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SUMMARY:Dr. Tara O
DESCRIPTION:North Korea\nFor video replay Part 1: click HERE \nFor video replay Part 2: click HERE \nDr. Tara O is an Adjunct Fellow at the Pacific Forum CSIS. She is the author of The Collapse of North Korea: Challenges\, Planning\, and Geopolitics of Unification. She serves on the board of directors of the International Council on Korean Studies and was the editor-in-chief of its journal International Journal of Korean Studies (IJKS). A retired Air Force officer\, she worked on national security\, intelligence\, alliance\, and political-military issues at the Pentagon\, the United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea\, and the U.S. European Command\, as well as intelligence agencies. She also worked counterterrorism\, counterproliferation\, and satellite issues. She worked in a variety of capacities\, including analysis\, liaison\, and leadership. \nAs a professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy\, she taught strategy and military operations. She was a faculty researcher at the Institute of National Security Studies. Her research areas include the Korean contingency and unification\, U.S. alliance relationships in Asia\, human rights in North Korea\, and the social integration of North Korean defectors. \nPrior to the military\, she also worked in the public\, private\, and non-profit sectors\, including the U.S. Agency for International Development in Nairobi\, Kenya\, working on drought assessment and food aid; the Asia Foundation in Bangkok\, Thailand and Vientiane\, Laos\, assisting the Laos Central Bank as it transitioned from a centrally-planned to a market-oriented economy; Bank of America\, managing syndicated loans to Latin America; the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica\, California\, assessing potential global flash points; and the United Nations Association of the USA in New York\,analyzing international economic institutions. \nShe holds a BA in International Relations from the University of California at Davis\, an MPA in Public Policy and International Affairs from Princeton University\, and a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Texas at Austin.
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