NCNK Steering Committee Member

Associate Professor of History and Director, Center for Korean Research
Columbia University

Email: cra10@columbia.edu

Security

Human Security

Expertise

- Educational Exchange

- Humanitarian Assistance

- Security

Background

Dr. Armstrong has been a close observer and scholar of DPRK affairs for more than 15 years. He has written or edited four books on Korea, one of which dealt exclusively with the DPRK (THE NORTH KOREAN REVOLUTION, 1945-1950, Cornell University Press 2003). He is the author of more than 20 articles and book chapters on the DPRK, US-Korean relations, and contemporary Korean affairs. Armstrong has worked and lived for several years in the ROK and worked closely with research centers and think tanks dealing with the DPRK and North-South Korean issues. In 1997 Armstrong visited the DPRK with the Eugene Bell Foundation for the purpose of delivering food aid and other humanitarian assistance. Armstrong has testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on North Korea and frequently gives talks on the subject for educators and the general public.

Biography

Dr. Armstrong is currently an Associate Professor of History and the Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1996. He was previously the Acting Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia. He has a BA in East Asian Studies from Yale University, an MA in International Relations from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. in history from the University of Chicago. Dr. Armstrong is frequently interviewed by U.S., ROK, Chinese, Japanese and European media, including the New York Times, Newsweek, CNN, BBC and others

Contact Information

Email: cra10@columbia.edu
Address: Columbia University 930 International Affairs Bldg, 420 West 118th Street New York New York 10027
Telephone: (212) 854-1721

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