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Panel Discussion: The Future of the Six-Party Talks

Rome Auditorium - SAIS 1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW , Washington, DC, United States

The Six Party Talks are currently stalled. What is the likelihood that they will resume? Can they be the vehicle not only for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula but a larger peaceful transformation of Northeast Asia? And what is the role of civil society in this process?

Join Wookshik Cheong, Akira Kawasaki, and John Feffer for a panel discussion of the next steps for peace in Northeast Asia.

Wooksik Cheong and Akira Kawasaki are two prominent young activists who work on peace and security issues. Wooksik Cheong is the representative of Peace Network and the author of many articles on Korean unification and regional security. Akira Kawasaki is an executive committee member of Peace Boat and the NGO Advisor for the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. John Feffer is the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies and the author of North Korea, South Korea: U.S. Policy at a Time of Crisis.

Panel Discussion: Military Spending in Northeast Asia

Columbia University, 403 Kent Hall 116th Street & Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY, United States

The world spent $1.5 trillion on the military in 2008. Nearly 70 percent of that money was spent by the countries involved in the Six Party Talks (United States, China, Russia, Japan, South Korea, and North Korea). The region of Northeast Asia is full of conflict. It is also full of the world's most sophisticated weapons. And all of the countries are adding to these arsenals every day.