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MS. KATHI ZELLWEGER & PROF. MIKE CHINOY

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"Making Sense of North Korea" at 16:00-18:00, in J311 Abstract: With a robust nuclear weapons program, an enduring conflict with the US and South Korea and now in the midst of a transition to a young, untested new leader, Kim Jong Un, North Korea remains a country as important as it is misunderstood.

DR. QIN GUO

"The Power of the Grossroots in International Communication" at 12:30-14:00, in J207 Abstract: In his recently published book, "The Future of Power", Joseph Nye articulates "two great power shifts" in the 21st Century. Nye contends that "a power transition among states" and "a power diffusion away from all states to non-state actors"