The nuclear testing in North Korea today and the worldwide response to it is eerily reminiscent of a similar crisis 12 years ago. In 1994, talk of North Korea working on nuclear weapons under then President Kim Il-sung had many looking for a way to respond and had many more fearing eminent war. It would be former president Jimmy Carter who would go over, meet with the North Korean President and negotiate a peaceful way out of the crisis. Retired US Diplomat and Emory University Professor Marion Creekmore went over with former president Jimmy Carter in 1994. His new book “Moment of Crisis†retells that story. Creekmore will speak about his experiences later today in Concord as part of the World Affairs Council lecture. First he joins us on the Exchange to bring us back to the North Korean nuclear crisis of 1994 and look at how we can apply the lessons learned from the past to the current crisis of today. Laura's guests are Marion Creekmore, former ambassador, current Distinguished Visiting Professor of History and Political Science at Emory University, and author of "A Moment of Crisis: Jimmy Carter, The Power of a Peacemaker, and North Korea's Nuclear Ambitions"; and Wayne Lesperance, professor of Political Science at New England College.
