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On June 16, Korean president Lee Myung-Bak will arrive at the White House for his first official visit with President Barack Obama. The meeting comes as both nations face major challenges in their attempt to advance their long-standing strategic and economic alliance. The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement is mired in controversy, and North Korea has just greatly upped the diplomatic and security ante with an underground nuclear test, provocative missile launches, and the threat of attack against South Korea. At this AEI event, experts will analyze the grave military threats to the alliance, the economic dilemmas arising from the global financial crisis, and lingering disagreements over trade. Representative Kevin Brady (R-Texas), the ranking Republican on the House Subcommittee on Trade, will lead off the conference as a keynote speaker. His remarks will be followed by a panel of experts on economic and security issues composed of Claude Barfield and Nicholas Eberstadt from AEI and L. Gordon Flake from the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation. AEI's Philip I. Levy will moderate. The conference will conclude with a presentation on the North Korean threats to global peace and security by Ambassador John R. Bolton.