IN12 - Cossa, Ralph A. OBAMA'S EAST ASIA POLICY: SO FAR, SO GOOD (PacNet #5, Pacific Forum CSIS, February 4, 2010, 2 pages) 오바마 정권의 동아시아 정책: 현재까지는 좋아 - Click here for available text on the Internet

With one important exception, US relations with the countries of East Asia are as good or better today than when the Obama administration took office just over one year ago. This is no small accomplishment since, again with one (different) exception, relations were already quite good - the Bush administration left Asia in pretty good shape.

IN13 - Bosworth, Stephen W. NEGOTIATIONS: THE UNITED STATES AND NORTH KOREA (The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Fall 2009, pp 5-8) 미국과 북한과의 협상들 - Contact IRC for print copy

In an address given to the Fletcher community, Dean Stephen W. Bosworth analyzed the current state of diplomatic relations with North Korea. He draws upon his regional experience and past negotiations with North Korea to identify lessons and potential opportunities. In closing, Dean Bosworth roughly outlines a possible approach that may lead to progress on North Korea’s nuclear disarmament.

IN14 - Cha, Victor. US-KOREA RELATIONS: THE NEW OLD RELIABLE (Comparative Connections, Pacific Forum CSIS, January 13, 2010, 7 pages) 한미관계: 회복된 오래된 신뢰 - Click here for available text on the Internet

The final quarter of 2009 included a number of significant developments in US-Korea ties. President Barack Obama made his first trip to Seoul in November, and Special Envoy for North Korea Policy Stephen Bosworth traveled to Pyongyang in December. The summit between Presidents Obama and Lee Myung-bak marked the continuation of an historical high in relations between the two countries. On issues affecting the alliance, Obama and Lee found common ground on North Korea, while they inched forward with the Korea-US free trade agreement. Meanwhile, Bosworth’s three days of talks with North Korean officials brought the most encouraging signs of a return to the six-party process since talks broke down at the end of 2008. The Obama administration is faring well on the Korean Peninsula, even as relations with other major powers of the region become more complicated. Those accompanying Obama on his trip to Asia informally acknowledged that Korea was the "best stop" on the trip and sensed a personal connection between the two leaders.

IN15 - Ferguson, Charles D. THE LONG ROAD TO ZERO: OVERCOMING THE OBSTACLES TO A NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD (Foreign Affairs, January/February 2010) 비핵화로 가는 머나먼 길: 핵무기 없는 세계를 위해 장애물 극복하기 - Contact IRC for print copy

If the Obama administration has any hope of reducing the world’s nuclear arsenals, the U.S. government will have to assuage the fears of nonnuclear states, diminish the prestige of nuclear weapons, and address the risk of proliferation posed by civilian nuclear energy programs.

IN16 - O'Hanlon, Michael E. OBAMA'S SOLID FIRST YEAR ON FOREIGN POLICY (The Brookings Institution, January 1, 2010, 3 pages) 오바마 대통령의 취임 첫 해의 견고한 대외정책 - Click here for available text on the Internet

Any assessment of Obama's first year must include numerous "incompletes." There is a long way to go on each of the issues and relationships noted above, as well as on other matters such as global economic recovery, trade negotiations, Arab-Israeli peace talks, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s excellent idea to conclude a Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review this year. But for his poise, his deliberateness, his ability to juggle numerous issues, and most of all the quality of his decisions, Obama is off to a very solid start.

IN17 - Niksch, Larry A. KOREA-U.S. RELATIONS - ISSUES FOR CONGRESS (CRS Report for Congress, January 12, 2010, 24 pages) 한미관계에 관한 최신 미의회조사국 보고서 -Contact IRC for print copy

South Korea followed a conciliation policy toward North Korea under the administrations of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun; but President Lee Myung-bak, elected in December 2007, linked South Korean aid to North Korea, including food aid, to the nuclear and other policy issues. North Korea responded by cutting off most contacts with the Lee government until August 2009. North Korea then made overtures to South Korea, probably because of its worsening food situation. The United States signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea (the seventh-largest U.S. trading partner) in 2007. There is substantial opposition to the FTA in Congress. The Obama Administration has called for renegotiation on the automobile provisions and additional South Korean measures to open the R.O.K. market to imports of U.S. beef. The U.S.-R.O.K. military alliance appears to function well. It is dealing with several issues of change: relocations of 28,500 U.S. forces within South Korea; construction of new bases; the creation of separate U.S. and South Korean military commands in 2012; possible future withdrawals of U.S. ground forces to U.S. conflict areas; an R.O.K. military contribution to Afghanistan; and South Korean financial support for U.S. forces.

EC11 - Lee, B.J. SELLING SOUTH KOREA (Newsweek, February 8, 2010; pg. 26, 4 pages) 대한민국 알리기와 이명박 대통령의 리더십 - Contact IRC for print copy

The article discusses efforts by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak to raise his nation's global profile. Lee is promoting free trade at a time when some nations have turned protectionist. He has also established South Korea as a leading nation in terms of its commitment to reducing emissions. For less wealthy Asian countries, Lee hopes to present South Korea's economic model as an alternative to that of China.

EC12 - Nanto, Dick K.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma. NORTH KOREA: ECONOMIC LEVERAGE AND POLICY ANALYSIS (CRS Report for Congress, January 20, 2010, 65 pages) 북한: 경제 및 정책 현황 분석 - Contact IRC for print copy

EC13 - Fogel, Robert. $123,000,000,000,000* (Foreign Policy, January/February 2010; pg. 70, 6 pages) 123조 달러의 경고 - Contact IRC for print copy

Most accounts of China's economic ascent offer little but vague or threatening generalities, and they usually grossly underestimate the extent of the rise - and how fast it's coming. The first essential factor that is often overlooked: the enormous investment China is making in education. The second thing many underestimate when making projections for China's economy is the continued role of the rural sector. That large rural sector is responsible for about a third of Chinese economic growth today, and it will not disappear in the next 30 years. Third, though it's a common refrain that Chinese data are flawed or deliberately inflated in key ways, Chinese statisticians may well be underestimating economic progress. Meanwhile, Europe, by which the author means the 15 earliest EU members, faces twin challenges of demography demography and culture, its economic future burdened by a mix of reproductive habits and consumer restraint.

EC14 - Summers, Lawrence H. PRINCIPLES FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND RENEWAL (Business Economics, January 2010; pg. 3, 5 pages) 로렌스 서머스의 경제회복과 부흥을 위한 정책 원칙 - Contact IRC for print copy

Over the past year, substantial progress has been made on the path to economic recovery. Yet, as true with most recessions induced by a financial crisis, recovery is going to be long and slow. This is particularly true for employment. Moreover, there is evidence that indicates there are structural as well as cyclical concerns about this recovery's slow employment growth. The personal as well as macroeconomic costs of this slow growth mean that there is no higher public policy priority than economic recovery and job creation. This address presents and discusses three guiding principles for economic policy: restoring confidence, increasing aggregate demand, and achieving broader and deeper education.

EC15 - Young, Stephen B. MORAL CAPITALISM AND THE GREAT FINANCIAL MELTDOWN OF 2008 (The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Fall 2009; pg. 129, 16 pages) 도덕적 자본주의와 2008년 글로벌 경제위기 - Contact IRC for print copy

America’s growth and economic well-being depend on robust capital markets. Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, Bear Sterns, and their predecessors brought companies to life by raising capital for them. Without capital markets, there would have been no railroads, steel mills, General Motors, Ford, Boeing, Microsoft, or any of the otehr Fortune 1,000 and smaller companies that ever sold stock or debt securities to finance their businesses. Yet imprudent decisions on the part of United States adn European investment banks, banks, mortgage brokers, insurance companies, and consumers have plunged the global financial network that sustains global capitalism into crisis. This is not the first time that market capitalism has failed. Less than a decade ago, global markets lived through the bust of teh got-com and telecom bubble in equities and then the accounting scandals of Enron and WorldCom. Before that, world fianncial markets were upset by currency collapses in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Russia. And even before that the United States lived through the savings and loan/junk bond bubble and bust of the late 1980s.

EN07 - Westing, Arthur H. TOWARD ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND REDUCED TENSIONS ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA (Environment, January/February 2010; pg. 20, 4 pages) 한반도 비무장지대 생태계 보전과 긴장 완화 - Contact IRC for print copy

The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separates the two Koreas currently serves as a most valuable, albeit incidental, nature reserve. The purpose of this article is to make it clear especially to relevant academics, diplomats, and civil servants that a major fraction of the DMZ must be protected formally for such a purpose. For that to happen, it would certainly be best accomplished before such time that a treaty is adopted that officially ends the Korean War of 1950-1953, thereby abolishing the DMZ and making most of that land immediately available for development.

EN08 - Stafford, Susan G. et al. NOW IS THE TIME FOR ACTION: TRANSITIONS AND TIPPING POINTS IN COMPLEX ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (Environment, January/February 2010; pg. 38, 8 pages) 실천의 순간: 종합 환경 시스템에서의 변화와 티핑 포인트 - Contact IRC for print copy

The article discusses complex environmental systems and the necessity of fostering research that improves humans' ability to live sustainably on Earth and strengthens our understanding of the links between human behavior and natural processes. Topics include the most pressing environmental issues facing humans and what must be done to ensure progress toward understanding the feasible options for sustainability, such as making environmental issues the top governmental priority, an increased global perspective regarding socioeconomic systems, and the ability of institutions and governments to keep pace with the rate and extent of environmental change. Also are the opportunities for sustainability through environmental research and education.

EN09 - Holt, Mark. U.S. AND SOUTH KOREAN COOPERATION IN THE WORLD NUCLEAR ENERGY MARKET: MAJOR POLICY CONSIDERATIONS (CRS Report for Congress, January 21, 2010, 14 pages) 세계 원자력 발전소 시장에서의 한미간 협력: 주요 관련 정책 - Contact IRC for print copy

A South Korean consortium recently signed a contract to provide four commercial nuclear reactors to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signaling a new role for South Korea in the world nuclear energy market. The $20 billion deal indicates that South Korea has completed the transition from passive purchaser of turn-key nuclear plants in the 1970s to major nuclear technology supplier, capable of competing with the largest and most experienced nuclear technology companies in the world. The South Korean government reportedly has established a goal for South Korea to capture 20% of the world nuclear power plant market during the next 20 years, and the importance placed by Seoul on the UAE contract was underscored by South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's presence at the signing ceremony in the UAE.

EN10 - Folger, Peter. EARTHQUAKES: RISK, DETECTION, WARNING, AND RESEARCH (CRS Report for Congress, January 20, 2010, 30 pages) 지진에 대한 위험, 예측, 경고 및 연구 - Contact IRC for print copy

EN11 - Victor, David G.; Yueh, Linda. THE NEW ENERGY ORDER (Foreign Affairs, January/February 2010; pg. 61, 13 pages) 신 에너지 질서 - Contact IRC for print copy

Growing demand for energy in developing countries and calls for greener energy worldwide are putting unprecedented pressure on the global energy system. Existing energy institutions are struggling to remain relevant. A new mechanism for cooperation is needed.

EN12 - Rejeski, David. THE MOLECULAR ECONOMY (The Environmental Forum, January/February 2010; pg. 36, 6 pages) 분자경제학 - Contact IRC for print copy

The article offers information on nanotechnology and biotechnology and their impact to environmental protection. It notes the introduction of these technologies to several industries and cites their relevance and usefulness in operations and processes. It also notes the possible negative effects of these technologies to environment. Moreover, further research conducted for these technologies are also noted.

EN13 - ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX 2010 (Yale University and Columbia University, January 28, 2010, 73 pages) 2010년 환경평가지수 - Click here for available text on the Internet

US08 - Fallows, James. ERIC HOLDER’S WAR (The American Prospect. Princeton: March 2010. Vol. 21, Iss. 2; pg.12, 6pgs) 첫 흑인 법무장관, 에릭 홀더 - Click here for available text on the internet

Just a week before, Holder had visited the widow of one of the slain DEA agents he had received at Dover, handing her, on one knee, an American flag. Since his confirmation, Holder has spent long hours with the president debating the same themes and topics that were purely hypothetical during the campaign. Because of Holder and Obama's mutual affection and similar temperament, Oval Office conversations unfold "without the political games that sometimes exist in relationships in Washington," Marchant says.

US09 - Auletta, Ken. NON-STOP NEWS (New Yorker; January 25, 2010, Vol.85 Issue 46, p38-47, 10pgs) 기술혁신으로 인한 대통령과 언론과의 관계 변화 - Contact IRC for print copy

The article explores the control over the presentation of current events and issues by the news media in 2010. The influence of technological innovations on journalism and the media, the relationship between the administration of U.S. president Barack Obama and the news media, and media coverage of Obama and his family are discussed. The effects of transparency in the Obama administration and the effects of budget cuts on political journalists are also examined.

US10 - Berlin, Ira. MIGRATIONS FORCED AND FREE (Smithsonian Magazine. Washington: February 2010. Vol.40, Iss. 11; pg.80, 7pgs) 흑인의 역사와 정의 - Click here for available text on the internet

Much of the collective consciousness of black people in mainland North America- the belief of individual men and women that their own fate was linked to that of the group- has long been articulated through a common history indeed a particular history: centuries of enslavement, freedom in the course of the Civil War, a great promise made amid the political turmoil of Reconstruction and a great promise broken, followed by disfranchisement, segregation and, finally, the long struggle for equality. According to the 1960 census, their percentage of the population was to the right of the decimal point.

AR09 - Swick, Thomas. NOT A TOURIST (Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2010, Vol. 34 Issue1, p.34-39, 6pgs) 여행작가가 말하는 여행작가로서의 삶 - Contact IRC for print copy

The article discusses the life of a travel writer as characterized by being alone, aimless and feeling underappreciated. He notes that other people are animated by their personal circumstances such as a couple traveling together so one can meet the other's family or a public health inspector traveling to fight malaria. He notes, however, that being alone and free of purpose frees one to absorb impressions of a language and a culture without consciously realizing it.

AR10 - Sietsema, Robert. EVERYONE EATS… (Columbia Journalism Review, January/ February 2010, Vol. 48 Issue 5, p. 42-46, 5pgs) 레스토랑 비평의 세계- Click here for available text on the internet

The article discusses the history of restaurant reviewing, noting the first "New York Times" newspaper food critic, Craig Claiborne, as the first to develop standards for the field. These included reviews written by one person, visiting the restaurant at least three times in a party of three or four diners, dining anonymously, and paying the check. It notes critic Gael Greene at "New York Magazine," who adopted Claiborne's standards but brought more style to the writing, and Mimi Sheraton, who succeeded Claiborne at the "Times" and seemed to mimic Green's writing style. Ruth Reichl, it notes, succeeded Sheraton, brought more dramatic touches to the reviews and broadened the selection to include Chinese restaurants. The advent of preview meals for bloggers is noted and its ethics discussed.