Cold Peace: Engaging DPRK to Reduce Risk and Threat

About this episode

The episode discusses engaging North Korea to reduce risks and explore frameworks for a potential Cold Peace.

In this episode, Mr. Sydney Seiler moderated a discussion with Ambassador Joseph Yun and Mr. Adam Farrar to examine the new frameworks proposed in Dr. Victor Cha’s recent Foreign Affairs article, “North Korea as It Is: The Case for a Cold Peace,” and to explore how the international community might engage North Korea, acknowledge the reality of its nuclear status, mitigate and reduce risks, and potentially establish a peaceful environment that could eventually lead to some form of denuclearization.

People in this episode

Host: Mr. Sydney Seiler

Guests: Ambassador Joseph Yun, Mr. Adam Farrar

Topics covered

• North Korea
• nuclear status
• international relations
• denuclearization
• risk mitigation
• Cold Peace

Keywords

• North Korea
• nuclear
• Cold Peace
• denuclearization
• risk reduction
• international community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Foreign Affairs

Places: North Korea

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