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Mr. Ross Tokola is a Programs Manager at the East-West Center in Washington, responsible for EWC congressional staff programs on the Indo-Pacific region, for visiting fellowships, for publications as well as for projects pertaining to the Korean Peninsula.
Previously, Mr. Tokola was a Program Officer at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies during his five years in Seoul, and worked for the US embassies both in the Republic of Korea and in the United Kingdom.
In Washington, DC, he interned for the US House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, carried out research projects on behalf of US-based Korea policy experts, and was Assistant Editor for The Asan Forum: An Online Journal.
Born in Brussels, Mr. Tokola’s overseas experience includes living in Belgium, Scotland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Mongolia, England, and South Korea. For work, he has traveled to China and Japan. Independently, he has traveled across Europe, Israel and the West Bank, Northern India as well as the Russian Far East.
In addition to studying the Korean language at Sogang University in Seoul, he holds a first class honors B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy from Heythrop College, University of London, and a M.Phil. in International Relations from the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.
Mr. Ross Tokola is a Programs Manager at the East-West Center in Washington, responsible for EWC congressional staff programs on the Indo-Pacific region, for visiting fellowships, for publications as well as for projects pertaining to the Korean Peninsula.
Previously, Mr. Tokola was a Program Officer at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies during his five years in Seoul, and worked for the US embassies both in the Republic of Korea and in the United Kingdom.
In Washington, DC, he interned for the US House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means, carried out research projects on behalf of US-based Korea policy experts, and was Assistant Editor for The Asan Forum: An Online Journal.
Born in Brussels, Mr. Tokola’s overseas experience includes living in Belgium, Scotland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Mongolia, England, and South Korea. For work, he has traveled to China and Japan. Independently, he has traveled across Europe, Israel and the West Bank, Northern India as well as the Russian Far East.
In addition to studying the Korean language at Sogang University in Seoul, he holds a first class honors B.A. and M.A. in Philosophy from Heythrop College, University of London, and a M.Phil. in International Relations from the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge.
