Events Calendar

The six-party talks were a series of multilateral negotiations held intermittently since 2003 and attended by China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea, and the United States.  The talks stopped in 2009, when North Korea decided to forgo the process in 2009.  In subsequent years, other participants, notably China, have called periodically for a resumption of the process.  In post six-party talks there have been more ad-hoc meetings especially between North Korea and United States and South Korea.

The North Korea: From the Inside Out colloquium will examine the regional security environment from the perspective of North Korea, and then from the remaining countries, which comprise the six party talks.

Schedule of Events

9 – 9:10 a.m. – Welcome by Mike Denning, John Kennedy, Matthew Hughes

9:10 – 10:20 a.m. – Opening Keynote: The North Korea Perspective, with 30 minute Q&A session

  Jung Pak, Brookings
Evans Revere, Brookings

10:20 – 10:30 a.m. – Break

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Panel 1: South Korean and Japanese Perspectives

Moderator – Nazli Avdan, KU

South Korea Panel (10:30 – 11:15 a.m. – Including 15 minute Q&A) – Sue Mi Terry, CSIS, COL Kwunghwan Jung, KU
Japanese Panel (11:15 – 12 p.m. – Including 15 minute Q&A) – Jim Schoff, Carnegie and Dr. Victor Cha
Inter-panel Discussion (12-12:30 p.m.)

12:30 – 1 p.m. – Lunch Break

1 – 3 p.m. – Panel 2: Chinese and Russian Perspectives

Chinese Panel (1-1:45 p.m. – Including 15 minute Q&A) – Weiqi Zhang, Suffolk, Jack Zhang, KU
Russian Panel (1:45 – 2:30 p.m. – Including 15 minute Q&A) – Mariya Omelicheva, NDU, Jake Kipp, KU
Inter-panel Discussion (2:30 – 3 p.m.)

  Moderator – Megan Greene, KU

3 – 3:10 p.m. – Break

3:10 – 4:30 p.m. – Closing Keynote: Implications to U.S. Strategy and Policy – Ambassador Christopher Hill & Gregory Treverton, ODNI

Inter-panel Discussion (4 – 4:30 p.m.)