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KEI will host a luncheon program corresponding with the release of its 32nd paper in the KEI Academic Paper Series On Korea. Drs. Park, Pomper, and Scheinman, of the James Martin Center for Non proliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies will present their paper on the above topic. An open roundtable discussion will follow.
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 Miles Pomper is a Senior Research Associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS). Mr. Pomper's work at CNS focuses on tracking efforts by the U.S. Congress and the Obama administration to address proliferation developments, measures for reinforcing the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and initiatives to reduce the proliferation dangers of the anticipated worldwide growth in nuclear energy. He is currently involved in several research projects looking at issues affecting the future of South Korea's nuclear energy program.
Mr. Pomper served as Editor-in-Chief of Arms Control Today from 2003 to 2009. Previously, he was the lead foreign policy reporter for CQ Weekly, where he covered the full range of foreign policy issues before Congress, including arms control and proliferation concerns. His career has also included several years spent covering national security and political issues at the Legi-Slate News Service and the publication of book chapters, analytical articles, and reports for publications, such as Survival, Foreign Service Journal, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Nuclear Engineering International, and the Centre for International Governance Innovation.
Before working as a full-time journalist, Miles served as a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Information Agency. For several years, he served as the assistant information officer and a spokesperson of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. He holds a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University and a master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
 Dr. Seong-Won Park is a former vice president of the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI) responsible for the development of nuclear fuel cycle technology. He is currently a visiting fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies.
Dr. Park served as Director of the Spent Fuel Management Technology Research Division from 2002 through 2005, and Project Manager of the Development of the Advance Spent Fuel Conditioning Process from 1999 to 2004. He was also in charge of the Development of the Spent Fuel Interim Storage Facility from 1993 to 1994. Dr. Park received his B.S. from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Korea University, and his M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).
Dr. Lawrence Scheinman is a Distinguished Professor of the CNS office in Washington, D.C. Most recently, Dr. Scheinman was the Assistant Director for Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control of the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA). Prior to that, Dr. Scheinman served as Counselor for Nonproliferation in the Department of Energy, on leave from his position as Professor of Government (International Law and Relations), and Associate Director, Peace Studies Program at Cornell University. He has previously been a tenured member of the faculties of political science at UCLA and the University of Michigan from which he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. He also holds a J.D. from New York University School of Law and is a member of the Bar of the State of New York.
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