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Derek Mitchell.

Derek Mitchell
Date: Monday, 13 November 2006
Time: 8:30 a.m. EST

This 90-minute program is on U.S. policy towards North Korea and the impact of a nuclear North Korea on regional stability.

Guest Biography: Derek J. Mitchell is senior fellow for Asia in the CSIS International Security Program (ISP), having joined the Center in January 2001. He is responsible for managing all Asia-related studies conducted in ISP, which currently include projects involving the security of the Taiwan Strait, the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance, China’s foreign and security policy and U.S.-China relations, congressional attitudes toward South Korea, and the integration of India into the strategic mix of East Asia. Mitchell was special assistant for Asian and Pacific affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense from 1997 to 2001, when he served alternately as senior country director for China, Taiwan, Mongolia, and Hong Kong (2000–2001), director for regional security affairs (1998–2000), country director for Japan (1997–1998), and senior country director for the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore (1998–1999). He was the principal author of the Department of Defense (DOD) 1998 East Asia Strategy Report, and he received the Office of the Secretary of Defense Award for Exceptional Public Service in January 2001. (more / view webcast)

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