Angela Kane at the Jeju Forum

VCDNP Senior Fellow Angela Kane participated in the 2019 Jeju Forum for Peace and Prosperity, an annual multilateral dialogue based in Jeju, Republic of Korea. More than 5500 participants from over 70 States gathered on 29-31 May, 2019 to discuss pressing security issues on the Korean Peninsula and throughout Asian .

During the Forum, Ms. Kane moderated a panel discussion entitled "Revisiting Sanctions on North Korea", which addressed the history of sanctions on North Korea, some of which date back to the first US sanctions on North Korea in the 1950s. Particular attention was paid to the goals of sanctions, how effective they have been and how their effects have been measured.

Joining Ms. Kane on the panel were:

• Thomas Biersteker, Director of Policy Research, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland;
• Young-Jin Choi, Former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States and Former UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General; and
• Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Senior Advisor, Center for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva, Switzerland.