Anthony V. Rinna
Senior Editor, Sino-NK
Ross Tokola (Moderator)
Executive Associate to the Director, East-West Center in Washington
Esther S. Im (Welcome)
Executive Associate to the Director, East-West Center in Washington
Wednesday, November 2, 2022
9:00-10:00 AM EDT
Virtual Webinar via Zoom
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Moscow and Pyongyang relations have spanned more than half a century, rooted in shared political ideology and deepened through Cold War alliances. However, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, bilateral relations have been relatively cool between the two countries. In recent years, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un have taken steps to renew the bilateral relationship, which may accelerate as the Russian invasion of Ukraine reinforces global alliances again. Join the National Committee on North Korea and the East-West Center in Washington for a conversation with Anthony Rinna to discuss Moscow and Pyongyang relations through the years.
This North Korea in the World webinar is the sixth in a series examining North Korea's historical and contemporary relations with countries in Europe and how those countries navigate relations between the United States, South Korea, and North Korea. How do these countries manage to walk the 38th parallel? How successful are they, and what can we learn from it? It follows a prior North Korea in the World webinar series on North Korea’s relations with countries across the Global South.
The North Korea in the World project is a joint initiative of the National Committee on North Korea and the East-West Center in Washington; the NorthKoreaInTheWorld.org website collects and curates information and data on North Korea’s external economic and diplomatic relations.
This seminar will take place entirely on Zoom via its Webinar platform. This seminar will be on-the-record, recorded on Zoom, and live streamed to YouTube for sharing afterwards.
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About the Speakers
Anthony V. Rinna is a Senior Editor with the Sino-NK scholarly research group. His research on Korea-Russia relations has appeared in several scholarly publications including Asia Policy and the U.S.-Korea Joint Academic Studies, and his views have been cited by the Congressional Research Service and in media including Foreign Policy and the Wall Street Journal. He is proficient in Russian and has a working knowledge of Korean. A US citizen, he has lived in South Korea since 2014.
Ross Tokola is the Executive Associate to the Director at the East-West Center in Washington. Mr. Tokola gives advice and support to the Director on ongoing near-term and long-term strategic projects and programs, and helps monitor progress and ensure effective coordination with East-West Center in Washington staff and stakeholders. Previously, Mr. Tokola was a Program Officer at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies during his five years in Seoul, and worked for the U.S. embassies both in the Republic of Korea and in the United Kingdom. In addition to studying the Korean language at Sogang University in Seoul, he holds a first class honors B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy from Heythrop College, University of London, and a M.Phil. in International Relations from the University of Cambridge.
Esther S. Im is Program Manager at the National Committee on North Korea. Previously, she was a Junior Fulbright Researcher in South Korea (2015-16) and a Researcher at the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, where she covered sanctions, nonproliferation, and disarmament issues during South Korea's second term on the Security Council (2013-15). She has interned at the US-Korea Institute at SAIS, Wilson Center, and Council on Foreign Relations. Esther has a M.Sc in Foreign Service from Georgetown University (MSFS) and a B.A. in International Relations-Political Science from Wellesley College.