Susan Shirk, a former U.S. State Department official for Asia, can provide commentary to the news media on issues surrounding the nuclear threat presented by North Korea. Shirk, a professor of politics at the University of California, San Diego's Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies and the research director of the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC), served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for China in the Clinton Administration. As research director at IGCC, Shirk is leading a newly funded program to train the next generation of policymakers, scholars, and international security analysts to deal effectively with the continuing nuclear threat.

Shirk can be reached at (858) 822-4349 or sshirk@ucsd.edu