Events

[EAI-Belfer October Dialogue] “Exploring the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on South Korean Security” (October 3, 2022)

  • 2022-10-11

- Date & Time: October 3, 2022 (Mon.) 10:00 AM –12:00 PM (ET)

- Venue: Malkin Penthouse, Littauer Building, Harvard Kennedy School

 

Session Description

 

East Asia Institute (EAI) and the Belfer Center at Harvard Kennedy School held a public panel discussion on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on global security architecture with a specific focus on South Korean security. Thirteen security experts from EAI and Belfer Center exchanged their views on the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on the future of East Asian security, the implication of the war for the security dynamics in the Taiwan Strait, lessons Pyongyang learned from the war, and the role of the ROK-U.S. alliance regarding the future global and regional security order, especially amid an intensifying U.S.-China rivalry.

 

Agenda

 

10:00am - 10:10am

Welcoming Remarks

Prof. Graham Allison (Belfer Center)

Prof. Yul Sohn (EAI; Yonsei University)

Consul General Kijun You (ROK Consulate General of Boston)

10:10am - 11:40am

Panel Discussion

Moderator

Mr. Alex O'Neill (Belfer Center)

 EAI Delegation

Presenter

Prof. Chaesung Chun (EAI; Seoul National University (10:10am - 10:20am)

Presenter

Prof. Seong-ho Sheen (Seoul National University) (10:20am - 10:30am)

Discussant

Prof. Lami Kim (US Army War College) (10:30am - 10:40am)

 Belfer Delegation

Presenter

Dr. Mariana Budjeryn (Belfer Center) (10:40am - 10:50am)

Presenter

Dr. John Park (Belfer Center) (10:50am - 11:00am)

Discussant

Dr. Francesca Giovannini (Belfer Center) (11:00am - 11:10am)

11:10am - 11:40am

Panel Discussion

11:40am - 12:00pm

Audience Q&A Session

 

Participants

 

EAI Experts

CHUN, Chaesung (Chair of the National Security Research Center at EAI, Professor at Seoul National University)

HA, Young-Sun (Chairman of the Board of Trustees at EAI, Professor Emeritus of the Seoul National University)

KIM, Lami (Assistant Professor at the U.S. Army War College)

KIM, Yang Gyu (Principal Researcher at EAI)

SHEEN, Seong-ho (Professor at Seoul National University)

SOHN, Yul (President of EAI, Professor at Yonsei University)

 

Belfer Center Experts

Graham Allison (Douglas Dillon Professor of Government at Harvard University)

Matthew Bunn (James R. Schlesinger Professor at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government)

Mariana Budjeryn (Senior Research Associate at the Belfer Center)

Francesca Giovannini (Executive Director of the Project on Managing the Atom at the Belfer Center)

Steven Miller (Director of the International Security Program at the Belfer Center)

Alex O’Neill (Coordinator of the Korea Project at the Belfer Center)

John Park (Director of the Korea Project at the Belfer Center)

 

[EAI-Belfer October Dialogue] “Exploring the Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on South Korean Security” (October 3, 2022)