MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jason Shevrin: [email protected], 202-994-5631
Tim Pierce: [email protected], 202-994-5647
EVENT:
Former national security and diplomacy professionals will join activists and academics at the George Washington University to discuss policy options to diffuse U.S.-North Korea tensions. The daylong conference, hosted by GW’s Partnerships for International Strategies in Asia and the Korea Peace Network, will feature keynote addresses from former Secretary of Defense William Perry, who successfully negotiated a freeze of North Korea's nuclear program, and the acclaimed Korea historian Bruce Cumings. The conference will also feature the voices of those most directly impacted by the unresolved conflict, including humanitarian workers and families of service members who were killed or are missing.
WHO:
Select participants include:
- William J. Perry, former U.S. secretary of defense; the Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor at Stanford University
- Bruce Cumings, the Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in History, University of Chicago
- Rick Downes, president and executive director, Coalition of Families of Korean and Cold War POW/MIAs
- Nadia Hadi, humanitarian affairs officer, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
- Linda Lewis, country representative for China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, American Friends Service Committee
- Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army colonel and U.S. State Department official; advisory board member, Veterans for Peace
- Nan Kim, associate professor of history, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
WHEN:
Tuesday, June 13, 2017; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
WHERE:
The George Washington University
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
1957 E St., NW
Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Blue, Orange and Silver lines)
RSVP:
Media interested in attending must contact Tim Pierce at [email protected] or 202-994-5647.
LIVE STREAM:
Live video of the event will be available at http://go.gwu.edu/pisashares.
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