“The U.S.-Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not”
Scott A. Snyder
President & CEO, Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI)
Scott A. Snyder is president and chief executive officer at the Korea Economic Institute of America. Previously, he was senior fellow for Korea studies and director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy at the Council on Foreign Relations from 2011 to March 2024. Prior to CFR, Snyder has worked for the Asia Foundation, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and The Asia Society. Mr. Snyder is the author of The United States-South Korea Alliance: Why It May Fail and Why It Must Not (December 2023) and South Korea at the Crossroads: Autonomy and Alliance in an Era of Rival Powers (January 2018). Mr. Snyder received a BA from Rice University and an MA from the regional studies East Asia program at Harvard University.