Bruce Cumings

Bruce Cumings

Bruce Cumings explores modern Korean history, 20th-century international history, U.S.-East Asian relations, East Asian political economy and American foreign relations.

He is the author of The Origins of the Korean War (two volumes, 1981, 1990); War and Television (1993); Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History (1997); Parallax Visions: Making Sense of American-East Asian Relations (1999); North Korea: Another Country (2004); co-author, Inventing the Axis of Evil (2005); Dominion From Sea to Sea: Pacific Ascendancy and American Power (2009); and The Korean War (2010). He is also working on a synoptic single-volume edition of his Origins of the Korean War, and other projects.

Cumings Stories

Under Trump, America's influence in the western Pacific may be on the decline

<p>Prof. Bruce Cumings discusses the relationship between North Korea and the United States</p>


North And South Korea Leaders Meet At DMZ

Prof. Bruce Cumings discusses meeting between North and South Korean leaders


Tensions Escalate Between North And South Korea

Prof. Bruce Cumings analyzes growing tensions on the Korean peninsula


There's Been A Lot Of Activity In North Korea

Audio: Prof. Bruce Cumings discusses significance of North Korea’s first ruling party congress in more than three decades


Asia Pacific continues to be strategic priority for U.S.

Prof. Bruce Cumings discusses changes in Chinese foreign policy from the last 30 years, possible impacts of its ‘aggressive measures’


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