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My Korean (and Japanese and Arabic-speaking) Doppelgänger

My Korean (and Japanese and Arabic-speaking) Doppelgänger 1707 2560 Jamie Metzl

I hope you will watch this incredible short video of my Korean virtual doppelgänger speaking in my voice and with my mannerisms, presenting words I have written in English (I wish I…

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Jamie Metzl Statement on Suspension of US Funding for the WHO

Jamie Metzl Statement on Suspension of US Funding for the WHO 620 413 Jamie Metzl

On April 14, US President Donald Trump announced that the United States was suspending funding to the World Health Organization. Here is my statement: New York April 15, 2020 Cutting…

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Reflections Before the Trump Inauguration

Reflections Before the Trump Inauguration 1160 629 Jamie Metzl

The day before the inauguration of Donald Trump as President of the United States, the level of anxiety and uncertainty among the majority of Americans is dangerously high. Whatever critiques…

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President Obama Should Visit Hiroshima


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President Obama Should Visit Hiroshima Jamie Metzl

President Obama should visit Hiroshima when he will be in Japan for the G7 Summit in Ise-Shima in late May. If he does, he will be the first sitting US…

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China Still Holds the Key for Getting Tough with Pyongyang

China Still Holds the Key for Getting Tough with Pyongyang 150 150 Jamie Metzl
Only China has the means of taking action that could alter North Korea’s behavior—by cutting back trade, tourism, and food and energy assistance to Pyongyang—but China will still be unlikely to take these kinds of strong measures for fear of destabilizing the North Korean regime. Such a policy undermines security in North Asia and should not be cost free for Beijing.  read more

Korea-Japan Agreement on “Comfort Women”

Korea-Japan Agreement on “Comfort Women” 150 150 Jamie Metzl

The deal between Japan and Korea on the “comfort women” issue is a positive step for both countries. Japan committed terrible atrocities before and during WWII and, as I’ve written…

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Korea’s Free Trade Future


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Korea’s Free Trade Future Jamie Metzl

In my keynote address last week in Seoul at the Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy Foreign Investment Week summit, cohosted by KOTRA and Invest Korea, I argued that Korea…

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