Policy Forum 

# The Six-Party Talks and the Future of the North Korean Nuclear Program 

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Date and Time 

November 2, 2005 1 - 3 PM EST 

Location 

1st floor/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

featuring **Joseph DeTrani,** U.S. Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks; **Jon B. Wolfsthal,** Nonproliferation Fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); **Ted Galen Carpenter,** Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute, and Coauthor, *The Korean Conundrum* 

The future of the North Korean nuclear program remains in doubt. Despite the apparent breakthrough in the Six-Party Talks in Beijing, crucial details remain to be resolved. When the talks reconvene, will negotiators be able to bridge the considerable differences and achieve U.S. goals of a complete, verifiable, and irreversible dismantlement of the North’s nuclear weapons program? What should the United States be willing to pledge to North Korea in exchange for concluding a final agreement? What measures will be put in place to ensure that North Korea abides by its pledges? Will a successful outcome pave the way for a possible similar breakthrough with respect to Iran’s nuclear program?

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