John Feffer: North Korea & the Geopolitics of Crazy

Author John Feffer discusses the history and geopolitics of North Korea, diplomatic solutions to the crisis and the worst-case scenario of world war. Show Notes Tillerson Says He Envisions U.S.-North Korea Talks https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-10/tillerson-sees-u-s-north-korea-agreeing-to-start-conversation Time to Make a Deal with North Korea http://www.johnfeffer.com/time-to-make-a-deal-with-north-korea Trump and the Geopolitics of Crazy http://www.johnfeffer.com/trump-and-the-geopolitics-of-crazy http://www.johnfeffer.com/hurricane-donald-hits-the-republican-party The Greatest Threat to Both Koreas? Donald Trump's Mouth http://fpif.org/video-greatest-threat-koreas-donald-trumps-mouth Trump: The Anti-Gorbachev http://fpif.org/trump-the-anti-gorbachev Can Trump Actually Cut (Good) Deals on Diplomacy? http://fpif.org/can-trump-actually-cut-good-deals-on-diplomacy Websites http://www.johnfeffer.com https://twitter.com/johnfeffer Books https://www.amazon.com/John-Feffer/e/B001H6MPOA/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1510250544&sr=8-1 http://www.johnfeffer.com/category/books About John Feffer John Feffer is director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is the author of several books and numerous articles. He has been an Open Society Foundation Fellow and a PanTech fellow in Korean Studies at Stanford University. He is a former associate editor of World Policy Journal. He has worked as an international affairs representative in Eastern Europe and East Asia for the American Friends Service Committee. He has studied in England and Russia, lived in Poland and Japan, and traveled widely throughout Europe and Asia. He has taught a graduate level course on international conflict at Sungkonghoe University in Seoul in July 2001 and delivered lectures at a variety of academic institutions including New York University, Hofstra, Union College, Cornell University, and Sofia University (Tokyo). John has been widely interviewed in print and on radio. He serves on the advisory committees of the Alliance of Scholars Concerned about Korea. He is a recipient of the Herbert W. Scoville fellowship and has been a writer in residence at Blue Mountain Center and the Wurlitzer Foundation. *Podcast intro music is from the song "The Queens Jig" by "Musicke & Mirth" from their album "Music for Two Lyra Viols": http://musicke-mirth.de/en/recordings.html (available on iTunes or Amazon)