Ryugyong Hotel and Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang, North Korea. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Victorious_Fatherland_Liberation_War_Museum_and_Ryugyong_Hotel_(11342673725).jpg">Clay Gilliland (CC)</a> — Ryugyong Hotel and Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang, North Korea. CREDIT: Clay Gilliland (CC)

North Korea: A Conversation between Joel Rosenthal and Devin Stewart

Sep 8, 2017

Featuring

Joel H. Rosenthal

President, Carnegie Council

Devin T. Stewart

Former Senior Fellow, Senior Program Director, and CNL Staff Adviser, Carnegie Council

Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal and Senior Fellow Devin Stewart discuss the tense North Korea situation. What does Kim Jong-un want? How should the United States respond? What would the "enlightened realist" do?

Carnegie Council President Joel Rosenthal and Senior Fellow Devin Stewart discuss the tense North Korea situation. What does Kim Jong-un want? How should the United States respond? What would the "enlightened realist" do?

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