The University of Texas at Austin

Event: North Korea: Perspectives and Prospects

Speaker(s): Stephen W. Bosworth, Dean, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University

Date: April 16, 2007

Length: 78 minutes

Description: On April 9, 2007, Stephen W. Bosworth, Dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, delivered a lecture titled "North Korea: Perspectives and Prospects" as part of the Distinguished Lectures in East Asia. This lecture series is sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies, the Center for Business Education and Research, the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and Strasburger, Attorneys at Law.

Stephen W. Bosworth assumed the position of Dean of The Fletcher School in February 2001. Prior to his appointment at The Fletcher School, he served as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Korea from November 1997 to February 2001.

From 1995-1997, Dean Bosworth was the Executive Director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization [KEDO], an inter-governmental organization established by the United States, the Republic of Korea, and Japan to deal with North Korea. Before joining KEDO, he served seven years as President of the United States Japan Foundation, a private American grant-making institution. During that period, he co-authored several studies on public policy issues for the Carnegie Endowment and the Century Fund. He also taught International Relations as an Adjunct Professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs from 1990 to 1994. In 1993, he was the Sol Linowitz Visiting Professor at Hamilton College.

Dean Bosworth has had an extensive career in the United States Foreign Service, including service as Ambassador to Tunisia from 1979-1981 and Ambassador to the Philippines from 1984-1987. He also served in a number of senior positions in the Department of State, including Director of Policy Planning, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Economic Affairs.

Bosworth is a graduate of Dartmouth College where he was a member of the Board of Trustees from 1992 to 2002 and served as Board Chair from 1996 to 2000.

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