The Presidential Committee for Unification Preparation, together with the East Asia Institute, held a seminar entitled “A New US Administration and the Peaceful Unification of Korea” on November 11th, 2016 at the Korea Press Foundation. The seminar was attended by experts from the US, China, and South Korea who spoke on the future of foreign policy during Donald Trump’s upcoming term in office, as well as the policy ramifications of the election results for East Asia and the Korean Peninsula. As the participants from each country talked about the possibility that Trump’s actual policies once he takes office will differ from the rhetoric used during the campaign, they assessed the overall implications of the election results for the Korean Peninsula, and emphasized the need to cautiously open up new channels for policy cooperation.

Program

13:00-13:30	Registration
13:30-13:50	Opening Ceremony Opening Remarks CHUNG Chong Wook, Vice Chairperson, Presidential Committee for Unification Preparation Welcoming Remarks LEE Sook Jong, President, East Asia Institute Congratulatory Remarks HONG Yong Pyo, Minister, Ministry of Unification
13:50-15:10	"East Asia Following the New US Administration" Moderator KIM Joo Hyun, Director, Future Korea Institute of Kookmin University Panelists “Foreign Policy of the New U.S. Administration, East Asia and the Korean Peninsula” Stephan HAGGARD, Professor, University of California, San Diego “Foreign Policy of the New U.S. Administration, East Asia and the Korean Peninsula” Scott SNYDER Senior Research Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations "U.S.-China Relations Under a New Administration" ZHU Feng Professor, Nanjing University (China) "U.S.-Korea Relations Under a New U.S. Administration" KIM Jae Chun Professor, Sogang University (Republic of Korea)
15:10-15:30	Break