BU Now » Jimmy Carter http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Carter to free American in N.Korea http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/08/24/carter-to-free-american-in-n-korea/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2010/08/24/carter-to-free-american-in-n-korea/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:57:17 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=6665 Aijalon Mahli GomesFormer President Jimmy Carter is on another humanitarian mission, this time to free an American — 30-year-old Bostonian Aijalon Mahli Gomes (r.) – arrested in North Korea in January for illegally entering the communist nation and sentenced to eight years in prison.  International relations Professor William Keylor, author of “A world of Nations: The International Order since 1945,” says the release seems to be all about North Korean domestic politics.

“There is obviously a furious struggle within North Korea over the succession to Kim Jong-il, and this latest gesture may represent a bid by the faction favoring better relations with the outside world to promote a resumption of the stalled six-party talks.”

Contact William Keylor, 617-358-0197, wrkeylor@bu.edu

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