BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:310@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20191206T130000 DTSTAMP:20231231T022801Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/kim-jong-uns-north-kore a-jung-pak/ SUMMARY:Kim Jong Un’s North Korea | Dr. Jung Pak DESCRIPTION:**This event is SOLD OUT. We are sorry for any inconvenience. I ndividuals hoping to attend can arrive to the venue 15-20 minutes before t he program begins to be placed on a waitlist. Waitlisted individuals will be let in 5 minutes after the program begins\, based on available seating. **\nA groundbreaking account of the rise of North Korea's dictator Kim Jon g Un\, from his nuclear ambitions to his summits with President Donald J. Trump--from a former CIA analyst considered one of the leading American ex perts on the North Korean leader inside and outside the U.S. government.\n \nWhen Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Korea following his father's death in 2011\, predictions about his imminent fall were rife. North Kore a was isolated\, poor\, unable to feed its people\, and clinging to its nu clear program for legitimacy. Surely this twenty something with the bizarr e haircut and no leadership experience would soon be usurped by his elders . Instead the opposite happened. Now in his mid-thirties\, Kim Jong Un has solidified his grip on his country and brought the U.S. and the region to the brink of war. Still\, we know so little about him--or how he rules.\n \nEnter former CIA analyst Jung Pak\, whose brilliant Brookings Institutio n essay "The Education of Kim Jong Un" cemented her status as the go-to au thority on the calculating young leader. From the beginning of Kim's reign \, Pak has been at the forefront of shaping U.S. policy on North Korea and providing strategic assessments for leadership at the highest levels in t he government\, and in this masterly book\, she traces and explains Kim's ascent on the world stage\, from the brutal purges he carried out to conso lidate his power to his abrupt pivot to diplomatic engagement that led to his historic--and still poorly understood--summits with President Trump. S he also sheds light on how a top intelligence analyst assesses thorny nati onal security problems\, avoiding biases\, questioning assumptions\, and i dentifying risks as well as opportunities. In piecing together Kim's wholl y unique life\, Pak argues that his personality\, perceptions\, and prefer ences are underestimated by Washington policy wonks who assume he sees the world as they do. As the North Korea nuclear threat grows\, Becoming Kim Jong Un gives readers the first authoritative\, behind-the-scenes look at Kim's personality and motivations\, creating an insightful biography of t he enigmatic man who will likely rule the Hermit Kingdom for decades--and has already left an indelible imprint on world history.\n\n \;\nDr. Ju ng Pak\, a former CIA analyst and now a senior fellow at The Brookings Ins titution\, will offer insights on Kim’s rise to power\, his personality and ruling style\, and how he has consolidated his power\, despite questio ns about his age and experience. Dr. Pak will also discuss U.S. policy and the status of nuclear negotiations with North Korea\, as well as address audience questions.\n\n\nDr. Jung H. Pak is a senior fellow and the SK-Kor ea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies at Brookings Institution’s Center f or East Asia Policy Studies. She focuses on the national security challeng es facing the United States and East Asia\, including North Korea’s weap ons of mass destruction (WMD) capabilities\, the regime’s domestic and f oreign policy calculus\, internal stability\, and inter-Korean ties. Pak i s also focused on developing interdisciplinary forums to bolster regional dialogue on counterterrorism\, nonproliferation\, cybersecurity\, and clim ate change. She also has interests in broader U.S.-South Korea relations a nd regional dynamics.\n\nPak is an accomplished intelligence professional specializing in East Asia political and security issues with strong academ ic credentials. She has held senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI ). Prior to her work in national security\, Pak taught at Hunter College i n New York City and studied in South Korea as a Fulbright Scholar.\n\nAs a senior analyst\, Pak published hundreds of intelligence assessments\, inc luding the President’s Daily Brief. Several of these papers have been co nsidered required reading and important benchmark studies. Countless asses sments have had direct policy impact.\n\nFrom 2014 to 2016\, Pak served as a deputy national intelligence officer at the National Intelligence Counc il in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). In that r ole\, Pak led the U.S. intelligence community’s (IC) production of strat egic analysis on Korean Peninsula issues\, represented the IC in White Hou se policy meetings\, provided direct analytic support to the National Secu rity Council\, and advised the DNI and his senior staff on key development s and emerging issues.\n\nAt CIA\, where she won multiple awards for super ior analytic accomplishments and service\, Pak produced timely and actiona ble analysis for the president and also helped to manage and support CIA ’s projects related to the U.S. presidential transition.\n\nPak grew up in New York City and graduated from Colgate University where she served as a member of the Board of Trustees from 2009 to 2015. She received her Ph. D. from Columbia University in U.S. history.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Det ails\n\n Check-in will begin at 11:00am with seating available on a first -come first-serve basis. The program will begin at noon.\n Students will be presented with a lunch voucher for a pizza and lunch buffet prior to th e beginning of the program.\n Those with online reservations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will have all confirmed at tendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch is available for individual purcha se directly from Bear Tooth Theatre. If you wish to order food\, please co me a few minutes early to ensure your meal arrives during the program.\n Online registration closes at 6:00 pm on December 5. Tickets will be avail able for purchase at the door the next day\, unless the program is sold ou t. Contact rsvp@alaskaworldaffairs.org with any questions.\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2019/08/fp_20170906_jung_pak-1-1-scaled.jpg CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20191103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0900 TZNAME:AKST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR