ICAS Bulletin
Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.
The Hon Richard L "Jack" Pritchard
ICAS Fellow
Dear Friend:
We are
pleased to share with you that The Hon Charles L "Jack" Pritchard has been named
ICAS Fellow, effective immediately.
Ambassador Charles L Pritchard, a top aide to
President Bush in the administration's negotiations with North Korea and the U S
Representative to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), joined
the Brookings Institution as a visiting fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies program
on September 2, 2003. At Brookings, Pritchard, an expert on U S relations with Japan
and Korea who was the director for Asian affairs in the Clinton administration,
conducts research and writes about political and security issues involving Japan
and Korea, including Japan's role in East Asia, North Korea's nuclear program, and
the U S-Japan and U S-South Korea security relationship.
Following a twenty-eight
year career in the army, during which he held military assignments with the Office
of the Secretary of Defense, as its country director for Japan, and with the U S
Army Attaché in Tokyo, Jack joined the National Security Council in 1996. As director
for Asian affairs, he advised President Clinton and National Security Advisors Anthony
Lake and Samuel R Berger on U S policies in the Asia Pacific region, including the
president's four-party peace initiative toward North Korea, and security/trade issues
with Japan, South Korea, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
As deputy
chief negotiator for the U S-Korea peace talks in 1997, Jack helped negotiate U
S access to a sensitive underground facility in North Korea and solicited North
Korea's first apology for its hostile submarine incursion into South Korea.
In
2000, Jack was appointed special assistant to the president and senior director
for Asian affairs, where he conceptualized and coordinated President Clinton's historic
trip to Vietnam. Jack also accompanied Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to
North Korea for meetings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
He obtained his
BA in Political Science from Mercer University in Georgia and his MA in International
Studies from the University of Hawaii. Jack is the recipient of the Defense Distinguished
Service Medal.
Jack just returned from North Korea as a member of a private delegation
of U.S. experts who visited the Yongbyun nuclear facilities.
Sincerely,
Sang Joo Kim / signed
Sr. Fellow & Executive Vice President
ICAS
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