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U.S.-South Korea-Japan Trilateral Cooperation on Global Issues

A Catalyst for Change

This public symposium explored how the U.S., South Korea (ROK) and Japan can cooperate on common challenges and opportunities in the international community.

Speakers

  • Dr. Abiodun Williams, Chair
    Vice President, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Ambassador Richard Solomon, Welcoming Remarks
    President, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Mr. Joseph Donovan, Keynote Speaker
    Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State
  • Message from Mr. Nagashima Akihisa*
    Member of the House of Representatives DPJ, Vice Minister of Defense
    *To be read by Mr. Yamato Taro, Director of Strategic Planning Division, MOD

Agenda

Panel Presentations

(a) Trilateral Cooperation on Nuclear Disarmament - Global Zero

  • U.S.:  Col. Paul Hughes (ret.) (Executive Director, Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States, USIP)
  • ROK:  Dr. Jun Bong-Geun (Professor of Security and Unification Studies, IFANS)
  • Japan:  Ambassador Ishii Masafumi (Ambassador for Policy Planning, International Security Policy & Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau, MOFA)

(b) Trilateral Cooperation in the Global Economy - The Promise and Challenge of the G-20

  • U.S.:  Mr. Jeffrey Schott (Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics)
  • ROK:  Dr. Choe Wongi (Professor of International Political Economy and Trade, IFANS)

Formal Concluding Remarks

  • ROK:  Ambassador Lee Soon-Chun (Chancellor, IFANS)
  • Japam: Mr. FUJITA Yukihisa (Member of the House of Councillors & Director-General, International Department of DPJ)
  • Japan:  Mr. Yachi Syotaro (Vice President, IIPS & Former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs)

4:30 - 5:00 PM Panel presenters will be available to answer questions after the Public Symposium

Partners

  • Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), ROK
  • Institute for International Policy Studies (IIPS), Japan
Start Date: 
February 2, 2010 - 2:00pm
End Date: 
February 2, 2010 - 4:30pm

Location

The Madison Hotel Ballroom
1177 15th Street NW
Washington D.C. 20005

 

If you have any questions about this event, please contact Kelly Campbell at kcampbell@usip.org.

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Type

Public Event