Beyond Pessimism:
The June Summit and Prospects for Inter-Korean Relations

Mr. Dr. Robert M. Hathaway was appointed Director of the Asian Program at the Woodrow Wilson - International Center for Scholars - in January 1999. Prior to that, he served for twelve years on the professional staff of the International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, where he specialized in American foreign policy towards Asia. Dr. Hathaway has also been a member of the History Staff of the Central Intelligence Agency and taught History at George Washington University and at Barnard, Middlebury, and Wilson Colleges. He Holds a Ph.D. in American Diplomatic History from the University of North Carolina. He has authored three books and numerous articles on U.S. foreign policy since 1993.

Dr. Robert A. Manning
Director, Asia Studies
Council on Foreign Relationsal Studies

Dr. Robert A. Manning is C.V. Senior Fellow and Director of Asian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and active on the Executive Board of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. Dr. Manning has been a Senior Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute and chair of PPI's Defense Working group, an advisor to the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of Defense. Dr. Manning has been a correspondent with US News and World Report and the Far Eastern Ecomonic Review. he writes, edits and contributes to numerous newspapers journals and texts and has authored The Asian Energy Factor: Myths and Dilemmas on Energy, Security and the Pacific Future, and Back to the Future: Towards a Post Nuclear Ethic, to name but two.