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The Asia Security Initiative Research Center at the East Asia Institute will host the 8th Smart Talk Forum on August 6, 2010. Dr. John S. Park, Research Associate in the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) will give a brief speech on “China's Evolving North Korea Policy: Implications for Seoul and Washington” followed by discussions with invited panelists from South Korea. Topic

“China's Evolving North Korea Policy: Implications for Seoul and Washington”

Moderator

Professor Sook-Jong Lee, President of the East Asia Institute 

Presenter

Dr. John S. Park, Research Associate in the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP)

Biographical Sketch

Dr. John S. Park is a Senior Research Associate in the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), where he directs Northeast Asia Track 1.5 projects. Dr. Park is a co-director of the U.S.-China Project on Crisis Avoidance and Cooperation (PCAC), which is a collaborative endeavor led by USIP, CICIR, and Fudan University. He is also a co-director of the Trilateral Dialogue in Northeast Asia (TDNA). Co-run with IFANS and IIPS, TDNA brings together government and military officials from the U.S., ROK, and Japan. Prior to joining USIP, Dr. Park worked on military privatization projects at Goldman Sachs. Previously, he was the project leader of the North Korea Analysis Group at the Harvard Kennedy School.

His recent publications include, “The Rise of China and its Impact on the North Pacific Security Environment,” Joint U.S.-Korea Academic Studies, KEI, Vol. 20, 2010; “North Korea, Inc.: Gaining Insights into North Korean Regime Stability from Recent Commercial Activities,” USIP Working Paper (May 2009); and “North Korea’s Nuclear Policy Behavior: Deterrence and Leverage,” in Nuclear Weapons and Security in 21st Century Asia (Stanford University Press, 2008). Dr. Park received his Ph.D. from Cambridge University. He completed his predoctoral and postdoctoral training at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School.