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John D. Ciorciari (Harvard AB, JD; Oxford MPhil, DPhil) is an associate professor at UM's Ford School of Public Policy. He is the author of The Limits of Alignment (2010) and coauthor of Hybrid Justice (2014). He has held fellowships at Stanford, the Asia Society and the Carnegie Corporation, and has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. From 2004-07, he served as a policy official in the U.S. Treasury Department.
Speaker's Synopsis: Prof. Ciorciari will focus on the complex and contentious international politics surrounding the two Koreas. He will review past efforts to achieve peace, reunification, and other objectives. He will explain the divergent interests of key regional players and discuss why progress has been so difficult to date. He will then turn to current diplomatic efforts led by the Trump administration, noting both pitfalls and prospects for positive change.