Disarming, Delisting, and Dealing with North Korea: Next Steps

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Speakers

Michael J. Green

Senior Adviser and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic & International Studies; Associate Professor, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University

Gary Samore

Vice President, Director of Studies, and Maurice R. Greenberg Chair, Council on Foreign Relations

Presider

Don Oberdorfer

Chairman, U.S.-Korea Institute, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Just two years have passed since North Korea's nuclear test. Heightened engagement efforts, through the six-party talks, led to agreement on nuclear disarmament and North Korea's recent removal from the State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism. However, North Korea remains a strategic challenge. Join Michael Green and Gary Samore for a discussion of North Korea in the region, the world, and in U.S. policy for a new U.S. administration.

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