Published on September 23, 2015
The US-Korea Institute at SAIS invites you to a book launch for
China and North Korea:
Strategic and Policy Perspectives from a Changing China
October 6, 2015
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
At a time when China’s historically close “as lips and teeth” relations with North Korea appear to be changing, this volume provides unique access in English to the diverse perspectives informing China’s North Korea policy and insights into how Chinese specialists assess a country that, while both its neighbor and ally, is also a threat to international security and China’s national interests. The editor has gathered original essays by some of today’s leading Chinese experts on China’s foreign policy toward North Korea, the history of Beijing’s relations with Pyongyang, and North Korea’s politics and economy. Contributors include scholars from China’s elite universities and think tanks in Beijing, as well as from provinces bordering North Korea.
Join us for the official book launch of this new volume, featuring a discussion with the editor and select contributors:
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Carla FREEMAN, Editor of China and North Korea: Strategic and Policy Perspectives from a Changing China, Director of the Foreign Policy Institute at SAIS, Associate Director of the China Studies Program at SAIS |
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SHI Yinhong, Chairman of the Academic Committee of the School of International Studies and Director of the Center on American Studies at Renmin University of China in Beijing |
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CHENG Xiaohe, Associate Professor at the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China in Beijing |
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Nathan BEAUCHAMP-MUSTAFAGA, Research Assistant at RAND Corporation |
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Bonnie S. GLASER, Senior Adviser for Asia, Director of the China Power Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies |
Lunch will be provided.
Please RSVP here.
Published on September 21, 2015
September 28
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
September 29
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
The Cosmos Club
2121 Massachusetts Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20008
The East-West Center in Washington in collaboration with the US-Korea Institute and the Southeast Asia Studies Program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, invites you to attend a conference on Myanmar in a Regional Context in Washington, DC, at the Cosmos Club on September 28-29, 2015. The purpose of this conference, consisting of one half-day and one full-day sessions, is to examine the Myanmar policies of various Asia Pacific regional countries and the effects of this interaction on the internal policies of Myanmar.
Panels on September 28th will focus on Congressional views of US-Myanmar relations and Myanmar’s approach to external diplomatic and economic relations since the country’s opening in 2011. They will be followed by an evening reception for all participants. September 29th will be a full day of panels, with views from China, India, Japan, Thailand, and the United States. Lunch and coffee breaks will be provided on both days of the conference.
Click here for the full agenda.
To RSVP, please click here: http://www.eastwestcenter.org/ZZQ
Seating is limited. Kindly send your reply by September 25.
Published on September 28, 2015
Published on September 9, 2015
Recent developments on the Korean peninsula, including last month’s “25 August Agreement,” provide a new window of opportunity for North-South cooperation. What are the political and economic dynamics in North Korea that made this agreement possible? What policy options exist for the United States in response to these new developments?
Please join the U.S.-Korea Institute at SAIS and the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University for a discussion on changing politics and economy in North Korea, and a look at the future of the Korean peninsula.
September 25, 2015
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
Keynote Speakers:
Amb. Joseph DETRANI, President, Intelligence and National Security Alliance
Dr. Young-Kwan YOON, Professor, Seoul National University; Former Foreign Minister, Korea
Session I: Kim Jong Un’s Leadership and North Korea’s External Policy
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Dr. Myoung-Kyu PARK, Director, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University, Korea |
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Dr. Byung-Yeon KIM, Deputy Director, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University, Korea |
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Dr. Philo KIM, Professor, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University, Korea |
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Bradley BABSON, Chairman, DPRK Economic Forum, U.S.-Korea Institute, SAIS |
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Alexandre MANSOUROV, Adjunct Professor, SAIS |
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Session II: U.S. Policy Towards the Korean Peninsula
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Joel WIT, Senior Fellow, U.S.-Korea Institute, SAIS |
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Frank JANNUZI, President, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation |
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Dan BLUMENTHAL, Director, Asian Studies, American Enterprise Institute |
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Amb. Joseph DETRANI, President, Intelligence and National Security Alliance |
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Dr. Young-Kwan YOON, Professor, Seoul National University; Former Foreign Minister, Korea |
Full agenda here: 9.25 Agenda-Final
Please RSVP here by September 23. Event will also be webcast HERE.
Published on July 10, 2015
The U.S.-Korea Institute and the Council on Asian Affairs present its 2015
Young Researchers Symposium
Please join us for three student presentations centered around issues in Northeast Asia, followed by Q&A and light refreshments.
Thursday, July 30, 2015
4:00-5:30PM
Kenney Auditorium
1740 Massachusetts Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
With a keynote address from
Eunjung Lim, Lecturer, Korea Studies
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
and presentations by
Brian Chao, University of Pennsylvania; Wikistrat Inc.
“This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land: Territorial Disputes and the Meanings of China”
Jonathan Corrado, Georgetown University; DailyNK
“North Korea: Pathways to Market Liberalization”
Caitlin Flessate, Korea Economic Institute
“Emerging into Sunlight: Changing Gender Concepts for Korean Women from 1880s – 1930s”
Please RSVP here: https://uskoreainstitute.org/events/symposium/
Published on July 30, 2015
Published on July 2, 2015
The U.S-Korea Institute at SAIS, the Sejong Society of Washington, DC , and the Korean American Sharing Movement (KASM) invite you to participate in a unique opportunity to engage with North Korean defector students. The students currently attend universities in South Korea and are visiting Washington, D.C. to participate in the 2015 Washington Leadership Program organized by KASM.
This simulation assumes reunification has already occurred on the Korean Peninsula. Sejong Society and KASM participants will be divided into five groups representing a specific issue within a unified Korean government: Education, Internal Security, Foreign Affairs, Economic Development, and Domestic Politics. Each group will be responsible for identifying various problems and challenges that a unified government might encounter, propose solutions, and present their final ideas to all participants. In the RSVP form below, please indicate your two preferred groups.
This event will allow participants to experience first-hand the unique challenges involved in building a new society through integration and careful planning, and to learn strategies for building consensus.We encourage innovative thinking in developing solutions to potential challenges in a post-reunification scenario.
Friday, July 10th
6:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Room 500
Bernstein-Offit Building,
Johns Hopkins SAIS
1717 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20003
Light dinner will be served 6:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Please RSVP here: https://uskoreainstitute.org/events/solutions/
