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Making Sense of U.S. Policy Amid North Korea’s Strategic Shift

Tue. March 5th, 2024
Washington, DC

With Russia using North Korean ballistic missiles on the battlefield in Ukraine, Kim Jong Un denouncing his father’s and grandfather’s stance on Korean unification, and borders beginning to reopen to the world after over three years of strict closure, North Korea appears poised for big changes in 2024.

Has North Korea made a strategic shift? What’s responsible for the Kim regime’s new approach, and how can U.S. policy contend with a North Korea that’s emboldened to act more provocatively?

Join Darcie Draudt-Véjares as she sits down with Jung H. Pak, the U.S. senior official for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, to discuss these and other issues. Evan A. Feigenbaum will provide opening remarks. 

 
SecurityMilitaryForeign PolicyNuclear PolicyNorth AmericaUnited StatesEast AsiaNorth Korea
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Jung H. Pak

Jung Pak is the U.S. senior official for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. She also serves as deputy assistant secretary of state for Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands in the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs at the U.S Department of State.

Evan A. Feigenbaum

Vice President for Studies, Acting Director, Carnegie China

Evan A. Feigenbaum is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he oversees its work in Washington, Beijing, New Delhi, and Singapore on a dynamic region encompassing both East Asia and South Asia. He served twice as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State and advised two Secretaries of State and a former Treasury Secretary on Asia.

Darcie Draudt-Véjares

Fellow, Asia Program

Darcie Draudt-Véjares is a fellow in the Carnegie Asia Program.