Leif-Eric Easley, Associate Professor of International Studies, Ewha Womans University (Seoul, South Korea)

North Korea’s nuclear missile threats and China’s regional assertiveness make coordination between South Korea and Japan more critical than ever. Although relations between South Korea and Japan have often been strained over history, they are better managed than either side is given credit. How are South Korea and Japan working to calibrate their policies toward China while coordinating with one another and the United States to preserve the rules-based international order?

This event is made possible by the Department of Political Science and the Diana Davis Spencer Chair of Social Entrepreneurship.

Leif-Eric Easley is Associate Professor of International Studies at Ewha Womans University (Seoul, South Korea). His research interests include contested national identities and changing levels of trust in the bilateral security relationships of Northeast Asia. He is actively involved in U.S.-Asia Track II diplomacy, including with the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. His research has appeared in a variety of academic and policy journals, supplemented by frequent analysis in major newspapers.