The RUSI - VI Executive will host the annual Christmas cocktail party Hors d’oeuvres and wine will be served. A cash bar will be available.

Prof Bedeski is currently Professor Emeritus of Political Science at UVic. He has lived, studied, written and taught about Northeast Asia including China, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, and Mongolia. He received a MA in Asian Studies and a PhD in Political Science from the University of California (Berkeley). In the past decade, his research and writing has focused on human security, Chinese international migration, arms control and verification on the Korean Peninsula, Mongolian foreign policy, and small arms proliferation in Asia. Recently he taught courses on terrorism and revolution, government and the politics of Northeast Asia.