Jonathan corrado                                                                                     

Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Asian and Asian American Studies         

                            
MA from Georgetown University's Asian Studies Program in the Walsh School of Foreign Service

Topic Areas: North Korea, South Korea, Cold War, Korean Peninsula, Northeast Asia Security and Diplomacy, State and Society

Email:  jonathan.corrado@stonybrook.edu

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• Biography

  Jonathan Corrado is Director of Policy for The Korea Society. He produces programming and conducts research on a range of security, diplomacy, and socioeconomic issues impacting the U.S.-Korea Alliance, the Korean Peninsula, and Northeast Asia. Jonathan is an adjunct lecturer in the Department of Asian and Asian-American Studies at Stony Brook University, instructing a course titled, "North Korea: State, Society, Diplomacy, and Security." He was previously a non-resident James A. Kelly Fellow at Pacific Forum, an Emerging Leader at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy, and a contributor to NK Pro. He has published peer-reviewed articles in the International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, the Journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, and Asian Politics & Policy. He has also published analysis in diverse outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, War on the Rocks, 38 North, The Diplomat, The Japan Times, The National Interest, Yahoo News, Pacific Forum PacNet and Issues & Insights, NK News, and NK Pro. He has been quoted in Reuters, The South China Morning Post, The Korea Times, Radio Free Asia, and Voice of America. Jonathan was previously a translator for Daily NK (Korean to English), an FCPA due diligence investigator for Steele Compliance Solutions, a graduate fellow for McLarty Associates, and a volunteer analyst for the Congressional Research Service. Jonathan received an MA from Georgetown University's Asian Studies Program in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and a BA in anthropology and philosophy from the University of Maryland College Park.

• Courses Taught

  KOR  331 - 02   Social Science Topics in Korean Studies - "North Korea: State, Society, Diplomacy, and Security"

• Publications
  
  "North Korea's Coming Breakout," War on the Rocks, 12 September 2023. 

  
  "Biases blind us to the risk of Chinese military intervention in Korea" The Atlantic Council Article, 16 August 2023. 

   

  Indo-Pacific Strategies and Foreign Policy Challenges: The US-China Strategic Competition, Routledge, “Chapter 6, Strengthening Indo-Pacific Chip Supply Chain: Opportunities and Obstacles for a Tech Alliance," 30 June 2023. 

   

  "How to Avoid a Bad Take on a Hard Target: Analyzing North Korea the Right Way" War on the Rocks, 11 May 2023. 

   

  "Clash or Consensus?: The Conflicting Economic and Security Imperatives of Semiconductor Supply-Chain Collaboration in the Indo-Pacific," Journal of Indo Pacific Affairs, 31 October 2022. 

   

  "How the United States can build a chip alliance in Northeast Asia without decoupling," Pacific Forum PacNet, 12 September 2022. 

   

  "Can Korea Join the Quad? How Should the Group Evolve?" Korea On Point, The Sejong Institute, 29 July 2022. 

   

  "Rose-Colored Glasses: The Information Ecosystem’s Influence on Generational Variation in Attitudes on North Korea’s Economic Management," Ideology and Economic Policy in North Korea, published by the North Korea Economic Forum (NKEF) at George Washington University’s Institute for Korean Studies (GWIKS), 5 May 2022.

   

  "Rethinking Intelligence Failure: China’s Intervention in the Korean War," International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, 14 July 2021.  

   

  "North Korea’s New Economic Plan Looks a Lot Like the Old One," The Diplomat, 20 January 2021.