Associate Director, Korean Studies Program, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Stanford University

Email: dstraub@stanford.edu

Inter-Korean

Expertise

- - US Policy Toward North Korea

- - US Policy Toward South Korea

- - North-South Korean Relations

- - Negotiations

- - Nuclear Proliferation

Background

An educator and commentator on current Northeast Asian affairs, David Straub retired from the U.S. Department of State in 2006 as a Senior Foreign Service Officer after a 30-year career focused on Northeast Asian affairs. He spent half his career working on Korean affairs, both in the American Embassy in Seoul and at State Department headquarters in Washington. He played a key working-level role in the Six-Party Talks on North Korea's nuclear program as the State Department's Korea country desk director from 2002 to 2004.

Biography

David Straub was named associate director of the Korean Studies Program at Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC) on July 1, 2008. Previously he was a 2007-2008 Pantech Fellow at APARC. After retiring from the State Department in 2006, he also taught U.S.-Korean relations at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University and Seoul National University's Graduate School of International Studies. Straub has published a number of papers on Korean affairs and is currently writing a book on U.S.-South Korean relations. He is a member of the New Beginnings policy research group on U.S.-South Korean relations, co-sponsored by Shorenstein APARC and the New York-based Korea Society.

Contact Information

Email: dstraub@stanford.edu
Address: Encina Hall E301 Stanford University Stanford CA 94305-6055
Telephone: 650 725 8073

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