USC Dornsife News

Amid escalating bilateral tensions, USC Dornsife experts discuss the risk of nuclear war with North Korea and evaluate deterrents.

Coursework in international relations and East Asian area studies — plus prestigious international scholarships — have led Alexis Dale-Huang around the world and now across the USC graduation stage.

David Kang of international relations has been awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant to analyze East Asian security issues, defense spending and United States foreign policy.

USC Dornsife will operate and manage the university’s participation in a new three-campus consortium to bolster East Asian studies.

With Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships, USC Dornsife undergraduates are studying Mandarin in Beijing and Taiwan.

A new minor in Korean studies gives students an opportunity to specialize in the politics, economy and culture of the Korean Peninsula, present and past.

Ambassador Robert King spoke about human rights issues in North Korea in an event sponsored by the USC Korean Studies Institute housed in USC Dornsife.

David Kang's new book, East Asia Before the West, upends understanding of East Asian international relations.