ICAS Bulletin
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.
The Hon Richard P Lawless
Deputy
Under Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs
United States Department of Defense
to speak
United States Security Interests
in the Northeast Asia: The North Korea's Nuclear Threats
ICAS Fall Symposium: Humanity, Peace and Security
October 8, 2004 Friday
Amado Recital Hall Irvine Auditorium
University of Pennsylvania
3401 Spruce Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19104
Dear Friends:
We are pleased to share with you that The Hon Richard P Lawless
will present "United States Security Interests in the Northeast Asia: The North
Korea's Nuclear Threats" at the ICAS Fall Symposium 2004.
Richard Lawless became
the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (DUSD) for Asian and Pacific Affairs in May
2004. Within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, he is responsible for
the formulation of United States security and defense policy in the Asia-Pacific
region.
DUSD Lawless was a career employee of the Central Intelligence Agency
from the period 1972 through 1987, serving in Washington, D.C., and various postings
in the Far East and Europe. Richard specialized in subjects related to high technology,
nuclear proliferation and Far East security issues. He entered the private sector
in 1987.
Richard co-founded and served as the Chairman/CEO of U.S. Asia Commercial
Development Cooperation during the period 1987 – 2002. U.S. Asia and its affiliated
companies, headquartered in Washington, D.C., with offices in Seoul, Korea, Tokyo,
Japan, and Taipei, Taiwan, specialized in telecommunications and information technology
investment and market entry strategies in East Asia. He is also a co-founder and
former Chairman of the internet technology development company, Online Environs,
Inc., of Boston, Massachusetts.
Richard is a graduate of Bradley University's School
of International Studies (B.S. International Relations, Magna Cum Laude) and the
Defense Language Institute, Monterey, California (Korean language program).
Other
confirmed speakers, to date, include Thomas Byrne (ICAS Fellow; Vice President and
Senior Credit Officer, Financial Institutions and Sovereign Group, Moody's Investors
Service), Chuck Downs (ICAS Fellow; Author, Over the Line: North Korea's Negotiating
Strategy), Lawrence R Klein (ICAS Distinguished Fellow; Benjamin Franklin Professor
of Economics Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania; Nobel Laureate) and Osamu Takemoto
(Chief Representative, Bank of Japan Representative Office, Washington, D C). Thank
you.
Regards,
Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS
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