2008

Lee’s Dilemma: Containment or Engagement
The Korea Herald (March 2008)

Building Bridges - The US-DPRK 1994 Agreed Framework and the US Army’s Return to North Korea
East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii (2008)

2006

A Moment of Crisis: Jimmy Carter, The Power of a Peacemaker, and North Korea's Nuclear Ambition
Arms Control Today (December 2006)

Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) A Bridge too Far?
International Studies Association Conference, Chicago (March 2006)

2005

Reconciling Nuclear Standoff and Economic Shortfalls - Pyongyang's Perspective
Originally published in North Korea - The Politics of Regime Survival, Young Whan Kihl and Hong Nack Kim, Editors

Will Washington Soon Give Up the Six Party Talks?
Sanyo Shimbun (August 2005)

The Six Party Talks - A Never Ending Story?
Mainichi Shimbun (August 2005)

August 16, 2005 Article for The Korea Times (in Korean)

August 15, 2005 Article for The Korea Times (in Korean)

Sustaining Peace in Northeast Asia - Engagement or Containment?
The Korea Herald (August 2005)

The Six Party Talks and North Korea's Wish List
Sanyo Shimbun (July 2005)

The Six Party Talks - The Ball is Back in Washington's Court
Mainichi Shimbun (July 2005)

The Six Party Talks - Almost There?
Sanyo Shimbun (August 2005)

Mr. Kim - You Can't Buy Love, or Respect!
Chosun Ilbo (June 2005)

“Mr.” Kim Jong Il's Quest for Respect and the Six Party Talks
Mainichi Shimbun (June 2005)

North Korea's Missile Threat - Real or Imagined?
Sanyo Shimbun (May 2005)

North Korea's Plutonium Diplomacy
Mainichi Shimbun (April 2005)

Are the Six Party Talks Finished?
Sanyo Shimbun (April 2005)

North Korea - Potent Threat or Paper Tiger?
Sanyo Shimbun (March 2005)

Smile Diplomacy - U.S. Secretary of State Rice Visits East Asia
Sanyo Shimbun (March 2005)

Another North Korean Diplomatic Fiasco
Okayama Shimbun (February 2005)

North Korea's Two Faces
Sanyo Shimbun (January 2005)

The Six Party Talks - Ready to Resume?
Sanyo Shimbun (January 2005)

2004

The United States in North Korean Foreign Policy
Published in North Korea and the World - Explaining Pyongyang's Foreign Policy, Byung Chul Koh, editor

Getting Serious about a Multilateral Approach to North Korea
Co-authored with James Clay Moltz; published in The Nonproliferation Review, Spring 2004

Megumi's Revenge
Sanyo Shimbun (December 2004)

The Six Party Talks - Frozen or Finished?
Sanyo Shimbun (December 2004)

The Bush-Koizumi Santiago Summit - November 20, 2004
Sanyo Shimbun (November 2004)

IRAQ - Who are the Bad Guys?
Sanyo Shimbun (October 2004)

The US Presidential Campaign - Round 1
Sanyo Shimbun (October 2004)

The US Presidential Election - Behind the Confusion
Sanyo Shimbun (August 2004)

Charles Jenkins - An American Enigma
Sanyo Shimbun (July 2004)

Pyongyang's “Sumo” Diplomacy
Sanyo Shimbun (July 2004)

North Korea's Multilateral Strategy in the Six Party Talks
Sekai Shuho (June 2004)

Why Does Charles Jenkins Refuse to Leave North Korea?
Sanyo Shimbun (June 2004)

The Six Party Talks and Prime Minister Koizumi's Second Pyongyang Summit
Sanyo Shimbun (May 2004)

Pyongyang's Dilemma - Libyan Solution or Iraqi Option
Sanyo Shimbun (May 2004)

The Iraqi Insurgency's Impact on Korea
Chosun Ilbo (April 2004)

America's “Super Tuesday” and What it Means to Japan
Sanyo Shimbun (March 2004)

US-North Korea Wrestling Match in Beijing
Sanyo Shimbun (February 2004)

Will North Korea Become Another Libya?
Sanyo Shimbun (February 2004)

Building Peace in the New Year is a Team Effort
Sanyo Shimbun (January 2004)

Seeking a Durable Peace in Northeast Asia
The Korea Herald (January 2004)

Private US Visit to North Korea's Yongbyon Nuclear Research Center
Sanyo Shimbun (January 2004)

2003

The Second Korean Nuclear Crisis: Beyond déjà vu
Published in Gaiko Forum - Japanese Perspectives on Foreign Affairs (Fall 2003)

Prospects for the Six Party Talks and North Korea's Negotiating Tactics
Sekai Shuho (December2003)

America's Presidential Campaign
Sanyo Shimbun (December 2003)

President Bush, the World is Talking to You. Are You Listening?
Sanyo Shimbun (November 2003)

Bush Changes Course on North Korea
Sekai Shuho (October 2003)

Is Kim Jong Il Becoming a Dove?
Sekai Shuho (October 2003)

Is Kim Jong Il Becoming a Dove?
Sekai Shuho (October 2003)

Why is President Bush Coming to Japan?
Commentary for The Okayama Sanyo Shimbun (October 2003)

Six Party Talks and Bush's Military Option
Sekai Shuho (September 2003)

The Six Party Talks - Agreed Goals, Conflicting Solutions
Ssanyo Shimbun (September 2003)

Beyond Diplomacy - President Bush's “Military Option”
Sekai Shuho Magazine (August 2003)

Smile Diplomacy - The First Roh-Bush Summit
Sekai Shuho (May 2003)

Dualism in the Bush Administration's North Korea Policy
Asian Perspective (April 2003)

The Global Impact of the Iraqi Insurgency
Sanyo Shimbun (April 2003)

What Happened to the Six Party Talks?
Sanyo Shimbun (April 2003)

US-Korea Relations - Lovers' Quarrel or Divorce?
Sekai Shuho (February 2003)

Beyond Collapse - Continuity and Change in North Korea
International Journal of Korean Reunification Studies (2003)

Prospects for the Six Party Talks and North Korea's Negotiating Tactics
Sekai Shuho (January 2003)

2002

Beyond Collapse - Continuity and Change in North Korea
International Journal of Korean Reunification Studies, Korea Institute for National Unification (KINU) (Volume 11, No. 2, 2002)

The Bush Administration's Reaction to Prime Minister Koizumi's Pyongyang Summit
Sekai Shuho (October 2002)

The American NGO Experience in North Korea - A Preliminary Assessment
Proceedings of the First World Congress on Korean Studies (July 2002), Academy of Korean Studies

Paradise Lost: The International Response to North Korea's Agricultural Crisis
American Research Center for Asia and the Pacific, Washington, DC (2002)

2000

Korean Summit: A Message for Washington?
The Oregonian (2000)