Ambassador Joseph Yun and Frank Aum: US Policy towards North Korea
Episode Description
A discussion with Ambassador Joseph Yun and Frank Aum of the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP), and Toda’s Kevin Clements and Hugh Miall. They discuss the ways that East Asia order might be structured, and the impact of recent developments in the region. Speakers: Ambassador Joseph Yun: Senior advisor to the Asia program at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Frank Aum: Senior expert on Northeast Asia at the U.S. Institute of Peace Kevin Clements: Director of the Toda Peace Institute. The Foundation Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies and Foundation Director of the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (NCPACS) at the University of Otago, New Zealand Hugh Miall: Senior Research Fellow of the Toda Peace Institute, Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Kent, and Chair of the Conflict Research Society.
The Author
Joseph Yun
Ambassador Joseph Yun, recognised as one of the nation’s leading experts on relations with North Korea, as well as broader US-East Asia policy, most recently served as Special Representative for North Korea Policy. Currently, he is Senior Advisor with The Asia Group, a DC-based strategic consulting firm, and the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent and non-partisan federal institute working on peace and reconciliation issues throughout the globe. He is also a Global Affairs Commentator for the CNN. As Special Representative on North Korea from 2016 to 2018, Ambassador Yun led the U.S. efforts to align regional powers behind a united policy to denuclearise North Korea. He holds a M. Phil. degree from the London School of Economics and a BS from the University of Wales.
Frank Aum
Frank Aum joined USIP as Senior Expert for North Korea in September 2017, after serving as a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. From 2010-2017, Frank served as the Senior Advisor for North Korea in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. During this time, he advised four Secretaries of Defense on issues related to Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula. Frank also served as head of delegation for working level negotiations in Seoul with the Republic of Korea (ROK) related to ballistic missile ranges and the transfer of wartime operational control, and received the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service. He received his BA from Dartmouth College, his MPP from the Kennedy School of Government, and his JD from the University of California, Berkeley
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