There have been many discussions in Washington D.C. and elsewhere about whether sanctions against North Korea are effective, but fewer conversations on whether they are ethical. Filling this void, Professor Hazel Smith asks whether the means used by the United Nations to achieve denuclearization are justified by the international community's desire for North Korea to dismantle its arsenal. She joins KEI for a conversation on this very question.
This event will be livestreamed on Zoom with an interactive Q&A session.
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Speaker
Hazel Smith received her PhD in International Relations from the London School of Economics. Professor Smith has published extensively on the domestic and international politics of North Korea; including her last book for Cambridge University Press entitled "North Korea: Markets and Military Rule." She is one of the very few people to have been awarded two competitive fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2012/2013 and 2019/20). Professor Smith has also held fellowships at the East-West Center, Honolulu (2008 and 2015), Kyushu University (2010), the United States Institute of Peace (2001/2002) and was a Fulbright scholar at Stanford University (1994/1995). Professor Smith has regularly briefed various agencies of governments, including the UK, the US and South Korea, among others, and is a frequent broadcaster for the global media on North Korea, where she lived and worked for United Nations humanitarian organizations for two years and from where she earned a (still valid!) North Korean driving license.