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Troy Stangarone

Can Korean firms still prosper in China?

Last month, Hyundai Motor announced its plans to address its declining market share in China. A shift in Chinese consumer preferences toward SUVs, together with retaliation for the deployment of THAAD, resulted in a decline in the automaker's sales from 1.14 million vehicles in 2016, to less than 686,000 in 2019.

2021-04-29 17:25

Korea should phase out internal combustion engine

In October last year, President Moon Jae-in pledged that Korea would become carbon neutral by 2050. The question is how to achieve that goal. Over his time in office, the Moon administration has taken a series of initiatives to change Korea's energy mix and reduce emissions.

2021-03-11 16:15

Can America recover?

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, I was sitting in a windowless office in the Senate Dirksen Office Building unaware of what was happening in New York City. On a normal day I would have headed out shortly to go pick up Senator Robert G. Torricelli and bring him to the Senate, but instead, our office would soon be evacuated due to concerns that the Capitol building could be a target.

2021-01-31 16:42

Green policies should promote renewable energy abroad

Earlier this month world leaders gathered for the U.N. Climate Ambition Summit. The virtual summit marked the 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate Accord and provided leaders an opportunity to pledge additional carbon reduction commitments at a time when the previously scheduled COP26 in the United Kingdom was postponed until next year due to COVID-19.

2020-12-27 17:38

North Korea and President-elect Biden's foreign policy

When Joe Biden is sworn in as president on January 20 he will assume the presidency in the midst of a global pandemic that has taken the lives of more than a quarter million Americans and inherit an economy that is showing new signs of weakening. Managing the health and economic crises will be the administration's overriding priority, along with attempting to restore the faith in the U.S. government that has been lost under Donald Trump.

2020-11-26 17:00

US election critical for Korea too

Record numbers of Americans have already taken advantage of early voting or cast their ballots by mail, while millions more will head to the polls in the next few days. The electoral choice they make will be the most consequential of their lifetimes, but it will also shape future U.S. policy on the Korean Peninsula as well.

2020-10-28 17:46

Does 'October surprise' matter?

On July 5, 1945 British citizens went to the polls for the first time since 1935. Less than two months earlier the Allies had celebrated VE Day, an achievement that should have easily garnered incumbent Prime Minister Winston Churchill another Parliament in 10 Downing Street. However, when the votes were counted the Labour Party had won a 145 seat majority and Clement Attlee was Prime Minister.

2020-09-24 17:01

Don't expect quick change with NK

Changes in foreign affairs can seem to happen suddenly at times. Few would have imagined in July 1971 that Richard Nixon would announce he planned to visit China the following year. The announcement earlier this August that Israel and the United Arab Emirates would normalize relations also caught observers by surprise. With Donald Trump suggesting that he could strike a deal quickly with Kim Jong-un if he is re-elected, could a similar surprise with North Korea occur before or after the U.S. presidential election in November?

2020-08-27 17:04

Rethinking US troop reduction

It shouldn't be surprising that the United States and South Korea have yet to reach an agreement on Seoul's contribution to the cost of stationing U.S. troops in South Korea given the way the talks have gone.

2020-07-29 17:27

American crises

The United States is in the midst of three crises that are undermining confidence at home and abroad. In recent years, the U.S. has suffered a slow decay of institutions. Key positions in government have been left unfilled and there has been a turn away from expertise to political ideology. The result has been an increasing unwillingness to listen to the experts that remain. That has left the U.S. more vulnerable to COVID-19.

2020-06-24 17:19

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