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Formerly known as: Foreign Policy Discussion GroupThe Global Affairs Forum brings together scholars, policymakers, and experienced professionals to explore important issues shaping the world today. Each session features a guest speaker who offers insight into a critical global topic, explaining what is at stake, why it matters, and the choices facing policymakers and the public. Q&A to follow.TopicDPRK Nuclear Threat: Assessing Forward by Looking BackwardSpeakerMr. Syndey A. Seiler serves as a Senior Advisor to CSIS on Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia security, political, economic, and socio-cultural issues. With over four decades of specialization on Korea, he served the U.S. Government as a senior policymaker, intelligence officer, and diplomat, He served as the National Intelligence Council’s National Intelligence Officer for North Korea from 2020-2023, where he oversaw production of Intelligence Community-wide strategic analysis on key national security, political, economic, military, and social issues, and served as the ODNI’s senior subject matter expert on North Korea issues in support of DNI’s role as principal intelligence adviser tothe President. He has also served as the U.S. Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks, responsible for North Korea-related diplomacy and strategy. Prior to that, Mr. Seiler served as the White House National Security Council Staff’s Director for Korea Affairs, being the lead advisor to the President and senior White House officials on Korean issues while formulating, coordinating and implementing U.S. policy on the two Koreas. Mr. Seiler had assignments across the Intelligence Community in senior management, analysis, and operations. With experience in all-source analysis, human intelligence, signals intelligence, and open source, Mr. Seiler’s assignments include the Central Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and Office of the Director for National Intelligence. Mr. Seiler served over 17 years in Korea, has native-level fluency in Korean, and was a member of the Senior National Intelligence Service 2006-2023. He has received numerous awards and published widely.Register for the Zoom link