BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 14.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Mountain Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Mountain Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Mountain Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:America's Dream Never Ends: \nDesirable Foreign Policies for th e Upcoming Era \;\nHonorable Nakyon Lee\, Former Prime Minister of Sou th Korea\nWednesday\, April 12\, 2023\n12:00 pm &ndash\; 1:30 pm (Mountain )\nClick to Register\n1475 Lawrence Street (CU Denver Business School)\nJa ke Jabs Event Center\, 1st Floor\nProgram Overview:\n\nIn this lecture\, M r. Nakyon Lee\, a former Prime Minister of South Korea\, explains that the American dream was not just a dream of the American people but that of gl obal citizens as well. He discusses how the American dream has declined re cently with the domestic and international challenges and how isolationist foreign policies and protectionist economic policies have undermined Amer ica&rsquo\;s international stature and credibility. He proposes that Ameri ca pursue greater inclusiveness by rebuilding its middle class and realizi ng economic justice domestically and regain its global leadership by build ing up soft power externally. He also suggests that the U.S. should immedi ately engage in the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula\, and help So uth Korea contribute to peace and prosperity of East Asia and the world.\n \nNakyon Lee\nHonorable Nakyon Lee is a former Prime Minister of the Repub lic of Korea serving during the Moon Jae-in Administration. He graduated f rom Seoul National University with a degree in law and became a journalist at Dong-a Ilbo. After 21 years as a journalist\, he entered politics and served five terms as a member of the National Assembly. During his fourth term in 2014\, he became the governor of Jeollanam-do Province until Presi dent Moon nominated him as prime minister in 2017. He was also elected as the chairperson of the Democratic Party of Korea in 2020. During his years in public affairs\, he has focused on both the domestic and international affairs of South Korea. As prime minister\, he was responsible for domest ic issues\, including the safety of the citizens and society. He was a mem ber of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee at the National Assem bly\, through which he worked toward a peaceful inter-Korean relationship. He is currently a visiting scholar at the George Washington University In stitute for Korean Studies\, where his research focuses on the peacebuildi ng process for the Korean Peninsula.\n\n\nThe Robert Reynolds Distinguishe d Lecture Series\nThe Robert Reynolds Distinguished Lecture Series is supp orted by the Robert and Viola Reynolds Endowment for International Busines s for the purpose of bringing renowned faculty\, business practitioners\, and government leaders and officials to speak at the University of Colorad o Denver&rsquo\;s Business School.\n\n DTEND:20230412T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260508T154644Z DTSTART:20230412T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Robert Reynolds Distinguished Lecture: Hon. Nakyon Lee UID:RFCALITEM639138520044606388 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

America's Dream Never Ends:
\ nDesirable Foreign Policies for the Upcoming Era \;
\nHo norable Nakyon Lee\, Former Prime Minister of South Korea

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Wednesday\, April 12\, 2023
\n12:00 pm &ndash\; 1:30 pm (Mountain)
\nClick to Register

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1475 Lawrence Street (CU Denver Business School)
\nJake Jabs Event Center\, 1st Floor

\nProgram Overview:
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In this lecture\, Mr. Naky on Lee\, a former Prime Minister of South Korea\, explains that the Americ an dream was not just a dream of the American people but that of global ci tizens as well. He discusses how the American dream has declined recently with the domestic and international challenges and how isolationist foreig n policies and protectionist economic policies have undermined America&rsq uo\;s international stature and credibility. He proposes that America purs ue greater inclusiveness by rebuilding its middle class and realizing econ omic justice domestically and regain its global leadership by building up soft power externally. He also suggests that the U.S. should immediately e ngage in the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula\, and help South Kor ea contribute to peace and prosperity of East Asia and the world.

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Naky on Lee
\nHonorable Nakyon Lee is a former Prime Minis ter of the Republic of Korea serving during the Moon Jae-in Administration . He graduated from Seoul National University with a degree in law and bec ame a journalist at Dong-a Ilbo. After 21 years as a journalist\, he entered politics and served five terms as a member of the National Ass embly. During his fourth term in 2014\, he became the governor of Jeol lanam-do Province until President Moon nominated him as prime ministe r in 2017. He was also elected as the chairperson of the Democratic Party of Korea in 2020. During his years in public affairs\, he has focused on b oth the domestic and international affairs of South Korea. As prime minist er\, he was responsible for domestic issues\, including the safety of the citizens and society. He was a member of the Foreign Affairs and Unificati on Committee at the National Assembly\, through which he worked toward a p eaceful inter-Korean relationship. He is currently a visiting scholar at t he George Washington University Institute for Korean Studies\, where his r esearch focuses on the peacebuilding process for the Korean Peninsula.
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Th e Robert Reynolds Distinguished Lecture Series
\nThe Robert Reynolds Distinguished Lecture Series is supported by the Robert an d Viola Reynolds Endowment for International Business for the purpose of b ringing renowned faculty\, business practitioners\, and government leaders and officials to speak at the University of Colorado Denver&rsquo\;s Busi ness School.

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