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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;Korean Peninsula Aff
 airs Center presents&nbsp\;The U.S. and Korea in the Biden Administration&
 nbsp\;The U.S.-South Korea alliance is among America's most successful all
 iances. The Biden Administration has pledged renewed attention to rejuvena
 ting relations with South Korea and other allies following the devaluing o
 f alliances during the Trump years and ongoing changes in the global envir
 onment. What is on the U.S. to-do list with South Korea? On North Korea\, 
 what is the legacy of Trump's precedent-breaking approach\, and where does
  the U.S. go from here in pursuing denuclearization\, security and reconci
 liation on the Korean Peninsula?&nbsp\;Amb. Kathleen Stephens&nbsp\;Presid
 ent and CEO&nbsp\;of the Korea Economic Institute (KEI)Kathleen Stephens i
 s a former American diplomat\nwho served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republi
 c of Korea from 2008-2011. Other\noverseas assignments included postings t
 o China\, former Yugoslavia\, Portugal\,\nNorthern Ireland\, where she was
  U.S. Consul General in Belfast\, and India as\nthe U.S. Charge ‘d Affaire
 s (2014-2015).&nbsp\;Stephens also served in a number of policy positions 
 at the\nDepartment of State and the White House. These included acting Und
 er Secretary\nof State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2012)\, Pr
 incipal Deputy\nAssistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Af
 fairs (2005-2007)\,\nDeputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and 
 Eurasian Affairs\n(2003-2005)\, and National Security Council Director for
  European Affairs at the\nClinton White House. She was William J. Perry Fe
 llow for Korea at Stanford University\n2015-2018. She is a Mansfield Found
 ation Distinguished Fellow\, Pacific Century\nInstitute board chairman\, T
 he Asia Foundation vice-chair of the board of\ntrustees\, and The Korea So
 ciety board chair. She has been President and CEO of the Korea Economic In
 stitute\nsince September 2018.Click here to register&nbsp\;For more inform
 ation\, please contact Havva Karakas Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu or to reques
 t additional accommodation arrangements\, please contact Morgan Bicknell\,
  mebickne@syr.edu.
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SUMMARY:The U.S. and Korea in the Biden Administration
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
 </p><p>Korean Peninsula Affairs Center presents&nbsp\;</p><p><br></p><p><s
 trong>The U.S. and Korea in the Biden Administration</strong></p><p><stron
 g></strong></p><p>&nbsp\;</p><p>The U.S.-South Korea alliance is among Ame
 rica's most successful alliances. The Biden Administration has pledged ren
 ewed attention to rejuvenating relations with South Korea and other allies
  following the devaluing of alliances during the Trump years and ongoing c
 hanges in the global environment. What is on the U.S. to-do list with Sout
 h Korea? On North Korea\, what is the legacy of Trump's precedent-breaking
  approach\, and where does the U.S. go from here in pursuing denuclearizat
 ion\, security and reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula?&nbsp\;</p><p><b
 r></p><strong>Amb. Kathleen Stephens&nbsp\;</strong><p><strong>President a
 nd CEO&nbsp\;of the Korea Economic Institute (KEI)</strong></p><p><br></p>
 <p>Kathleen Stephens is a former American diplomat\nwho served as U.S. Amb
 assador to the Republic of Korea from 2008-2011. Other\noverseas assignmen
 ts included postings to China\, former Yugoslavia\, Portugal\,\nNorthern I
 reland\, where she was U.S. Consul General in Belfast\, and India as\nthe 
 U.S. Charge ‘d Affaires (2014-2015).&nbsp\;Stephens also served in a numbe
 r of policy positions at the\nDepartment of State and the White House. The
 se included acting Under Secretary\nof State for Public Diplomacy and Publ
 ic Affairs (2012)\, Principal Deputy\nAssistant Secretary of State for Eas
 t Asian and Pacific Affairs (2005-2007)\,\nDeputy Assistant Secretary of S
 tate for European and Eurasian Affairs\n(2003-2005)\, and National Securit
 y Council Director for European Affairs at the\nClinton White House. She w
 as William J. Perry Fellow for Korea at Stanford University\n2015-2018. Sh
 e is a Mansfield Foundation Distinguished Fellow\, Pacific Century\nInstit
 ute board chairman\, The Asia Foundation vice-chair of the board of\ntrust
 ees\, and The Korea Society board chair. She has been President and CEO of
  the Korea Economic Institute\nsince September 2018.</p><p><a href="http:/
 /" title="Click here to register"><br></a></p><p><a href="https://syracuse
 university.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEvdOyuqz8iEtTwpUWdtq_aaUP4fp8MynRf "
  title="Click here to register">Click here to register</a>&nbsp\;</p><p><b
 r></p><p>For more information\, please contact Havva Karakas Keles\, hkara
 kas@syr.edu or to request additional accommodation arrangements\, please c
 ontact Morgan Bicknell\, mebickne@syr.edu.</p>
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