The Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted its 1st ASAN Roundtable on “The Political Economy of US-ROK OPCON Transfer” on April 15, 2010.
Moderator Hahm Chaibong (Director, The Asan Institute) and panelists Bruce Bennett (RAND Corporation), Choi Kang (Professor, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security), Chun Jaesung (Professor, Seoul National University), and Koo Bonhan (Professor, Hallym University) discussed the political and economic implications of an operational control transfer on the US-ROK alliance.