Events
North Korean Perspectives on the Overthrow of Syngman Rhee
NKIDP e-Dossier no. 13, "North Korean Perspectives on the Overthrow of Syngman Rhee, 1960," is introduced by Jong-dae Shin, Christian F. Ostermann, and James Person and features twenty translated documents cataloging North Korea’s immediate responses to the April 19 Revolution in South Korea and how the DPRK attempted to take advantage of the events which ultimately led to the resignation of President Syngman Rhee.
A Chronology of the History of the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1991: Part 1, 1945-1950
The Cold War History Research Center in Budapest is pleased to announce it has recently published "A Chronology of the History of the Soviet Bloc, 1945-1991: Part 1, 1945-1950" edited by Csaba Bekes, founding director of the Cold War History Research Center and visiting professor at Columbia University.
NPIHP Welcomes New Public Policy Scholar Anna-Mart Van Wyk
"United States-South African Nuclear Relations During the Cold War and Beyond"
Wilson Center and Korea Foundation Establish Junior Scholar Program
The program will provide Korean students currently enrolled in an advanced degree program the opportunity to spend between three to six months at the Center conducting advanced research on an important public policy issue or a topic in international history.
New Documents Show US Feared Proliferation of Nuclear Technology in 1960s
American officials worried that without classification and export controls "unfriendly" countries could acquire gas centrifuges and begin production of fissile materials.