Joining President Carter will be former Ambassador to South Korea and Emory President Emeritus James T. Laney, and South Korean Ambassador to the United States and Emory alumnus Lee Hong-koo. The discussion will be moderated by Eason Jordan, president of global newsgathering and international networks for CNN News Group.
Admission is free.
Carter, Laney and Lee are internationally respected experts will discuss the prospects for peace and security in view of North Korea's nuclear and missile programs, its periodic threats to undertake new missile tests, and its serious economic situation. All bring enormous knowledge and insight to the discussion. Laney, a scholar of Korea as well as a policy maker, served as ambassador to Seoul from 1993-97, one of the periods of greatest strain since the end of open hostilities in 1953. He continues to advise the U.S. government on Korean matters.