Guide to Specialists

Scott Snyder
Program Officer, Research and Studies Program
(May 1994-December 1999)

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Background

Scott Snyder is an Asia specialist in the Institute's Research and Studies Program. In 1998-99, he was an Abe Fellow of the Social Sciences Research Council, during which time he conducted field research in Tokyo and Seoul on aspects of U.S.-Japan-ROK policy coordination and implications for security in Northeast Asia. Snyder has written extensively on Korean affairs and has also conducted research on the political/security implications of the Asian financial crisis, regional maritime disputes in Asia including the South China Sea, the U.S.-Japan-PRC triangular relationship, preventive diplomacy, and Asian energy security.

Before joining the Institute, Snyder was acting director of the Contemporary Affairs Department at the Asia Society, where he supervised the development and implementation of numerous public symposia and private policy dialogues on issues in U.S.-Asia relations. Recent publications include "Patterns of Negotiation in a Korean Cultural Context" in the May/June 1999 issue of Asian Survey and a chapter on "Energy and Security in East Asia: A U.S. Perspective" in Rethinking Energy Security in East Asia (Japan Center for International Exchange: 2000), Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior (USIP Press: 2000); Negotiating on the Edge is part of the Institute's cross-cultural negotiation series. Snyder received an M.A. from Harvard University and attended Yonsei University in South Korea.

Available on usip.org:

• Chinese Views: Breaking the Stalemate on the Korean Peninsula
  Special Report, February 2007
• Whither the Six-Party Talks?
  USIPeace Briefing, May 2006
• Korean Peninsula Six-Party Talks: Defining A Realistic Roadmap for Success
  USIPeace Briefing, November 2005
• Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific
  USIP Press Books, July 2003, Contributor
• Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior
  USIP Press Books, November 1999
• Negotiating on the Edge: North Korean Negotiating Behavior
  Event, February 2000 (Video)
• Challenges of Building a Korean Peace Process: Political and Economic Transition on the Korean Peninsula
  Special Report, June 1998
• North Korea's Decline and China's Strategic Dilemmas
  Special Report, Ocotber 1997
• North Korea Loosens Controls to Combat Starvation
  Peace Watch, August 1997
• A Coming Crisis on the Korean Peninsula? The Food Crisis, Economic Decline, and Political Considerations
  Special Report, October 1996
• The South China Sea Dispute: Prospects for Preventive Diplomacy
  Special Report, August 1996