To compete and thrive in the 21st century, democracies, and the United States in particular, must develop new national security and economic strategies that address the geopolitics of information. In the 20th century, market capitalist democracies geared infrastructure, energy, trade, and even social policy to protect and advance that era’s key source of power—manufacturing. In this century, democracies must better account for information geopolitics across all dimensions of domestic policy and national strategy.
Our featured speaker will be Dr. Kee Park, Director of the the Korea Health Policy Project at Harvard Medical School, which focuses on how geopolitical factors influence the health of the North Korean people. Dr. Park has visited North Korea over 20 times to work alongside North Korean doctors. During our June 18 event, Dr. Park will be sharing his insights about North Korea’s healthcare system and his assessment about its ability to deal with COVID-19.
Dr. Kee B. Park
Director, Korea Health Policy Project, Harvard Medical School
Dr. Kee B. Park is a Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of Korea Health Policy Project, which focuses on how geopolitical factors influence the health of the North Korean people. He has published extensively about the relationships among international security, global health, humanitarian assistance, and health diplomacy, in the North Korean context.
As the Director of North Korea Program at the Korean American Medical Association, he has visited North Korea over 20 times to work alongside North Korean doctors. His last visit was in November, 2019. In his capacity as a Member of the Expert Advisory Panel for Surgical Care at the World Health Organization, he also supports the DPRK’s national surgical care strengthening efforts though the Ministry of Public Health.
He is a member of the National Committee on North Korea and the Council of Korean Americans. He received his MD from Rutgers Medical School, MPH from Harvard Chan School of Public Health, and neurosurgical training at Temple University Hospital. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.