*RESCHEDULED*
November 15, 2023
3:00pm ET
Online via Zoom
REGISTER
While sanctions have often been used by the United States and the United Nations to respond to North Korea’s provocative behavior, over time, some reports have stated that there have been unintended impacts for the country’s most vulnerable populations. In addition, US and international NGOs providing humanitarian assistance must navigate a sanctions maize so as to operate in compliance with US law and the UN sanctions exemption processes.
NCNK is pleased to again host Dr. Hazel Smith, a preeminent specialist on the Korean Peninsula and the application of sanctions to North Korea, to discuss a range of both conceptual and practical angles on sanctions targeting North Korea and the humanitarian exemptions process. Dr. Smith will be joined by discussant Troy Stangarone, Senior Fellow and Director of the Korea Economic Institute.
About the Speakers
Hazel Smith is Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, Professor Emerita in International Security at Cranfield University, UK, Advisory fellow at the North Korea Economic Studies section of the Korea Development Institute (KDI) Seoul and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts since 1996. Professor Smith received her PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics and has held fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2019/2020 and 2012/2013), the East-West Center, Honolulu (2008 and 2015), Kyushu University (2010), the United States Institute of Peace (2001/2002), and Stanford University as a Fulbright scholar (1994/1995). Professor Smith is a Council member of the British Association of Korean Studies, was appointed as a UN ‘global expert’ on Korea in 2010; and was a member of the Global Economic Forum Korea Council from 2017-2021. Her over 30 year publication record on North Korea includes ‘The ethics of United Nations sanctions on North Korea: effectiveness, necessity and proportionality’, Critical Asian Studies, Vol. 52 No. 2, 2020, pp. 182-203; ‘Nutrition and Health in North Korea: What’s New, What’s Changed and Why It Matters’, North Korean Review, Vol. 12 No. 1, Spring 2016, pp. 7-34; the award-winning North Korea: Markets and Military Rule (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2015); ‘North Korea: Market opportunity, Poverty and the Provinces’, New Political Economy, Vol. 14, No. 3, June 2009; Reconstituting Korean Security, (Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2007); and Hungry for Peace: International Security, Humanitarian Assistance and Social Change in North Korea (Washington DC: United States Institute of Peace Press, 2005). Professor Smith was honored to be invited by the US NGO AmeriCares, patron President George H. W. Bush, as one of a five member Honorary Committee – along with President of the United States George W. Bush, US Ambassador to the United Nations John Negroponte, the Governor of New York George Pataki and the Governor of Connecticut - to commemorate the 20 years anniversary of AmeriCares operations in 2002. Professor Smith is regularly called on to advise government agencies worldwide, consults internationally, is invited internationally to academic and policy venues to speak about her research, and is a frequent broadcaster for global media. Professor Smith lived and worked for United Nations humanitarian organizations in North Korea for two years, from where she earned a (still valid) North Korean driving license.
Troy Stangarone is Senior Director and Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute (KEI). He oversees KEI’s trade and economic related initiatives, as well as the Institute’s relations with Capitol Hill and the Washington, DC trade community. As part of his broader portfolio he serves as the editor for KEI’s flagship publication, Korea’s Economy, and oversees KEI’s blog, The Peninsula.
Mr. Stangarone has written extensively and has been widely quoted on U.S.-Korea relations, South Korean trade and foreign policy, and North Korea. His work has appeared in publications such as Foreign Policy, CNBC, CNN, the South China Morning Post, East Asia Forum, China-US Focus, the JoongAng Ilbo, and the Korea Herald. His comments have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Bloomberg News, CNN, Politico, Chosun Ilbo, Donga Ilbo, JoongAng Daily, and Yonhap News Service. He has also appeared on TV and radio for outlets such as Bloomberg News, CNBC Asia, and BBC Radio.
In addition to his work at KEI, Mr. Stangarone is a member of the International Council of Korean Studies Board and the Korea-America Student Conference’s National Advisory Committee. He is a columnist for the Korea Times and a regular contributor to The Diplomat. He was also a 2012-2013 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow in South Korea, sponsored by the Asan Institute for Policy Studies.
Prior to joining KEI, Mr. Stangarone worked on Capitol Hill for Senator Robert Torricelli on issues relating to foreign affairs and trade. He also served as an aide to Governor James McGreevey of New Jersey. He holds a MSc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Memphis.