BUCSA Hosts Amb. Joseph DeTrani for Talk on N. Korea
The Center for the Study of Asia (BUCSA), an affiliated regional center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, former Special Envoy for the Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO), for a November 15, 2018 conversation on North Korea’s nuclear diplomacy.
The discussion, entitled “North Korea’s Nuclear Diplomacy,” was moderated by Amb. Robert Loftis, Professor of the Practice of International Relations at the Pardee School.
From 2003-2006, Amb. DeTrani was the Special Envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO). Amb. DeTrani was then appointed as an Associate Director of National Intelligence and Mission Manager for North Korea. In 2010 he served as the Director of National Counter Proliferation Center and Special Adviser to the Director of National Intelligence.
Amb. DeTrani also served for more than two decades with the Central Intelligence Agency as a member of the Senior Intelligence Service. He was an officer in the Air Force and a distinguished military graduate at New York University (NYU). He attended NYU School of Law and Graduate School of Business Administration. He’s a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He has published extensively on issues related to North Korea, China and nuclear nonproliferation.
Amb. DeTrani is currently on the Board of Managers at Sandia National Laboratories, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a former president of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance.
Boston University’s Center for the Study of Asia, established in 2008, promotes comprehensive, interdisciplinary, and cross-national understanding of Asia through coordination of teaching missions, research support, community-building among faculty and students, and broad outreach beyond the university. It strives to be an intellectual hub for new ideas and cutting edge research in the humanities and social sciences.
The Center also facilitates communication and cooperation among the different Asian Studies sub-fields; provides an administrative structure for raising and managing grants that support the Center’s mandate; maintains the Asian Studies website; provides collaborative affiliation opportunities for Visiting Researchers; develops and manages conferences and cultural events; and works to expand access to Asia-related resources across the university. The Center is part of a broad and diverse Asian Studies community across New England with strong ties to other universities, museums, nonprofit organizations and private entities, as well as Asian government agencies.