Winter Games: From Sochi to Pyeongchang

Details: Monday, February 10 , 2014 | 12:00 PM

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Event Link: Professor Victor D. Cha (Ph.D. Columbia, MA Oxford, BA Columbia) is director of Asian Studies and holds the D.S. Song Chair in the Department of Government and School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. In 2009, he was named as Senior Adviser and the inaugural holder of the new Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC. He left the White House in May 2007 after serving since 2004 as Director for Asian Affairs at the National Security Council. At the White House, he was responsible primarily for Japan, the Korean peninsula, Australia/New Zealand and Pacific Island nation affairs. Dr. Cha was also the Deputy Head of Delegation for the United States at the Six Party Talks in Beijing, and received two Outstanding Service commendations during his tenure at the NSC.   He is the author of five books: Alignment Despite Antagonism: The United States-Korea-Japan Security Triangle (Stanford University Press) (winner of the 2000 Ohira Book Prize), Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies (Columbia University Press, 2004 with Dave Kang), Beyond the Final Score: The Politics of Sport in Asia (Columbia, 2009); The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future (HarperCollins, 2012); and Powerplay: Origins of the American Alliance System in Asia (Princeton University Press, forthcoming). He has written articles on international relations and East Asia in journals including Foreign Affairs, International Security, Political Science Quarterly, Survival, International Studies Quarterly, and Asian Survey. Professor Cha is a former John M. Olin National Security Fellow at Harvard University, two-time Fulbright Scholar, and Hoover National Fellow, CISAC Fellow, and William J. Perry Fellow at Stanford University. He holds Georgetown’s Dean’s Award for teaching in 2010 and the Distinguished Research Award for 2011. He serves as an independent consultant, and has testified before Congress on Asian security issues. He has been a guest analyst for various media including CNN, ABC Nightline, NBC Today Show, CBS Morning Show, Fox News, MSNBC, CNBC, BBC, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and National Public Radio. He has a cameo role (as himself) in the upcoming action film “Red Dawn” (Contrafilm, MGM, Vincent Newman Entertainment) scheduled for release in November 2012.
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Georgetown Professor, noted Korea analyst, and author of Beyond the Final Score Victor Cha joins Senior Vice President Stephen Noerper for a Studio Korea taping on sports, Sochi, and the road to the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. The two discuss Korea’s "coming out" at the historic 1988 Seoul Games, the hand-off of the torch from Sochi to Pyeongchang, and Korea's ambitions as future host. Enjoy a special "Olympics"-themed lunch--with art and memorabilia on display and Sochi opening ceremony highlights--during this special event for members, media, fans of the Winter Games, and those keen on politics and sport!

$10 Members, $20 Non-members

Winter Games: From Sochi to Pyeongchang

11:30 AM | Registration & Light Fare

12:00 PM | Discussion

Of Interest: Korea, the United States, and Strategic Relations: Russia