Dr. Stephen Bosworth will address the Naples Council on World Affairs on Monday, December 2nd, 2013, at 3:45 and 7:30 pm, at St. John the Evangelist’s Kiney Hall; 625 111th Avenue No. in North Naples.

Dean Emeritus of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, Dr. Bosworth served as U.S. Special Representative for North Korean Policy from 2009-2012. He has expressed his concerns regarding our experts’ abilities to verify any agreement we might reach with North Korea; thus leading him to believe that it may well be time to explore new ideas about how to deal with Pyongyang. “We certainly can’t continue to ignore North Korea and its nuclear program, nor rely on China to take care of it”.

Dr. Steven Bosworth

Dean Bosworth has had extensive experience with Korea, having served as Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, and as Executive Director of the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, KEDO, an organization established by the U.S., Japan, and the Republic of Korea to deal with North Korea. His career includes many years in the Department of State where he also served as Ambassador to Tunisia and the Philippines. He is the recipient of the Order of the Rising Sun, awarded by the Government of Japan, and the Department of State’s Distinguished Service Award which he was awarded in both 1976 and 1986.