[KS] North Korea Talks at ICU

[robinson at icu.ac.jp]

Dear Colleagues,

On Friday, December 8, Prof. C. Kenneth Quinones, a Korea specialist who
previously worked for the U.S. Department of State, will deliver two talks
on North Korea and Northeast Asia at International Christian University,
in Tokyo. The titles, times, and locations of the talks are below.

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Speaker: C. Kenneth Quinones
Former U.S. Department of State North Korea Bureau Chief
Professor, Akita International University

1. Lunch Hour Open Lecture
Title: "North Korea's Nuclear Blast - Is Kim Jong Il Mad?"
Summary: The presentation's aim is to candidly assess near and long
term prospects for peace or war in Northeast Asia. Obviously North
Korea's recent conduct -- launching ballistic missiles and exploding
nuclear devices -- has permanently altered the balance of power in
Northeast Asia. We -- North Korea's neighbors plus the United States --
must now deal with this reality. Our options are: multilateral diplomacy
or armed confrontation.

Time: 12:50-13:50
Place: University Hall (Honkan) - Room 304
Lecture in English

2. Evening Public Presentation
Title: "The North Korean Threat: Has Diplomacy Failed? Will Sanctions
Work?"
Time: 19:00 - 21:00
Place: Administration Building (A-kan) - Room 206
Lecture in English, with simultaneous Japanese translation

Co-sponsored by:
Institute of Asian Cultural Studies (http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/iacs)
ICU Center of Excellence program in Peace Studies
(http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/coe/)
Peace Research Institute (http://subsite.icu.ac.jp/pri/)

Directions: http://www.icu.ac.jp/campusguide_e/direction.html
Campus Map: http://www.icu.ac.jp/campusguide_e/index.html

Buses from Musashi Sakai station, on the Chuuou line, depart for ICU at
the times listed below. Please go to the south side of the station,
proceed to bus stand number 3, and ride bus number 93 to the final stop
inside the campus. (Please do not exit the bus at the university's front
gate.) The bus ride takes approximately twelve minutes.

11:00:  10, 25, 41, 55
12:00:  11, 24, 41, 55

17:00:  51
18:00:  05, 19, 50
19:00:  05, 20, 35, 45