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As part of the Leaders of Capitol Hill series, former Senator John Glenn (D-OH) and others remembered the life and career of the late Senator Mike Mansfield (D-MT), including his 24 years in…

Mike Mansfield, former congressman and senator from Montana, was honored. Author Donald Oberdorfer spoke about his biography, Senator Mansfield: The Extraordinary Life of a Great American St…

Authors Ted Galen Carpenter and Doug Bandow talked about their book The Korean Conundrum: America’s Troubled Relations with North and South Korea, published by Palgrave Macmillan. The autho…

Mr. Oberdorfer talked about his 1997 book, The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History, published by Basic Books. The book describes the past 25 years in both South and North Korea, drawing from …

Participants talked about the release of the Pentagon Papers, the impacts of the release on American attitudes toward the Vietnam War, and the legal battles following their release. The Pent…

Scholars talked about media coverage of foreign affairs events and differences in U.S. and European coverage. Among the topics they addressed were the quality of news coverage of foreign pol…

U.S. and South Korean officials talked about relations between North and South Korea, U.S. involvement in Korea, recent tensions caused by the resumption of a nuclear weapons program in Nort…

Foreign policy analysts talked about relations between the U.S. and North Korea, recent tensions over weapons development, and the future of the communist regime in North Korea. Following th…

Don Oberdorfer, Resident Scholar at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, spoke about relations between North and South Korea, North Korea’s decision to withdraw from the N…

Mr. OberDorfer talks about Bush’s trip to Asia and the issues that Asian countries are facing economically, militarily, domestically etc. He responded to audience telephone calls, faxes, and…

Brian Lamb, editor of Booknotes: Stories from American History, published by PublicAffairs, moderated a panel discussion on the third collection of essays drawn from C-SPAN’s author-intervie…

Participants talked about the 50th anniversary of the Korean War and the continued tensions in the region. They focused on the possibility of engagement with North Korea and the continued pr…

Author Don Oberdorfer talked about his new book, The Two Koreas: A Contemporary History. He reviewed the recent history of the Korean peninsula and speculated about its future. Former Ambass…

Prior to the panel, Mr. Palazchenko read a letter from former Soviet President Gorbachev regretting that he could not attend the forum. Then U.S. and Soviet participants in the 1986 summit i…

Participants briefed reporters on a new Council report on the proper U.S. role in East Asia. They emphasized the changes gripping the region, including economic growth and China’s growing ro…

Current news events and political issues focusing on foreign affairs were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and vie…

Panelists discussed the status of warfare in the post-Cold War world, including the increasing importance of unconventional conflicts around the globe, including Bosnia and Somalia. They als…

Mr. Oberdorfer discussed the policy implications of the recent death of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.