Robert Carlin
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NCNK Co-Chair
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Security
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Economic Development
Background
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From both in and out of government, Robert Carlin has been following North Korea since 1974 and has made nearly thirty visits there. Currently a Visiting Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, he served as senior policy advisor at the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) from 2002-2006, leading numerous delegations to the North for talks.
From 1989-2002, he was chief of the Northeast Asia Division in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State. During much of that period, he also served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Special Ambassador for talks with North Korea, and took part in all phases of US-DPRK negotiations from 1992-2000. From 1971-1989, Carlin was an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency.
Carlin received his AM in East Asian regional studies from Harvard University in 1971 and his BA in political science from Claremont Men's College.
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