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Standing Firm Against North Korea-

China Challenges

Ralph Cossa

Ralph Cossa has been with Pacific Forum since 1993, first as Executive Director,
then (2001-2018) as President, and now as President Emeritus and Worldwide
Support for Development (WSD)- Handa Chair in Peace Studies. He is a member
of the ASEAN Regional Forum’s Experts and Eminent Persons Group and a
founding member of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
(CSCAP). Cossa is a political/military affairs and national security specialist with
more than 50 years’ experience in formulating, articulating, and implementing U.S.
security policy in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. He served in the U.S. Air Force from
1966 to 1993, achieving the rank of colonel and last serving as special assistant
to the commander of the U.S. Pacific Command. He previously served as Deputy
Director for Strategic Studies at the National Defense University’s Institute for
National Strategic Studies and earlier as a national security affairs fellow at the
Hoover Institution at Stanford University and, in 1969-70, as an intelligence
officer at Osan Air Base in South Korea. He holds a B.A. in international
relations from Syracuse University, an M.B.A. from Pepperdine University, an
M.S. in strategic studies from the Defense Intelligence College and an honorary
Doctorate in International Relations from the University of Cambodia for his
lifetime of work in promoting peace and stability in East Asia.

Section III : South Korea-Japan-U.S. Cooperation: How to Deter Pyongyang and Dissuade Beijing