For nearly two years, I have enjoyed the amazing privilege
to live and work in South Korea. I took this opportunity somewhat on chance,
and it may seem counterintuitive that a Russia specialist such as myself would
move to an area outside of his/her expertise. Yet the privilege to experience
this region from square one with a fresh set of eyes and insatiable curiosity
has been a magnificent experience.
At the request of CWCP's president Brad Nelson, I will be
publishing a series of blog posts about my adventures in East Asia as related
to regional history and security. It is best to think of these as a combination
of memoir, political commentary and travelogue. The purpose of these coming
blog posts are not to provide rigorous academic or policy analyses (although
hopefully readers can glean some interesting lessons/viewpoints from them). Yet
in a digital age such as ours, it is easy to view our world exclusively though such resources as Wikipedia or the New York Times.
There is nothing inherently wrong with these valuable
resources. As I have learned, however, there are simply too many complexities
that cannot be captured or understood by reading words on a screen.
We hope that you enjoy these on-the-ground reports!
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