The U.S. Naval War College is pleased to host the Issues in National Security Lecture Series for academic year 2021/22. The ninth lecture is scheduled for Tuesday, February 8, from 4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Join Professor Terence Roehrig who will speak about “North Korea under Kim Jong-un’s rule: Ten Years and Counting” for 45 minutes and then take questions from you.
From Professor Roehrig: December 2021 marked 10 years of Kim Jong-un’s rule after his father’s death. During the past decade, Kim Jong-un has consolidated his political power and ruled with an iron hand while growing North Korea’s nuclear weapon and ballistic missile programs. The North’s economy continues to struggle, and Kim has offered unusually candid assessments of the country’s economic troubles. This presentation will examine the current and future prospects of North Korean politics and economics along with its nuclear program and possible U.S. policy directions going forward.
Terence Roehrig is professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College and a non-resident expert with the Center for Korean Legal Studies at Columbia University. He was a Research Fellow at the Kennedy School at Harvard University and a past president of the Association of Korean Political Studies. Roehrig has published numerous books, articles and book chapters on Korean and East Asian security issues, North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, Korean maritime security, deterrence theory, and the U.S.-South Korea alliance. Professor Roehrig received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
About the Lecture Series
ISSUES IN NATIONAL SECURITY (INS) LECTURES are designed to offer scholarly lectures to the spouses, partners, and significant others of our students; military/civilian employees assigned to the Naval War College and Naval Station Newport and its tenant activities, International Sponsors, Foundation members, and local-area retirees or active/reserve personnel.
The views presented by the faculty do not reflect official positions of the Naval War College, DON or DOD.