Participant Biographies

Abe Nobuyasu

Abe Nobuyasu

Director, CPDNP, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA)
Japan`s Nuclear Crisis (Moderator)

Professor Abe is the Director of the Center for the Pro […]

Ahn Dukgeun

Ahn Dukgeun

Professor of Trade Law and Policy, Seoul National University
Trade and Security Linkages

Dr. Ahn is Professor of International Trade Law and Pol […]

Akiyama Nobumasa

Associate Professor, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University

Dr. Akiyama is an Associate Professor in international […]

Akutsu Hiroyasu

Senior Fellow and Professor, The National Institute for Defense Studies

Dr. Akutsu is a Senior Fellow and Professor at the Nati […]

Jeffrey Bader

Jeffrey Bader

Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
American Foreign Policy in East Asia: Prospects for Shared Leadership?

Dr. Bader is the John C. Whitehead Senior Fellow in Int […]

Claude Barfield

Claude Barfield

Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Trade and Security Linkages (Moderator)

Claude Barfield is a Resident Scholar at the American E […]

Bark Taeho

Bark Taeho

Minister of Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea

Dr. Bark is the Minister of Trade at the Ministry of Fo […]

Iain Begg

Iain Begg

Professorial Research Fellow of European Institute, London School of Economics
How Can Leadership Save the Eurozone?

Mr. Begg is a Professorial Research Fellow at the Europ […]

Ansgar Belke

Ansgar Belke

Professor and Research Director , Institute of Business and Economic Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen
How Can Leadership Save the Eurozone?

Dr. Belke is Full Professor of Macroeconomics at the Un […]

Dennis Blasko

Dennis Blasko

Independent Analyst
Is China Prepared for International Leadership?

Mr. Blasko, Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army (retired), se […]