Tag: North Korea

  • Nation & World

    Newly minted military officers warned of global threats to democracy

    Chairman of Joint Chiefs Mark Milley swears in Harvard ROTC cadets, midshipmen.

    4 minutes
    ROTC Commissioning ceremony.
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    Clinton reflects on foreign policy triumphs and challenges

    Former President Bill Clinton gave the inaugural Stephen W. Bosworth Memorial Lecture in Diplomacy in honor of the late U.S. ambassador, looking back on his international actions that still reverberate in U.S. foreign relations today.

    7 minutes
    Bill Clinton and Nick Burns on Zoom.
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    How might the election change the nation’s place on world stage?

    Analysts assess how a Biden presidency could reshape U.S. relations, impact the nation’s intelligence community, and prompt a nuclear recalibration by North Korea, Iran, and Russia.

    14 minutes
    Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Trump.
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    Cryptocurrency and national insecurity

    In a simulation, North Korea has just tested a missile that will soon be capable of delivering a nuclear warhead to the continental U.S. The move took Washington by surprise as the project was likely funded via a new Chinese digital currency.

    5 minutes
    People sitting around a conference table.
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    Tillerson’s exit interview

    Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered his take on global leaders and hotspots, from Iran and Saudi Arabia to North Korea and Syria and discussed diplomacy negotiation strategies during a closed-door talk for the American Secretaries of State project at Harvard Kennedy School Tuesday.

    8 minutes
    Tillerson panel
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    A historic summit, with uncertain outcome

    John Park, director of the Belfer Center’s Korea Working Group at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the prospects for lasting peace between South Korea and North Korea following the historic announcement of their intent to sign a peace treaty to end the Korean War.

    8 minutes
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    Can Olympics bridge two Koreas?

    In light of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in South Korea, John Park of Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs offers his perspective on the complex relationship between the two Koreas.

    6 minutes
    Olympic banner South Korea
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    Fears of national insecurity

    Former Obama cabinet members talk with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow about national security issues in the Trump administration.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The worry over North Korea

    Kennedy School analyst Gary Samore discusses North Korea’s latest nuclear provocation and what it means for U.S. policy under the Trump administration.

    9 minutes
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    Nuclear nervousness

    Analysts at Harvard Kennedy School discuss North Korea’s latest nuclear test and the political implications it presents not only for neighboring powers like China and Russia, but for the rest of the world.

    14 minutes
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    Facing ‘the challenge of our generation’

    Secretary of State John Kerry discussed the array of foreign policy challenges facing the United States, speaking with the Harvard Kennedy School’s Graham Allison.

    4 minutes
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    A laser focus on freedom

    Jieun Baek, who is graduating from Harvard Kennedy School with a master’s in public policy, is dedicated to opening North Korea to the world.

    3 minutes
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    Borders, books, and the Balkans

    Albanian novelist Gazmend Kapllani, a Radcliffe Fellow this year, draws inspiration for his writing from his nation’s ink-dark past under harsh Communist rule.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    North Korea: Country behind a curtain

    Many nations are watching the succession of Kim Jong-un to the leadership of North Korea, hoping a smooth transition will lead to economic reforms and opportunities to limit the further development of nuclear weapons, a Harvard panel said.

    4 minutes
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    Firm allies, past and present

    In a rare double ambassadorial appearance to Harvard, moderated by Graham Allison, ambassadors Han Duck-soo of South Korea and Kathleen Stephens of the United States reflect on the U.S.-South alliance, and what might put it at risk.

    4 minutes
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    Changing lives with music and science

    When Bong-Ihn Koh’s mother brought home a cello piece by mistake, the young Koh got his hands on it and was hooked.

    4 minutes