Skip to main content
Access provided by

Katharine H.S. Moon

Katharine H.S. Moon

5 commentaries

Katharine H.S. Moon, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, is Wasserman Chair of Asian Studies and Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College.

Sort by: Show:
  1. Can South Korea Save the Day?
    A man and a woman watch missile launch in Pyongyang Kim Won Jin/AFP/Getty Images

    Can South Korea Save the Day?

    Aug 14, 2017 Katharine H.S. Moon hopes that Moon Jae-in’s administration will serve as a peacemaker in the US-North Korea conflict.

  2. Inside the North Korea Maze
    Kim Jong-un STR/AFP/Getty Images

    Inside the North Korea Maze

    May 19, 2017 Katharine H.S. Moon engages the views of Joschka Fischer, Yuriko Koike, Yoon Young-kwan, and other PS contributors to weigh in on Donald Trump’s other crisis.

  3. North Korea’s Incheon Landing
    North Korea Incheon Jeon Han/Flickr

    North Korea’s Incheon Landing

    Oct 9, 2014 Katharine H.S. Moon asks why three senior DPRK officials showed up at the Asian Games.

  4. North Korea’s Accidental Tourist
    pa3927c.jpg Paul Lachine

    North Korea’s Accidental Tourist

    Dec 16, 2013 Katharine H.S. Moon reflects on the implications of the American veteran Merrill Newman's month-long detention in North Korea.

  5. Love and Marriage in North Korea
    pa3927c.jpg Paul Lachine

    Love and Marriage in North Korea

    Aug 3, 2012 Katharine H.S. Moon

  1. zizek23_Leonardo CendamoGetty Images_leaypi Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images
    0

    Freedom Without Justice

    Slavoj Žižek

    At the end of European Communism, there was a widespread, euphoric hope that freedom and democracy would bring a better life; eventually, though, many lost that hope. The problem, under both Communism and the new liberal dispensation, was that those pursuing grand social projects had embraced ideology instead of philosophy.

     considers what an Albanian Marxist philosopher can tell us about liberty in today's world.
  2. kisilowski8_ Zuzana GogovaGetty Images_fico Zuzana Gogova/Getty Images
    0

    Can National Reconciliation Defeat Populism?

    Maciej Kisilowski & Anna Wojciuk

    For the US, Slovakia's general election may produce another unreliable allied government. But instead of turning a blind eye to such allies, as President Joe Biden has been doing with Poland, or confronting them with an uncompromising stance, the US should spearhead efforts to help mend flawed democracies.

     reflect on the outcome of Slovakia's general election in the run-up to Poland's decisive vote.
  3. nye247_ LEAH MILLISPOOLAFP via Getty Images_blinkenchina Leah Millis/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
    0

    Not Destined for War

    Joseph S. Nye, Jr. rejects historical analogies implying that zero-sum conflict between the US and China is inevitable.
  4. james210_KAY NIETFELDPOOLAFP via Getty Images_scholzxi Kay Nietfeld/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
    1

    Is “Peace Through Commerce” Dead?

    Harold James doubts that new conflicts and rivalries justify a full-scale rejection of European-style economic engagement.
  5. khrushcheva171_MIKHAIL METZELPOOLAFP via Getty Images_putinkim Mikhail Metzel/Pool/AFP via Getty Images
    1

    Putin and Kim’s Cartoon Summit

    Nina L. Khrushcheva thinks that Russia's recent meeting with North Korea was intended primarily as a warning to the South.
  6. haykel18_MANDEL NGANAFP via Getty Images_mbs Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
    1

    Saudi Arabia’s New Nationalism

    Bernard Haykel explains the reasoning behind the Kingdom's ongoing domestic- and foreign-policy transformation.
  7. wagner22_Lukas SchulzeGetty Images_pollution Lukas Schulze/Getty Images
    0

    The Green Growth Mindset

    Gernot Wagner sees doctrinaire debates about capitalism as irrelevant or even deleterious to the decarbonization effort.
  8. mallochbrown17_GIANLUIGI GUERCIAAFP via Getty Images_africawomenpolitics Gianluigi Guercia/AFP via Getty Images
    0

    Africa Is the Future of Multilateralism

    Mark Malloch-Brown explains why the continent should be at the forefront of efforts to bring about international reforms.
  9. op_yi2_PEDRO PARDOAFP via Getty Images_chinahousing Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images
    18

    A Chinese Bubble Long in the Making

    Yi Fuxian traces the long roots of the country's mounting economic and financial problems.

Edit Newsletter Preferences

Set up Notification

To receive email updates regarding this {entity_type}, please enter your email below.

If you are not already registered, this will create a PS account for you. You should receive an activation email shortly.