Senior Writer
Willis Sparks
Senior Writer
Willis Sparks is a senior editor for GZERO Daily. He is also a Director in the Global Macro practice at Eurasia Group, where he has worked since 2005. He has made speeches on international politics on every continent except Antarctica. Willis holds degrees from Brown University, the Juilliard School, Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs, and the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris. He also holds an honorary degree from the Moscow Art Theatre School. A native of Macon, Georgia, Willis has worked as a stuntman at New York's Metropolitan Opera. As a child, he declined an opportunity to spend an afternoon riding the Great American Scream Machine, a rollercoaster, with Ronald McDonald, for money. He has never regretted that decision.
Aug 17, 2018
North and South Korean leaders have agreed to meet again next month, this time in Pyongyang. On the agenda: A South Korean plan to boost security and economic activity by creating road and rail links between the two Koreas by the end of this year. Both men will get what they want. South Korea’s Moon Jae-in will get the political boost that comes with peacemaking, and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un will get economic rewards before he’s given Donald Trump much of anything.
