Don Oberdorfer, B.A.
Chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS; Foreign Policy Institute Journalist-in-Residence

Expertise

Geographic Areas
East Asia | Japan | North Korea | South Korea | Russia

Issues
American foreign policy | media and foreign policy | U.S. Congress and foreign policy | U.S. presidency and foreign policy

Background and Education
Diplomatic correspondent for The Washington Post for 17 years before retiring in 1993; previously covered the White House and Northeast Asia for The Washington Post and reported for The Charlotte Observer, The Saturday Evening Post and Knight Newspapers; winner of awards for diplomatic reporting; B.A., public and international affairs, Princeton University

Publications
Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American Statesman and Diplomat (2003); The Two Koreas (1997, 2001); The Turn: From the Cold War to a New Era (1991, 1997); Tet! (1971, 2001)