When:
Wednesday, March 3, 2021 11:00 AM
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12:30 PM
Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
Korean Peninsula Affairs Center presents
The U.S. and Korea in the Biden Administration
The U.S.-South Korea alliance is among America's most successful alliances. The Biden Administration has pledged renewed attention to rejuvenating relations with South Korea and other allies following the devaluing of alliances during the Trump years and ongoing changes in the global environment. 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 reconciliation on the Korean Peninsula?
Amb. Kathleen Stephens President and CEO of the Korea Economic Institute (KEI)
Kathleen Stephens is a former American diplomat
who served as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea from 2008-2011. Other
overseas assignments included postings to China, former Yugoslavia, Portugal,
Northern Ireland, where she was U.S. Consul General in Belfast, and India as
the U.S. Charge ‘d Affaires (2014-2015). Stephens also served in a number of policy positions at the
Department of State and the White House. These included acting Under Secretary
of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (2012), Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (2005-2007),
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
(2003-2005), and National Security Council Director for European Affairs at the
Clinton White House. She was William J. Perry Fellow for Korea at Stanford University
2015-2018. She is a Mansfield Foundation Distinguished Fellow, Pacific Century
Institute board chairman, The Asia Foundation vice-chair of the board of
trustees, and The Korea Society board chair. She has been President and CEO of the Korea Economic Institute
since September 2018.
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