other crisis.

  4. North Korea’s Incheon Landing
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    North Korea’s Incheon Landing

    Oct 9, 2014 Katharine H.S. Moon asks why three senior DPRK officials showed up at the Asian Games.

  5. North Korea’s Accidental Tourist
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    North Korea’s Accidental Tourist

    Dec 16, 2013 Katharine H.S. Moon reflects on the implications of the American veteran Merrill Newman's month-long detention in North Korea.

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    Trump’s Tariffs and the Will to Power

    Richard K. Sherwin

    Trump sees tariffs as much more than a policy, and we should, too. Trump’s tariffs will make life materially worse for people around the world – not least Americans – but what matters to him is the heroic spectacle, the leader’s demonstration of his capacity to induce shock and awe.

     thinks those who question the rationality of recent US trade policy are missing the point.
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    Americans Can’t Win from Trump’s Trade War

    Nancy Qian sees only nonsense in the administration's rationale for “reciprocal” tariffs and the formula for setting them.
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    South Korea's Flourishing Culture and Teetering Democracy

    Katharine H.S. Moon

    While the Constitutional Court has upheld President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment and formally removed him from office, South Korea’s fragile democracy is likely to remain on shaky ground. As long as political polarization persists, the threat of authoritarianism will continue to loom large.

     traces the country’s recent turmoil to the lasting impact of the Cold War and decades of military rule.
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    China’s World – or Europe’s?

    Orville Schell urges Europeans to dispel wishful thinking about what the post-American world will require of them.
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    A US Tariff Idea That Makes Sense

    Simon Johnson touts the benefits of a bipartisan Senate bill that would target Russian oil exports.
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    Trump’s Tariffs Will Accelerate America’s Economic Decline

    Kaushik Basu draws parallels between the administration’s policies and those that led to Argentina’s decades-long slump.
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    Trump, Tariffs, and the Fate of the Dollar

    Mark Blyth argues that America’s protectionist policies reflect a global economic reordering that was already underway.
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    Trump’s Old World Order

    Ahmet Davutoğlu warns that the US administration’s reckless conduct may destroy the last vestiges of multilateral cooperation.
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    Crippling America’s Innovation Economy

    William H. Janeway warns that the pillars of US dynamism and competitiveness are being systematically toppled.

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