ICAS Bulletin
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.
The Hon Charles L "Jack" Pritchard
Visiting Fellow, The Brookings Institution
Ambassador and former Special Envoy for Negotiations with North Korea, U S Department of State
to address
Road to Peace in the Korean Peninsula
at
ICAS Fall Symposium : Humanity, Peace and Security
October 14, 2003 12:00 NN - 5:45 PM
Capitol Hill*, Washington, D C 20510 (*a specific venue soon to be announced)
Dear Friend:
We are pleased to share with you that The Hon Charles L "Jack" Pritchard will speak on
Road to Peace in the Korean Peninsula: Challenges and Issues
at the ICAS Fall Symposium on October 14, 2003 in Washington D C.
Ambassador Charles L Pritchard, a top aide to President Bush in the administration's negotiations
with North Korea and the U S Representative to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO),
joined the Brookings Institution as a visiting fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies program on
September 2, 2003. While at Brookings, Pritchard, an expert on U S relations with Japan and Korea
who was the director for Asian affairs in the Clinton administration, will research and write about
political and security issues involving Japan and Korea, including Japan’s role in East Asia,
North Korea’s nuclear program, and the U S-Japan and U S-South Korea security relationship.
Following a twenty-eight year career in the army, during which he held military assignments with the
Office of the Secretary of Defense, as its country director for Japan, and with the U S Army Attaché
in Tokyo, Jack joined the National Security Council in 1996. As director for Asian affairs, he advised
President Clinton and National Security Advisors Anthony Lake and Samuel R Berger on U S policies in
the Asia Pacific region, including the president’s four-party peace initiative toward North Korea,
and security/trade issues with Japan, South Korea, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
As deputy chief negotiator for the U S-Korea peace talks in 1997, Jack helped negotiate U S access
to a sensitive underground facility in North Korea and solicited North Korea’s first apology for its
hostile submarine incursion into South Korea.
In 2000, Pritchard was appointed special assistant to the president and senior director for Asian affairs,
where he conceptualized and coordinated President Clinton's historic trip to Vietnam. Jack also accompanied
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to North Korea for meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
He obtained his BA in Political Science from Mercer University in Georgia and his MA in International Studies
from the University of Hawaii. Jack is the recipient of the Defense Distinguished Service Medal.
Other confirmed speakers to date include The Hon Youming Yang (Counselor and Chief, International Section,
Embasy of China in Washington D C)
Sincerely,
Sincerely,
Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS
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