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On June 20, 2013, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies (President Hahm Chaibong) hosted a roundtable discussion titled “Middle Power Cooperation in the Asia Pacific” in cooperation with the Murdoch Commission of Australia
Starting with the welcoming speech by Dr. Choi Kang, Vice President of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, the participants joined Dr. Kim Ji-yoon’s (Director of the Public Opinion Studies Center at the Asan Institute) presentation on “Public Opinion on Korea’s Foreign Policy and Regional Security,” and Dr. Lee Jae-hyon’s (Director of the Center for ASEAN and Oceania Studies) presentation, “Korea’s relationship with Southeast Asia and Australia,” during the first half of the session. Also, in-depth discussions followed on South Korea’s foreign policy and domestic situation, Korea-Australia relations, and the roles of both South Korea and Australia as middle powers in the Asia Pacific region. In the following session, Dr. Kanishka Jayasuriya, Director of the Indo Pacific Governance Research Center at the University of Adelaide, delivered the keynote address titled “Australia in the Asian Century.” Also, there was another lively roundtable discussion between Murdoch and students of the Asan Academy at the request of the Murdoch Commission.
The First Murdoch Commission is an independent international inquiry on the growing economic interdependency of Western Australia (WA), Australia and the Asian region. The Commission is an initiative of Murdoch University (Perth, Western Australia) to help develop greater understanding among nations in the region, and to consider the common challenges and opportunities facing these nations
Date: June 20, 2013, 10:00 AM – 16:00 PM
Location: 2nd Floor Conference Room, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Participants:
Lee Chung-min, Professor (Dean of International Studies and Vice President, Yonsei University, Chair of Murdoch Commission)
Kanishka Jayasuriya, Professor (Director of the Indo-Pacific Governance Research Center of the University of Adelaide)
Denis Hew, Director (APEC Policy Support Unit)
Michael Croizer, Professor (Dean of the Sir Walter Murdoch School of Public Policy and International Affairs, Commission Secretariat)
Cat Bevan-Jones (Secretary to the First Murdoch Commission)
Choi Kang, Vice President of the Asan institute for Policy Studies
Kim Seog-gun, Vice President of the Asan institute for Policy Studies
Bong Young-shik, Senior Research Fellow of the Asan institute for Policy Studies
Go Myong-hyun, Research Fellow of the Asan institute for Policy Studies
Kim Ji-yoon, Research Fellow of the Asan institute for Policy Studies
Lee Jae-hyon, Research Fellow of the Asan institute for Policy Studies
Jang Ji-hyang, Research Fellow of the Asan institute for Policy Studies
Sung Ji-young, Program Officer, Center for Risk, Information, and Social Policy
Joo Hae-ri, Program Officer, Center for ASEAN and Oceania Studies