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Ross J. Tokola Ross J. Tokola
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Ross Tokola is a Program Manager at the East-West Center in Washington, responsible for EWC congressional staff programs on the Indo-Pacific region, for publications, and for projects pertaining to the Korean Peninsula.

Previously, Ross 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, Ross’s overseas experience includes living in Belgium, Scotland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Mongolia, England, and South Korea. 

In addition to studying the Korean language at Sogang University in Seoul, he holds a first class honors BA and MA 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.

Ross Tokola is a Program Manager at the East-West Center in Washington, responsible for EWC congressional staff programs on the Indo-Pacific region, for publications, and for projects pertaining to the Korean Peninsula.

Previously, Ross 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, Ross’s overseas experience includes living in Belgium, Scotland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Mongolia, England, and South Korea. 

In addition to studying the Korean language at Sogang University in Seoul, he holds a first class honors BA and MA 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.

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