Location: 
Modern East Asia, Korea, International History
Charles Armstrong was educated at Yale University, the London School of Economics, and the University of Chicago, where he received his Ph.D. (1994). His published books include The Koreas (2007); Korea at the Center: Dynamics of Regionalismin Northeast Asia (co-ed., 2005); The North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950 (2003); and Korean Society: Civil Society, Democracy and the State (ed., 2002;2nd ed., 2006). His current projects include a study of North Korea in the Cold War international system and a history of modern East Asia.