KEI/KSI Symposium: Towards Sustainable Economic & Security Relations in East Asia: U.S. & Rok Policy Options

The two-day symposium on economic and security relations in East Asia.

Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) and the Korea Economic
Institute (KEI), in cooperation with the Korean Studies Institute (KSI), University
of Southern California present: Towards Sustainable Economic & Security Relations in East Asia: U.S. & Rok Policy Options

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

8:15 AM Continental
Breakfast Embassy Room, Davidson Conference Center, USC

8:50 AM Welcome Embassy Room, Davidson Conference Center, USC
Remarks Kyung Moon Hwang, Director, KSI, USC

9:00 AM PANEL I U.S.-ROK ECONOMIC RELATIONS
Moderator: LEE Kyung-tae, KIEP
Presenters: Robert Stern, University of Michigan and Kozo Kiyota,
University of Michigan (co-authors)
MO Jong-ryn, Yonsei University
Discussant: Jeffrey Nugent, USC

10:30 AM Coffee Break

10:45 AM PANEL II U.S.-ROK SECURITY RELATIONS
Moderator: LEE Chae-Jin, Claremont McKenna College
Presenters: Daniel Sneider, Stanford University
LEE Sook-jong, Sungkyunkwan University
Discussant: David Straub, Stanford University

12:30 PM Luncheon Vineyard Room, Davidson Conference Center, USC
(By Invitation Only)
Speaker: Alex Arvizu, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian
and Pacific Affairs, Department of State

2:15 PM PANEL III CAN A DEAL BE DONE? THE DPRK NUCLEAR QUESTION REVISITED
Moderator: Jack Pritchard, KEI
Presenters: Gregory Treverton, Pardee Rand Graduate School
Scott Rembrandt, KEI
LEE Jung-hoon, Yonsei University
Discussant: James Kelly, EAP Associates, Inc.

4:15 PM Conclusion of First Day of Conference

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

8:30 AM Continental
Breakfast Embassy Room, Davidson Conference Center, USC

9:15 AM PANEL IV EAST ASIA’S ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REGIONALISM: OLD CONSTRAINTS AND NEW PROSPECTS
Moderator: Nina Hachigian, Center for American Progress
Presenters: Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University
KOO Min Gyo, Yonsei University and Vinod K. Aggarwal, UC
Berkeley (co-authors)
Discussant: Eric Altbach, National Bureau of Asian Research

10:45 AM Coffee Break

11:00 AM PANEL V KOREAN SOFT POWER: TRANSNATIONAL CULTURAL FLOWS, KOREAN FILM, AND DIPLOMACY IN EAST ASIA
Moderator: Joshua Fouts, Center on Public Diplomacy, USC
Presenters: Suk Young Kim, UC, Santa Barbara
Jacqueline Pak, Seoul National University
Discussant: David James, USC

12:45 PM Informal Luncheon Embassy Room, Davidson Center, USC