AAS Conference in Toronto, Canada
March 20, 2012
March 15-17, 2012 – The Korea Economic Institute proudly hosted four panels at the 2012 Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference in Toronto, Canada. Leading policy experts, political scientists, sociologists and economists talked about the current status and future of the Korean peninsula and regional security, economy, foreign affairs, and sociological change.
The panels presented were as follows:
Sociological Processes and Regional Community Formation Incorporating South Korea
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2012
Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Location: Civic Ballroom North
South Korean National Identity Gaps with China and Japan
Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University
Lacking Trust between Nations: South Korea’s Security Relations with Japan and China
Leif-Eric Easley, Ewha University
Inter-group Conflicts in Beijing’s Koreatown
Sharon Yoon, Princeton University
Moderator: Jaeeun Kim, Princeton University
Security Challenges and the Changing Balance on the Korean Peninsula
Date: Friday, March 16, 2012
Time: 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Location: Civic Ballroom North
The View from China
Andrew Scobell, RAND Corporation
The View from Russia
Stephen Blank, U.S. Army War College
Japanese Security Strategy and the Korean Peninsula
Narushige Michishita, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan
The View from South Korea
Taeho Kim, Hallym University
Moderator: Abraham Kim, Vice President, KEI
TPP or ASEAN+3: Alternative Plans for Asian Regionalism and Free Trade Pacts
Date: Friday, March 16, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Civic Ballroom North
TPP and the U.S. Approach to Asia-Pacific Trade
Edward Lincoln, George Washington University
South Korea: Which Way Will It Go on Asian Integration?
Hyung-Gon Jeong, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP)
Asian and Trans-Pacific Tracks of Economic Integration in the Asia Pacific
Peter Petri, Brandeis University
Moderator: Troy Stangarone, Senior Director for Congressional Affairs and Trade, KEI
Political Change in 2010-12 and Regional Cooperation Centered on the Korean Peninsula
Date: Saturday, March 17, 2012
Tim: 2:15 PM – 4:15 PM
Location: Civic Ballroom North
South Korean Politics and China
Jae Ho Chung, Seoul National University
North Korean Politics and China
Jack Pritchard, President, KEI and Gordon Flake, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Chinese Politics and the Korean Peninsula
See-won Byun, George Washington University
Moderator: Nicholas Hamisevicz, Director of Research and Academic Affairs, KEI
The papers presented will be available shortly. Until then, please click on the presentation title to watch the video recording of the panel!
Until then, feel free to see photos from the event at KEI's Flickr.