2013SEP23

Issue Briefs

Budget Driven Defense: Implications of Potential Shifts in US Defense Posture for the Korean Peninsula and the Asia-Pacific in …

By. J. James Kim

Sequestration and defense spending cuts in the US are a reality that South Korea must begin planning for.

Tags : Asia-Pacific, Budget Control Act, budget driven defense, DoD, DR307, DRP2020, LPP, North Korean military capability, Regional Issue, SCMR, SMA, US defense posture, US military, USFK, YRP

2013SEP16

Past Events

Lee Jaehyon, “APEC, ASEAN, ASEAN+3, and EAS”

A briefing session for diplomatic correspondents by Lee Jaehyon, Director of the Centre for ASEAN and Oceania …

Tags : APEC, ASEAN, ASEAN+3, diplomatic correspondents, EAS, summit diplomacy

2013SEP12

Past Events

Viorel Isticioaia Budura, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific, European …

Closed Roundtable with Viorel Isticioaia Budura, Managing Director for Asia and the Pacific, European External …

Tags : closed roundtable, Delegation of the EU to the ROK, East Asia, EEAS, EU, Korean Peninsula, Viorel Isticioaia Budura

2013SEP02

Past Events

US-ROK-Japan Extended Deterrence Trilateral

Joint workshop between the Asan Institute and Pacific Forum CSIS.

Tags : balance of power, China, extended deterrence, military reform, national defense posture, North Korea, reassurance, regional stability, strategic perspectives, trilateral dialogue, trilateral relations, US-ROK-Japan relations

2013SEP01

Past Events

“ROK and Australian Pivotal Middle Power Cooperation”

Closed roundtable with Sam Gerovich, former Australian Ambassador to Korea.

Tags : closed roundtable, middle power cooperation, pivotal middle power, ROK-Australia 2+2 meeting, ROK-Australia cooperation, Sam Gerovich

2013SEP01

Past Events

Roundtable with ASEAN Junior Diplomats: North Korean Nuclear Issue and Asia

Roundtable with ASEAN Junior Diplomats

Tags : ASEAN, Asia, junior diplomats, MOFA, North Korean nuclear issue, Roundtable

2013AUG26

Past Events

Bruce Cumings, “Back to the Future: Obama’s ‘Pivot’ to …

Closed roundtable with Bruce Cummings, chairman of the History Department at the University of Chicago.

Tags : Back to the Future, Bruce Cumings, closed roundtable, historical perspective, Obama Administration, Pivot to Asia, University of Chicago, US rebalancing

2013AUG11

Issue Briefs

Middle East Q&A: Iran’s New Moderate President and Resetting the Relationship

By. Jang Ji-Hyang, Peter K. Lee

Who is Hassan Rouhani and what does his election mean for South Korean interests in the Middle East?

Tags : DPRK-Iran relations, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, Iranian nuclear program, Middle East, reformist-centrist faction, Regional Issue, resetting the relationship, ROK-Iran trade relations, sanctions, US Iran policy

2013AUG08

Past Events

“President Park’s Southeast Asia Policy”

Closed workshop with the Asan Institute and the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Tags : China, closed workshop, Japan, Lee Sang Ryul, MOFA, President Park Geunhye, Southeast Asia, Southeast Asia policy

2013JUL24

Issue Briefs

A 2+2 for the Future: The First Korea-Australia Foreign and Defence Ministers’ Meeting

By. Lee Jaehyon, Joo Haeri

Korea and Australia have a golden opportunity to take the bilateral relationship to the next level.

Tags : 2+2 Meeting, Australia, Foreign and Defense Ministers' Meeting, Korea-Australia relations, middle power cooperation, middle power diplomacy, regional security, ROK