EAI held a joint workshop with the Brookings Institution entitled <New Frontiers of ROK-U.S. Cooperation in the Age of U.S.-China Strategic Competition> on Nov. 18, 2019. EAI and Brookings discussed various initiatives for the future of the Asia-Pacific region. In particular, researchers exchanged ideas about scenarios after the US presidential election in 2020. At the workshop, EAI and Brookings also shared their joint research plans for 2020 and 2021. The “Energy Cooperation Initiative in Asia Pacific” is the second project of the <Rising China and New Civilization in the Asia-Pacific> program, which is a three-year program(2018-2021) supported by the Hanssem DBEW Research Foundation.
Program
9:00 a.m. -9:20 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Mireya Solis, Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Sohn, Yul, President, EAI Professor, Yonsei University
9:20a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Session I
Politics & Security
Richard Bush, Senior Fellow, John L. Thorton China Center Michael H. Armacost Chair
Jung Pak, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Lindsey Ford, David M. Rubenstein Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Lee, Sook Jong, Distinguished Fellow & Trustee, EAI Professor, Sungkyunkwan University
Ha, Young-Sun, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, EAI Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University
Chun, Chaesung, Chair, Center for National SecurityStudies, EAI Professor, Seoul National University
Session II
Economy & Energy
Mireya Solis, Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Samantha Gross, Fellow, Foreign Policy, Energy Security and Climate Initiative
Sohn, Yul, President, EAI Professor, Yonsei University