Richard Weitz
Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis
Hudson Institute

Nicole Finnemann
Director of Research & Academic Affairs
Korea Economic Institute

KEI will host a luncheon program corresponding with the release of its 31st paper in the KEI Academic Paper Series On Korea. Dr. Richard Weitz of the Hudson Institute will present his paper on the above topic. An open roundtable discussion will follow.

Please join KEI for this luncheon presentation and discussion event.

ON THE RECORD

Richard Weitz is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis at the Hudson Institute. His current research includes regional security developments relating to Europe, Eurasia, and East Asia as well as U.S. foreign, defense, homeland security, and WMD nonproliferation policies. Dr. Weitz also is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Project on National Security Reform (PNSR), where he overseas case study research, and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where he contributes to various defense projects.

Before joining Hudson, Dr. Weitz worked for the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Defense Science Board, DFI International, Inc., the Center for Strategic Studies, the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government, and the U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. Weitz is a graduate of Harvard College (B.A. with Highest Honors in Government), the London School of Economics (M.Sc. in International Relations), Oxford University (M.Phil. in Politics), and Harvard University (Ph.D. in Political Science).

Dr. Weitz has published in such journals as The Washington Quarterly, Global Asia, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Defense Concepts, Pacific Focus, Political Science Quarterly, and The Journal of Strategic Studies. His commentaries have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, The Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, Washington Times, Middle East Times, and many Internet-based publications. Dr. Weitz has appeared on the BBC, CNN, C-SPAN, VOA, ITN, Al-Hurra, Al-Jazeera, and additional broadcast media. In addition, Dr. Weitz has published or edited several books and monographs, including Global Security Watch-Russia, China-Russia Security Relations, Kazakhstan and the New International Politics of Eurasia, Mismanaging Mayhem: How Washington Responds to Crisis, and Revitalising US–Russian Security Cooperation: Practical Measures.