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New Administrations and the U.S.-R.O.K. Alliance: Challenges and Way Forward

Tthe East Asia Foundation (Seoul) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars announce the 5th annual US-ROK Dialogue, where opinion leaders from Korea and the United States will discuss their concerns for the future and seek ways to enhance mutual understanding and to strengthen coordination and cooperation. Join us for this timely re-examination of the evolving nature of the bilateral alliance in the age of regional volatility and uncertainty.

Date & Time

Friday

Jun. 16, 2017

10:00am – 4:30pm ET

Location

6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

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Event Sponsors

Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

Indo-Pacific Program

Overview

China’s rise, North Korea’s nuclear ambition, Japan’s quest to become a normal state, contending regional economic arrangements, and domestic political changes in the US and the ROK have profoundly affected regional dynamics as well as the nature of the U.S.-R.O.K. alliance. Amidst these transformations, the East Asia Foundation (Seoul) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars announce the 5th annual US-ROK Dialogue, where opinion leaders from Korea and the United States will discuss their concerns for the future and seek ways to enhance mutual understanding and to strengthen coordination and cooperation. Join us for this timely re-examination of the evolving nature of the bilateral alliance in the age of regional volatility and uncertainty.

Program

10:00-10:15 Registration

10:15-10:30 Welcoming remarks: Ro-myung Gong

10:30-12:00 1st session: “China, North Korea, and the Future of ROK-US Alliance”

Moderator: James Person

Panelists: Sung-hwan Kim, Choong-myon Lee, Robert Litwak, Amb. Stapleton Roy

12:00-13:15 Luncheon

Keynote: Chung-in Moon

13:15-14:45 2nd Session: “Trade, Currency, and ROK-US Economic Cooperation under the Trump Administration”

Moderator: Shihoko Goto

Panelists: Choong-Yong Ahn, Kent Hughes, Meg Lundsager, Taeho Bark

14:45-15:00Coffee break

15:00-16:30 3rd session: “New ROK and US Administrations and Governance”

Moderator: Donald Gross

Panelists: Michael Green, Ihk Pyo Hong, Jong Dae Kim, Gilbert Rozman

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Introduction

Ro-Myung Gong

Chairman of the East Asia Foundation

Keynote Speaker

Chung-in Moon

Former Public Policy Fellow;
Chairman of the Sejong Institute and distinguished professor of political science at Yonsei University in Seoul; Special Adviser to the ROK President for Unification and National Security Affairs

Moderators

Panelists

Sung-Hwan Kim

President of Taejae Future Consensus Institute; Chairman of East Asia Foundation

Choong-myon Lee

Deputy Director General, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Robert S. Litwak

Senior Vice President and Director of International Security Studies

J. Stapleton Roy

Distinguished Fellow;
Founding Director Emeritus, Kissinger Institute on China and the United States

Choong Yong Ahn

Chairman, Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership

Kent Hughes

Public Policy Fellow;
Former Director, Program on America and the Global Economy, Woodrow Wilson Center

Meg Lundsager

Public Policy Fellow;
Former U.S. Executive Director and Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund

Taeho Bark

Professor Emeritus, GSIS, Seoul National University; President, Lee & Ko Global Commerce Institute; Former Minister for Trade, Republic of Korea

Michael Green

Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies

Ihk Pyo Hong

Member of Trade, Industry, and Energy Committee, The National Assembly, 2nd term, The Minjoo Party of Korea

Jong Dae Kim

Member of National Defense Committee, The National Assembly / 1st term, Justice Party

Gilbert Rozman

Emeritus Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton University; Editor-in-Chief, The Asan Forum

Hosted By

Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy

The Center for Korean History and Public Policy was established in 2015 with the generous support of the Hyundai Motor Company and the Korea Foundation to provide a coherent, long-term platform for improving historical understanding of Korea and informing the public policy debate on the Korean peninsula in the United States and beyond. Read more

Indo-Pacific Program

The Indo-Pacific Program promotes policy debate and intellectual discussions on US interests in the Asia-Pacific as well as political, economic, security, and social issues relating to the world’s most populous and economically dynamic region. Read more

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