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DESCRIPTION:John Feffer\, Institute for Policy Studies\, Washington\, DCWhy
  North Korea 2014 Is Not East Germany 1989It\nis 25 years since the fall o
 f the Berlin Wall\, which set into motion the\nreunification of Germany. D
 uring that period\, many scholars and policymakers\npredicted that the Nor
 th Korean system would collapse and the Korea peninsula\nwould be similarl
 y reunited. Those predictions continue. But there are many\nreasons why No
 rth Korea today is not like East Germany in 1989. Nevertheless\,\nthere ar
 e lessons that can be learned from the German experience and applied to\nt
 he Korean peninsula. John Feffer is\nthe Director of Foreign Policy in Foc
 us at the Institute for Policy Studies in\nWashington\, DC. He was an Open
  Society Fellow in 2012-13\, studying the\ntransformations in Eastern Euro
 pe since 1989. He is the author of two books on\nKorea-U.S. relations.Open
  to the Public!&amp\;#160\;Co-sponsored by the East Asia Program\, Korean 
 Peninsula Affairs Center\, and\nMoynihan\nEuropean Research Center at the 
 Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs 
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SUMMARY:EA presents: John Feffer
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p></p><p></p><p><b>John Feffer</b>\, <
 i>Institute for Policy Studies\, Washington\, DC</i></p><p><b>Why North Ko
 rea 2014 Is Not East Germany 1989</b></p>It\nis 25 years since the fall of
  the Berlin Wall\, which set into motion the\nreunification of Germany. Du
 ring that period\, many scholars and policymakers\npredicted that the Nort
 h Korean system would collapse and the Korea peninsula\nwould be similarly
  reunited. Those predictions continue. But there are many\nreasons why Nor
 th Korea today is not like East Germany in 1989. Nevertheless\,\nthere are
  lessons that can be learned from the German experience and applied to\nth
 e Korean peninsula.<p> </p><p>John Feffer is\nthe Director of Foreign Poli
 cy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies in\nWashington\, DC. He wa
 s an Open Society Fellow in 2012-13\, studying the\ntransformations in Eas
 tern Europe since 1989. He is the author of two books on\nKorea-U.S. relat
 ions.</p><p>Open to the Public!&amp\;#160\;</p><p><b><i>Co-sponsored by th
 e East Asia Program\, Korean Peninsula Affairs Center\, and\nMoynihan\nEur
 opean Research Center at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs</i></b><
 /p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p></p>
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