Matt Abbott, Author at Responsible Statecraft

Matt Abbott

Matt Abbott is the director of government and diplomatic programs at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Prior to joining the Council, he served as a staff member in the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. Abbott was awarded a Foreign Policy Fellowship with the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a non-resident James A. Kelly Korea Fellowship with Pacific Forum CSIS, a Junior Korean Unification Experts Fellowship with the South Korean Ministry of Unification, and he was a participant in the China-US Young Scholars Dialogue through the China Institute of International Studies. He received a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, a master’s degree from the University of Chicago and a diploma from the United States Naval War College. Abbott is a member of the board of directors of the Japan America Society of Chicago and a member of the American Enterprise Institute’s Leadership Network.

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East Asia

June 11, 2020

The US needs to rethink its approach to North Korea

It’s been two years since the historic Singapore Summit, but little progress has been made. The United States needs to start preparing for the long game.

by Matt Abbott