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Forecasting for 2017: Politics and Security of Korea and East Asia

February 2, 2017 @ 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Featuring BowerGroupAsia managing director for Korea, Sue Mi Terry, and Park Strategies senior vice president Sean King, in conversation with senior director Stephen Noerper. Terry and King, two of the city’s hottest analysts of Korean and East Asian trends and shifts, speak to concerns about North Korea, China’s rise, and the early staking of the Trump administration. Bringing sensibilities born of business, academe and intelligence, Terry and King raise the specter on what to watch, scenarios unfolding, and the complexities of decision making in a new era.
Forecasting for 2017:
Politics and Security of Korea and East Asia
 

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Sue Mi Terry is BowerGroupAsia’s managing director for Korea. As one of the world’s top Korea experts, she leads the company’s advisory work and development strategies for BGA clients pursuing opportunities in South Korea and regionally. Sue splits her time between Seoul, Washington and New York. Previously, Sue served as senior research scholar at Columbia University’s Weatherhead East Asian Institute (2011-2015) and the national intelligence fellow in the David Rockefeller Studies Program at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York (2010-2011). From 2009 to 2010, she was the deputy national intelligence officer for East Asia at the National Intelligence Council and before that she served as director for Korea, Japan, and Oceanic Affairs at the National Security Council (2008-2009). Earlier, she worked as a senior analyst on Korean issues at the Central Intelligence Agency (2001-2008).

Her research is focused on the Korean Peninsula, particularly North Korea’s evolving nuclear strategy, and the politics, economics, and commercial, foreign and security policies of South Korea. Her views are regularly featured in major media outlets including the BBC, CNN, NBC, Fox News, Bloomberg News and PBS.

Sue holds a Ph.D. (2001) and a Masters of Arts (1998) in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from New York University (1993).

Sean King joined Park Strategies, a business advisory firm managed by former U.S. Senator Alfonse D’Amato, in 2006. His focus is Asia, generating business and supporting clients in the region. He also regularly comments on Asian current affairs. Before joining Park Strategies, Mr. King spent five years at the United States Department of Commerce in Washington, DC, where he served as Senior Advisor for Asia in the U.S. & Foreign Commercial Service (USFCS). Before joining Commerce, Mr. King was based in Singapore for both PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Citibank. Mr. King also worked for the New York State Department of Economic Development, on whose behalf he led a 1997 trade mission to Taiwan. Mr. King makes public speaking appearances, is a frequent on air television guest and his opinions and quotes have appeared in numerous publications. He has an MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate degree from the American University in Washington, D.C. As part of his MBA, Mr. King did a summer internship for Citibank in Taipei. He is fluent in Swedish.

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Korea Society
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Korea Society
950 Third Ave., 8th Floor
New York City, NY 10022 United States
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