The 4th US-ROK Dialogue - New Northeast Asian Regional Outlook and the U.S.-R.O.K. Alliance

The Wilson Center's Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy and Asia Program, along with the East Asia Foundation present,

The 4th US-ROK Dialogue at the Wilson Center

 “New Northeast Asian Regional Outlook and the U.S.-R.O.K. Alliance”

China’s rise, North Korea’s nuclear ambition, Japan’s quest of normal state, contending regional economic arrangements, and domestic political changes have been profoundly affecting regional dynamics as well as the nature of the U.S.-R.O.K. alliance. It seems timely and relevant to re-examine and forecast the evolving (or devolving) nature of the bilateral alliance in the age of regional volatility and uncertainty.

The East Asia Foundation in Seoul, Korea and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. are holding the 4th joint conference, 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.

Conference Agenda

09:00-09:20         Registration

09:20-10:00   Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Address

Jane Harman, President, Director, and CEO, Wilson Center

Sung-hwan Kim, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Distinguished Professor, Hanyang University

Congressman Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on Korea

10:00-12:00         1st Session: “Changing Security Environment in Northeast Asia and the ROK-US Alliance”

Myung-hwan Yu (Moderator), Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Robert Hathaway, Senior Fellow, Wilson Center

Sung-hwan Kim, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Choon-goo Kim, Deputy Director General, North American Affairs Bureau, the MOFA

David S. Maxwell, Associate Director, Center for Security Studies, Georgetown University

12:00-13:30         Luncheon & Keynote AddressJon Wolfsthal, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Arms Control and Nonproliferation at the National Security Council 

13:30-15:30         2nd Session: “Emerging Trading Blocs in the Asia-Pacific: TPP, RCEP, and ROK-US Cooperation”

Meg Lundsager (Moderator), Senior Fellow, Wilson Center, formerly executive director of IMF; former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade and Investment at Treasury Department

Choong-Yong Ahn, Chairman, Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership

Shaun Donnelly, Vice President, United States Council for International Business

Hohyun Jang, Minister for Economic Affairs, Embassy of the R.O.K. in the US

Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics

15:30-15:45         Coffee Break

15:45-17:45         3rd session: “Domestic Politics and Its Impact on ROK-US Relations”

Chung-in Moon (Moderator), Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Yonsei University; Editor-in-chief, Global Asia

Bill Clifford, President and CEO, World Affairs Councils of America

Tony Fratto, Partner, Hamilton Place Strategies, former Deputy Press Secretary, White House; former Assistant Secretary, US Treasury Department

Cheol-hee Park, Dean, GSIS, Seoul National University

Myung-hwan Yu, former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Hyundai Motor-Korea Foundation Center for Korean History and Public Policy is a part of the Wilson Center's History and Public Policy Program.