Expert on North Korea will present on the country's current policy challenges
Date & Time: April 14, 2016 | 06:15 PM – 06:15 PM
Location: 012 Lewis Katz Building
Evans J.R. Revere will speak about current policy challenges in North Korea as part of the Penn State School of International Affairs' spring colloquium (INTAF 590). Revere is senior director with the Albright Stonebridge Group, providing strategic advice to clients with a specific focus on Korea, China and Japan. Fluent in Chinese, Korean and Japanese, Revere retired from the Foreign Service in 2007 after a distinguished career as one of the U.S. Department of State's top Asia experts. He has extensive experience in negotiations with North Korea.
Retired U.S. Ambassador and SIA professor Dennis Jett organizes the semester-long event to bring thought leaders on topics from food security to terrorism. The program features 14 speakers and the topics vary depending on the current issues of the day. The lectures are open to the public and made available via webcast.
The course surveys some major transnational social problems confronting the world, such as: climate change; communicable diseases; conflict and arms proliferation; access to education; financial instability; governance and corruption; malnutrition and hunger; migration; sanitation and access to clean water; and subsidies and trade barriers.