Nuclear North Korea: Is War the Way Ahead?
Olympic developments aside, tension between the United States and North Korea appears alarmingly high and escalating. Kim Jong Un, authoritarian supreme leader of North Korea, now has nuclear missiles perhaps capable of striking mainland America, and this threat and the vitriol has Americans amped up, aided by (false) inbound missile alarms.
Should the United States resolve this situation through sustained economic and military deterrence, or has the time for a diplomatic solution ended?
Hear and engage leading experts as they debate “Nuclear North Korea: Is War the Way Ahead?” — the latest in the Debate and Decision Series at the McCain Institute.
Speakers:
Ambassador Robert Gallucci: Distinguished professor in the practice of diplomacy, Georgetown University; chairman of the U.S.-Korea Institute, School of Advanced International Studies, John Hopkins University
Ambassador Christopher Hill: Global engagement adviser, University of Denver; retired 25th assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific Affairs; U.S. ambassador to Iraq, South Korea, Poland and Macedonia
Mary Beth Long: National security and foreign policy expert; former assistant secretary of defense for International Security Affairs; former chairman of the High Level Committee responsible for NATO’s nuclear policy; adviser to NATO
Michael Pillsbury: East Asia and Pacific defense policy expert; senior fellow at the Hudson Institute; former assistant undersecretary of defense for policy planning, Senate Staffer; Department of Defence special assistant for Asian Affairs; author of books and reports on China including "The Hundred-Year Marathon"
Moderator:
Ambassador Kurt Volker: Executive director of The McCain Institute for International Leadership
The event will also be livestreamed here.
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