Carnegie Connects: What Will President Biden Do About North Korea?

North Korea’s continued nuclear weapons buildup poses a major challenge to the United States and its South Korean and Japanese allies. As the Biden administration sets priorities for foreign and defense policy, how will it deal with the reality that North Korea is a de facto nuclear weapons state? Is complete denuclearization of North Korea a fantasy? How should the Biden administration, with its renewed focus on human rights, deal with a repressive and authoritarian North Korean regime? What role will China play? And how should the United States reassure South Korea and Japan about the credibility of its extended nuclear deterrent to mitigate the risks of further nuclear proliferation in Northeast Asia?  

Join us as Suzanne DiMaggio, Sue Mi Terry, and Joel Wit sit down with Aaron David Miller to discuss these and other issues in the complicated relationship between the United States and North Korea. 

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SPEAKERS

Sue Mi Terry is senior fellow for Korea at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. She was formerly a senior analyst at the CIA and Asia director at the National Security Council under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama.

Joel S. Wit is a senior fellow at the Stimson Center and the director of the 38 North program.

Suzanne Dimaggio is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where she focuses on U.S. foreign policy toward Asia and the Middle East. She also is the board chair and a co-founder of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, as well as an associate senior fellow in the Disarmament, Arms Control and Nonproliferation Program at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).

Aaron David Miller is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, focusing on U.S. foreign policy.

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