In 2001, US Senator Joe Biden became chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. At the time, I was chief of staff for the late congressman Tom Lantos of California, who had become ranking Democratic member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee that same year. Before Lantos’ election to Congress, he had spent a few years […]
Author Archives: Robert R King
Robert R King is a non-resident fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America. He is former US special envoy for North Korea human rights. He has authored five books on international relations. King holds a PhD in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in Massachusetts. The views expressed on Asia Times are his own.