Keylor in IBT on China’s Fuel Sales to N. Korea
William Keylor, Professor of International Relations and History at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed on China’s recent suspension of fuel sales to North Korea due to fear of lack of payment.
Keylor was quoted in a June 28, 2017 article in the International Business Times entitled “China Suspends Fuel Sales To North Korea Amid Tense Times.”
From the text of the article:
“This move is reputed to be for purely economic reasons — the China National Petroleum Corporation’s concern about not getting paid for its oil deliveries,” said William Keylor, an international relations professor at Boston University, to International Business Times. “But it may also be part of a new political campaign to nudge Pyongyang into either cutting back on its nuclear program or engaging in talks to bring that about. Washington has been pressuring Beijing to be more proactive in approaching the nuclear issue, and this may be a signal that the Chinese are responding to this pressure.”
Keylor served four consecutive terms as Chairman of the Department of History at Boston University (1988-2000) and has been Director of the International History Institute since 1999. At Boston University, he has received the Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Methodist Scholar-Teacher Award.