You are cordially invited to attend an IN-PERSON public lecture event:
Juche and North Korean Special Operations Forces
Speakers
Michael Liu
MA candidate for Statecraft and National Security Affairs
Date/Time
Thursday, February 6, 2025
4:30 – 5:30pm EST
Location
The Institute of World Politics
1521 16th St NW
Washington, DC 20036Commodore Barry Room – Marlatt MansionGetting to campus
About the Lecture
This lecture is part of the Student Speaker Series
Michael will examine the evolution of Juche, North Korea’s guiding ideology, and its potential psychological impact on its Special Operations Forces (NKSOF). Since the clandestine national security objective of North Korea is the revolutionization of the Korean peninsula through the unification of South Korea under Kim Jung-un, understanding how their state ideology impacts the mental framework of their elite military operatives could be useful in finding strategies and tactics to deter their operational capabilities.
About the Speaker
Michael Liu is a first-year master’s student at IWP. He is a candidate for an MA in Statecraft and National Security Affairs. Michael grew up on Vancouver Island, Canada and has been studying in the United States for five years.
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