Presented By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)
DIPLOMACY AND DISCORD: INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AROUND THE KOREAN PENINSULA
John D. Ciorciari
Dr. Ciorciari (Harvard AB, JD; Oxford MPhil, DPhil) is an associate professor at UM’s Ford School of Public Policy. He is the author of The Limits of Alignment (2010) and co- author of Hybrid Justice (2014). He has held fellowships at Stanford, the Asia Society and the Carnegie Corporation, and has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2004-07, he served as a policy official in the U.S. Treasury Department.
Prof. Ciorciari will focus on the complex and contentious international politics surrounding the two Koreas. He will review past efforts to achieve peace, reunification, and other objectives. He will explain the divergent interests of key regional players and discuss why progress has been so difficult to date. He will then turn to current diplomatic efforts led by the Trump administration, noting both pitfalls and prospects for positive change.
This is the fifth in a series of six weekly lectures. The next lecture will be on October 18th. The title is Nuclear Treaty Verification.
Prof. Ciorciari will focus on the complex and contentious international politics surrounding the two Koreas. He will review past efforts to achieve peace, reunification, and other objectives. He will explain the divergent interests of key regional players and discuss why progress has been so difficult to date. He will then turn to current diplomatic efforts led by the Trump administration, noting both pitfalls and prospects for positive change.
This is the fifth in a series of six weekly lectures. The next lecture will be on October 18th. The title is Nuclear Treaty Verification.
Cost
- $10 for an individual lecture. Payable at the door. Checks preferred. $30 for the entire series of 6 lectures.
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