North Korea Has Started Testing Again. What’s Next?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shakes hands with
Chinese President Xi Jinping during Xi's visit in Pyongyang,
June 2019 Photo: KCNA / via Reuters

Join Japanese and American professors on March 16 as they discuss the tensions and challenges arising in the Indo-Pacific region, focused on South Korea and its new conservative government and the nuclear ambition of North Korea.

The Crossley Center for Public Opinion Research and the Consulate-General of Japan in Denver are continuing their program of bringing Japanese foreign policy experts together with their counterparts at the University of Denver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies.

In a panel moderated by Floyd Ciruli, Director of the Crossley Center, the participants are:

• Nobukatsu Kanehara – Senior Advisor to the Asia Group, Tokyo; Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary to Prime Minister Abe; Deputy Secretary-General of the National Security Secretariat
• Junya Nishino – Professor, Director of Center for Contemporary Korean Studies, Keio University
• Christopher Hill – Newly confirmed ambassador to Serbia, former ambassador to Korea, head of U.S. Delegation to Six-Party Talks

U.S., Japan and South Korea Roles 

in Maintaining a Free and Open Indo-Pacific

Join the Conversation

March 16, 2022

3:00 pm MT

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The Crossley Center’s public engagement programs aim to attract thought-leaders and policymakers with diverse perspectives and backgrounds to participate in an informed and civil public conversation. The purpose is to give DU audiences and Coloradans an understanding of the major influences affecting their politics and policies.