Bruce Bechtol is author of Defiant Failed State: The North Korean Threat to International Security. He was in Salt Lake City to speak to the Salt Lake Committee on Foreign Relations. We spoke with him in detail about the various threats North Korea poses to the U.S. and the world.
It’s official: after less than two years on the job, former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman will step down as Ambassador to China within a few months. The White House confirmed the news yesterday. Huntsman hasn’t curbed any speculation that he’s now planning to run for President in 2012.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the Iran hostage crisis that ensnared 53 Americans. But although three decades have passed, the dangerous legacy of that event lives on. The long-term impact of the Iran hostage crisis will be the subject of a lecture tonight by Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian, visiting scholar at the University of Utah’s Middle East Center.
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