Location: The Heritage Foundation's Allison Auditorium
The Six Party talks have achieved some progress toward disabling
what is known of North Korea's nuclear weapons production
capability. But Pyongyang's failure to meet the deadline for
full disclosure of its program threatens further progress in the
negotiations and calls into question the feasibility of the
February 2007 agreement. The Bush Administration insists on
full disclosure of North Korea's nuclear weapons inventory, the
extent of its uranium enrichment program, and past proliferation
activities with rogue nations such as Syria and Iran. Is the
current impasse merely a speed bump on the road to North Korean
denuclearization or have the talks hit a brick wall?
Marking the one year anniversary of the 2007 agreement, our
distinguished panelists will assess the progress to date of the Six
Party talks, the likelihood of completing the disablement and
declaration phase, and the potential for Pyongyang to actually
dismantle its nuclear weapons. The panel will also discuss
the impact that the election of Lee Myung-bak as President of South
Korea will have on the Six Party talks, the prognosis for the
talks, and whether the U.S. should prepare contingency plans for a
collapse in negotiations.
More About the Speakers
Dr. Victor D. Cha
Director of Asian Studies and D.S. Song Chair,
Georgetown University
Dr. Michael J. Green
Associate Professor,
Georgetown University
and Senior Advisor and Japan Chair,
Center for Strategic and International Studies
L. Gordon Flake
Executive Director,
Mansfield Foundation
Alan D. Romberg
Senior Associate and Director,
East Asia Program,
The Henry L. Stimson Center
Hosted By
Bruce Klingner
Senior Research Fellow, Northeast Asia
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