GW PhD Candidate Speaks at Wilson Center

James Person, a PhD Candidate in the Department of History specializing in Korea and Project Coordinator of the North Korean International Documentation Project, will be speaking about North Korea at the Wilson Center on September 8th. Details below!

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

THE ASIA PROGRAM, in collaboration with
THE NORTH KOREAN INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTATION PROJECT

presents

Knowing the North: Intelligence and the Intentions of the DPRK

Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Speakers

James Person
Project coordinator, North Korea International Documentation Project

Robert Carlin
Visiting fellow, Stanford University

Dae-sook Suh
Professor emeritus, University of Hawaii

Jae-jung Suh
Associate professor and director of Korean studies, Johns Hopkins SAIS

How confident are we in our ability to know North Korea? Amid speculation on succession, the question of Pyongyang’s nuclear intentions and capabilities, and North Korean brinkmanship, how can we be certain that the conclusions we reach about the North’s intentions are sound? How do we assess the quality of our intelligence sources, given the opacity of the regime? Can historical continuities be used to assess the future intentions of the Kim regime? Or given the difficulties with intelligence gathering, should we forego analysis about the North’s intentions and focus instead on its capabilities as an objective indication of the threat posed by Pyongyang?

6th Floor Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars


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