June 9, 2017

James Dobbins Ambassador Senior Fellow and Distinguished Chair in Diplomacy and Security RAND Corporation to address Might Ending the Old Korean War Help Prevent the New? ICAS Summer Special Symposium Humanity, Liberty, Peace and Security The Korean Peninsula Issues and US National Security June 26, 2017 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Allison Auditorium Heritage Foundation 214 Massachusetts Ave NE Washington DC 20002 On-Line Registration

Dear Friend: We are pleased to share with you that James Dobbins will address the ICAS Summer Special Symposium on June 26, 2017 in Washington DC. Confirmed speakers include Scott W. Bray (National Intelligence Manager for East Asia, Office of the Director of National Intelligence). Ambassador James Dobbins is a senior fellow and Distinguished Chair in Diplomacy and Security at the RAND Corporation. He has held State Department and White House posts including Assistant Secretary of State for Europe, Special Assistant to the President for the Western Hemisphere, Special Adviser to the President, Secretary of State for the Balkans, and Ambassador to the European Community. Jim has served on numerous crisis management and diplomatic troubleshooting assignments as special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Kosovo, Bosnia, Haiti, and Somalia for the administrations of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. In 2013 he returned to the State Department to become the Obama administration's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, returning to RAND in 2014. Jim is author of the soon to be published memoir, Foreign Service: Five Decades on the Frontlines of American Diplomacy and co-author of Rolling Back the Islamic State. Thank you.