As part of its annual CSIS Global Security Forum, the CSIS will host a session on the complications of dealing with a public health crisis in North Korea, the response to which may trigger a hard-security crisis. This session will also explore other issues in an afternoon crisis simulation rooted on the Korean peninsula.
Outbreaks of virulent diseases, such as SARS, MERS, Ebola, and bird flu, have highlighted the global risks stemming from localized epidemics becoming pandemics. Concerns over rapidly spreading disease are increased for countries with limited health infrastructure, as is the case with North Korea. What is not often considered, however, is the complication of dealing with a public health crisis, the response to which may trigger a hard-security crisis. We will explore these and other issues in an afternoon crisis simulation rooted on the Korean peninsula.
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