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DESCRIPTION:Korean Peninsula Affairs Center presents: Joel Wit - Trump &amp
 \; North Korea: What We Know and Don't KnowJoel Wit\, Senior Research Fell
 ow\, Columbia University\, Weatherhead Institute for East Asian&nbsp\;Stud
 ies \n\nThe\nTrump administration faces a number of serious foreign policy
  challenges\, with\nNorth Korea near the top of the list. Despite media pr
 onouncements to the\ncontrary\, rather than a hardline stance towards Pyon
 gyang\, President Trump may\nbe searching for a way forward other than imm
 ediately escalating\nsanctions--including against China—or seriously consi
 dering military action\nagainst the North. The presentation will explore t
 his possibility as well as\nhow events in South Korea\, China and North Ko
 rea might fit into this effort.\n\n\n\nJoel S.\nWit is concurrently a Seni
 or Fellow at the US-Korea Institute at SAIS and a\nSenior Research Fellow 
 at Columbia University Weatherhead\nInstitute for East Asian Studies.\n\n\
 n\nHe has\nserved as Senior Advisor to Ambassador Robert L. Galluci from\n
 1993-1995\, where he developed strategies to help resolve the crisis over 
 North\nKorea’s weapons program\, and as Coordinator for the US-North Korea
  Agreed\nFramework from 1995-1999\, where he was the official in charge of
 \nimplementation. He was also a key participant in the establishment of th
 e\nKorean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO).\n\n\n\nWit has
 \npublished numerous articles on Northeast Asian security issues. He has a
 lso\nwritten numerous articles on North Korea and nonproliferation and is 
 the\ncoauthor of the book&nbsp\;Going\nCritical: The First North Korean Nu
 clear Crisis&nbsp\;(Brookings\nInstitution Press\, 2004). He received his 
 M.I.A. from Columbia University in\n1979 and his B.A. from Bucknell\nUnive
 rsity in 1976.\n\nFor\ninformation on accessibility\, or to request accomm
 odation\,&nbsp\;please\ncontact\nOana Zabava at\n(315)\n443-9248 or oazaba
 va@syr.edu. Sponsored by&nbsp\;the Korean Peninsula Affairs Center &amp\; 
 The East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\n\n \n\n
  
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SUMMARY:Korean Peninsula Affairs Center presents: Joel Wit - Trump & North 
 Korea: What We Know and Don't Know
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><strong>Korean Peninsula Affairs Center pre
 sents: Joel Wit - Trump &amp\; North Korea: What We Know and Don't Know</s
 trong></p><p><strong>Joel Wit</strong>\, <em>Senior Research Fellow\, Colu
 mbia University\, Weatherhead Institute for East Asian&nbsp\;Studies </em>
 </p><p>\n\n</p><p>The\nTrump administration faces a number of serious fore
 ign policy challenges\, with\nNorth Korea near the top of the list. Despit
 e media pronouncements to the\ncontrary\, rather than a hardline stance to
 wards Pyongyang\, President Trump may\nbe searching for a way forward othe
 r than immediately escalating\nsanctions--including against China—or serio
 usly considering military action\nagainst the North. The presentation will
  explore this possibility as well as\nhow events in South Korea\, China an
 d North Korea might fit into this effort.</p>\n\n<p>\n\n</p><p><strong>Joe
 l S.\nWit </strong>is concurrently a Senior Fellow at the US-Korea Institu
 te at SAIS and a\nSenior Research Fellow at Columbia University Weatherhea
 d\nInstitute for East Asian Studies.</p>\n\n<p>\n\n</p><p>He has\nserved a
 s Senior Advisor to Ambassador Robert L. Galluci from\n1993-1995\, where h
 e developed strategies to help resolve the crisis over North\nKorea’s weap
 ons program\, and as Coordinator for the US-North Korea Agreed\nFramework 
 from 1995-1999\, where he was the official in charge of\nimplementation. H
 e was also a key participant in the establishment of the\nKorean Peninsula
  Energy Development Organization (KEDO).</p>\n\n<p>\n\n</p><p>Wit has\npub
 lished numerous articles on Northeast Asian security issues. He has also\n
 written numerous articles on North Korea and nonproliferation and is the\n
 coauthor of the book&nbsp\;<em>Going\nCritical: The First North Korean Nuc
 lear Crisis&nbsp\;</em>(Brookings\nInstitution Press\, 2004). He received 
 his M.I.A. from Columbia University in\n1979 and his B.A. from Bucknell\nU
 niversity in 1976.</p><p>\n\n</p><p>For\ninformation on accessibility\, or
  to request accommodation\,&nbsp\;please\ncontact\nOana Zabava at\n(315)\n
 443-9248 or oazabava@syr.edu. </p><p><strong><em>Sponsored by&nbsp\;the Ko
 rean Peninsula Affairs Center &amp\; The East Asia Program at the Moynihan
  Institute of Global Affairs</em></strong><br></p>\n\n <p>\n\n </p>
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