Participant Biographies

Ali Aslan

Ali Aslan

TV Presenter and Journalist
Session 3 - "Populism v. LIO: EU"

Mr. Ali Aslan is an international TV presenter and jour […]

Bruce W. Bennett

Bruce W. Bennett

Senior International/Defense Researcher, The RAND Corporation
Session 1 - "ROK-U.S. Alliance"

Bruce W. Bennett is a senior international/defense rese […]

Ernest Z. Bower

Ernest Z. Bower

President & CEO, BowerGroupAsia
Session 4 - "Southeast Asia and LIO"

Mr. Ernest Bower is the CEO of BowerGroupAsia, the lead […]

Kate Brannen

Kate Brannen

Deputy Managing Editor, Just Security
Session 2 - "Cyber Security"

Ms. Kate Brannen is the deputy managing editor of Just […]

Kent Calder

Kent Calder

Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University
Session 1 - "One Belt One Road"

Prof. Kent Calder is currently Director of the Reischau […]

Victor Cha

Victor Cha

Senior Advisor and Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Session 1 - "ROK-U.S. Alliance"

Dr. Victor Cha joined CSIS in May 2009 as a senior advi […]

Choi Byung-il

Choi Byung-il

Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Ewha Womans University
Plenary Session III - "Geoeconomics"

Professor Choi Byung-il is the Founder and President of […]

James Choi

James Choi

Ambassador, Embassy of Australia to the Republic of Korea
Session 3 - "Indo-Pacific and LIO"

Amb. Choi is Australian Ambassador to the Republic of K […]

Choi Kang

Choi Kang

Vice President for Research and Principal Fellow, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies
Session 1 - "ROK-U.S. Alliance"

Night Session - "Sharp Power"

Book Launch

Dr. Choi Kang is Vice President for research and a prin […]

Chung Jae-Ho

Chung Jae-Ho

Professor, College of Social Sciences, Seoul National University
Plenary Session II - "The U.S.-China Strategic Competition"

Prof. Chung Jae-Ho is a professor of international rela […]