2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea
The 2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea featured a keynote address by Ambassador Glyn Davies, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, a roundtable on leadership changes in East Asia, luncheon remarks by the Honorable Jae Kyu Park and Ambassador Ho-Young Ahn, and a panel discussion on North Korea’s crisis diplomacy.
Overview
2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea
Friday, June 14, 2013
Woodrow Wilson Center, 6th Floor
The 2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea featured a keynote address by Ambassador Glyn Davies, U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy, a roundtable on leadership changes in East Asia, luncheon remarks by the Honorable Jae Kyu Park and Ambassador Ho-Young Ahn, and a panel discussion on North Korea’s crisis diplomacy.
The 2013 IFES-WWICS Washington Forum on Korea was co-sponsored by Kyungnam University’s Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS).
Opening Remarks and Keynote
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks:
The Honorable Jane Harman
Director, President and CEO, Wilson Center
The Honorable Jae Kyu Park
President, Kyungnam University
Keynote Address:
Ambassador Glyn T. Davies
Special Representative of the Secretary of State for North Korea Policy
Roundtable Discussion
Leadership Changes in East Asia: How Do they Affect the Koreas?
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Rudiger Frank
Professor of East Asian Economy and Society and Head of the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Vienna
Alan D. Romberg
Director of the East Asia Program, Stimson Center
Ihn-hwi Park
Professor of International Studies, Ewha Women’s University
Scott A. Snyder
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
Junya Nishino
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law and Politics, Keio University
Moderator:
The Honorable Donald Manzullo
President and CEO, Korea Economic Institute of America
Luncheon
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Keynotes:
The Honorable Ho-Young Ahn
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the United States of America
The Honorable Jae Kyu Park
President, Kyungnam University
Afternoon Panel Discussion
North Korea's Crisis Diplomacy
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
James Person
Senior Program Associate and Coordinator, North Korea International Documentation Project, Wilson Center
Seuk Ryule Hong
Associate Professor, Sungshin Women’s University
Yong Sup Han
Vice President and Professor Military Strategy, Korea National Defense University
Robert Carlin
Visiting Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University
Moderator:
Christian Ostermann
Director, History and Public Policy Program and North Korea International Documentation Project, Wilson Center
Speakers
Jane Harman
Park Jae Kyu
Rudiger Frank
Ihn-hwi Park
Junya Nishino
Professor, Faculty of Law at Keio University; Director of the Center for Contemporary Korean Studies, Keio University; and Director, Institute of East Asian Studies, Keio University
Robert L. Carlin
Yong Sup Han
Seuk Ryule Hong
Associate Professor, Sungshin Women's University
James Person
Professor of Korean Studies and Asia Programs, JHU SAIS; Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, SAIS
Christian F. Ostermann
Woodrow Wilson Center
Alan D. Romberg
Scott Snyder
Hosted By
North Korea International Documentation Project
The North Korea International Documentation Project serves as an informational clearinghouse on North Korea for the scholarly and policymaking communities, disseminating documents on the DPRK from its former communist allies that provide valuable insight into the actions and nature of the North Korean state. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. Read more
History and Public Policy Program
The History and Public Policy Program makes public the primary source record of 20th and 21st century international history from repositories around the world, facilitates scholarship based on those records, and uses these materials to provide context for classroom, public, and policy debates on global affairs. Read more
Cold War International History Project
The Cold War International History Project supports the full and prompt release of historical materials by governments on all sides of the Cold War. Through an award winning Digital Archive, the Project allows scholars, journalists, students, and the interested public to reassess the Cold War and its many contemporary legacies. It is part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program. 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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