The Korea Economic Institute of America and the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy presents:
The Korean Peninsula and U.S.-ROK Alliance: Credibility, Connectivity, and Practicality
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Korea Economic Institute of America
1800 K Street NW, 3rd Floor, Washington, DC 20006
Session I. North Korea: Collapse Theory, Mistrust, and Creditworthiness
Moderator
Troy Stangarone
Senior Director of Congressional Affairs and Trade, KEI
Paper
Myung-koo Kang (Professor, Baruch College, CUNY)
“Revisiting the Collapse Thesis of North Korea: The Origins and Its Evolution in the U.S. Policymaking Community”
Discussant: Victor Cha (Senior Advisor and Korea Chair, CSIS)
Paper
Rorry Daniels (Deputy Project Director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security, National Committee on American Foreign Policy)
“Addressing Strategic Mistrust Toward North Korea in the United States Policy Community”
Discussant: Mark Fitzpatrick (Associate Fellow and Former Executive Director, IISS–Americas)
Paper
Thomas Byrne (President, The Korea Society) and Jonathan Corrado (Associate Policy Director, The Korea Society
“Making North Korea Creditworthy: What will it take for North Korea to finance its post-nuclear development?”
Discussant: William Newcomb (Fellow, Center for Advanced Defense Studies; Chair, North Korea Economic Forum)
