Timothy Savage

Nautilus Institute for Security & Sustainable Development

Timothy Savage is deputy director of the Seoul branch of the Nautilus Institute for Security & Sustainable Development. From 1997-2002, he worked as senior program officer for Northeast Asia at the Institute's headquarters in Berkeley, CA, where he coordinated cooperative engagement programs with North Korea. He also works as associate editor at OhmyNews International, an Internet-based newspaper.

From 2004-2005, Savage was senior analyst at the Northeast Asia office of the International Crisis Group, a Brussels-based non-governmental research and advocacy organization working for conflict prevention worldwide. While there, he produced reports on several issues related to potential conflict in Northeast Asia, including South Korean attitudes toward North Korea; North Korea-Japan relations; and regional historical and territorial disputes.

Featured Work

Kim Jong-il

SEP 6, 2007 Article

Engaging "Evil:" Searching for an Ethical Approach Toward North Korea

The temptation to focus on regime change as the solution to all the problems posed by Pyongyang is strong. But attempts to overthrow the regime ...

Coal power plant. Photo by Bruno D. Rodrigues (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

FEB 21, 2007 Article

Central versus Local

More than any other countries on Earth, says Timothy Savage, China and the United States hold the key to whether humanity can put the brakes ...

Coal power plant. Photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/davipt/164341428/" target=_blank>Bruno D. Rodrigues</a> (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target=_blank>CC</a>).

FEB 21, 2007 Article

Policy Innovations Digital Magazine (2006-2016): Commentary: Central versus Local

More than any other countries, China and the U.S. hold the key to whether humanity can put the brakes on its greenhouse gas emissions ...