Connecting People & Ideas to Advance Mutual Interests in U.S.-Asia Relations

ROK National Assembly Exchange

The Mansfield Foundation welcomed five members of Korea’s National Assembly to Washington August 18-22, 2008 to discuss issues of importance to U.S.-Korea relations. Members of the delegation included: Chin Young (Grand National Party); Jeon Hye-Sook (Democratic...

Forging New U.S.-ROK Political Relationships

In response to tensions in the U.S.-Republic of Korea political relationship, in 2006 the Mansfield Foundation initiated a project intended to forge stronger political relationships among the current and rising generation of leaders in Washington and Seoul. As part of...

Mansfield Committee on U.S. Japan Relations

This committee comprises participants drawn from the American and Japanese policy communities thought likely to directly participate in or influence U.S.-Japan relations at a political level. The committee addresses the full range of challenges and opportunities...

Nuclear Free Northeast Asia

On November 10-11, 2011, the Mansfield Foundation, in collaboration with the Nautilus Institute and the Asia Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, convened a workshop focused on furthering the dialogue on an Asian Nuclear Weapons...

East China Sea Tensions

In November 2013 China imposed an Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea. Tensions in the region already were elevated over bitter historical quarrels and disputed territories. In an effort to further constructive dialogue on these issues, in...