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DESCRIPTION:The situation with regard to North Korea is once again approaching 
 powder-keg level as various members of the Donald Trump White House 
 continue to match the rhetoric of that country's President, Kim Jong Un. 
 While Kim's choice words even moreso than usual include a threat to use 
 nuclear weapons, from the Trump administration the more subtle but 
 all-too-familiar six-word phrase "all options are on the table" has 
 seemingly daily found its way into news reports. What we don't really hear 
 are ways to address the situation with diplomacy.\n\nMeanwhile, the 
 elephant in the room that we can now see and hear is China, which the world 
 hopes can help rein in North Korea and de-escalate the growing crisis - but 
 might also have some ideas about how to play this tense drama to its own 
 advantage on the world stage. Regardless of what that means in terms of the 
 military and economic "Asia Pivot" by the U.S., clearly we are watching a 
 dangerous game whose participants continue to raise the stakes.\n\nOn 
 Sunday, May 21, local longtime journalist and foreign policy analyst Dr. 
 Conn Hallinan will address this evolving situation in a talk entitled 
 "Dangerous Seas: North Korea, China and the U.S." This is yet another topic 
 the discussion of which could sound quite different on the night of the 
 talk than it does at this moment. Dr. Hallinan will in any case bring his 
 studied take on U.S. (and other) foreign affairs, with comments on this 
 particular one and the hope of avoiding a very undesirable outcome in the 
 region.\n\nNow retired, Conn Hallinan has long studied issues related to 
 arms control and disarmament, with a journalism career spanned 40 years. He 
 ran the journalism program at UC Santa Cruz for 23 years, and owns an award 
 from Project Censored. He also authors a blog, "Dispatches from the Edge",  
 consisting of a wide variety of foreign policy-related topics.\n\nOn May 21 
 we will be honored to have Dr. Hallinan on hand to discuss the 
 ever-changing situation with North Korea.\n\nFree, contributions welcome.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/29/18798957.php
SUMMARY:Conn Hallinan on 'Dangerous Seas: North Korea, China and the U.S.'
LOCATION:Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo\n300 E. Santa Inez\nSan Mateo, CA 
 94401
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/04/29/18798957.php
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