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| PLENARY SESSION III: The Security in Northeast Asia: Threats, Vulnerabilities and Risks |
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 Robert CARLIN, Visiting Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC), Stanford University, United States  Bob Carlin is a Visiting Scholar at CISAC. From both in and out of government, he has been following North Korea since 1974 and has made 25 trips there. Carlin served as senior policy advisor at the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO) from 2002-2006. From 1989-2002, he was chief of the Northeast Asia Division in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State. During much of that period, he also served as Senior Policy Advisor to the Special Ambassador for talks with North Korea, and took part in all phases of US-DPRK negotiations from 1992 to 2000. From 1971 to1989, Carlin was an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he received the Exceptional Analyst Award from the Director of Central Intelligence. Carlin received his MA in East Asian regional studies from Harvard University in 1971 and his BA in political science from Claremont Men's College.  Record |