Dear Friend,

We are pleased to share with you that Nicholas Eberstadt will address the virtual ICAS Fall Symposium Libertas 2025 and deliver Inaugural Lawrence R Klein* Memorial Lecture with a particular emphasis on "The Economics of Reunification of the Korean Peninsula: Time for a Fresh Look?" on October 16, 2025, Washington DC. (*Lawrence R. Klein Biographic sketch)

Nick holds the Henry Wendt Chair in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and is Senior Adviser to the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). He researches extensively on demographics, development, and international security and has published widely on Korean affairs.

Nick's many books include "The Population of North Korea" (co-author 1992), "The End of North Korea" (1998), "North Korea Between Crisis and Catastrophe" (2007), and "North Korea's 'Epic Economic Fail'" (2015). He is inter alia a founding member of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK).

Nick earned his AB, MPA and PhD from Harvard University and his MSc from the London School of Economics.

This is Nick's third appearance before the ICAS audience. (Nicolas Eberstadt bio)

Thank you.