The Atlantic Council’s Asia Security Initiative, housed within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, and the Korea Foundation will host the 2020 Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Forum from 8:00 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. (EST) / 10:00 p.m. to 12:05 a.m. (KST) on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, and 8:00 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. (EST) / 10:00 p.m. to 12:15 a.m. (KST) on Thursday, December 3, 2020.
The Atlantic Council-Korea Foundation Forum brings together current and former US and ROK officials and senior experts to develop forward-looking recommendations for the most pressing issues facing the bilateral security alliance and economic partnership.
Register here: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/2020-atlantic-council-korea-found…
Day 1: Wednesday, December 2
8:00 – 8:10 a.m. (EST) / 10:00 – 10:10 p.m. (KST) - Opening remarks
- Mr. Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council
- Dr. Geun Lee, President, Korea Foundation
8:10 – 8:45 a.m. (EST) / 10:10 – 10:45 p.m. (KST) - Keynote session: “The US-ROK Alliance and the Future of the Rules-Based International System”
- Dr. Kurt Campbell, Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Chairman and CEO, The Asia Group
- Mr. Frederick Kempe (moderator), President and CEO, Atlantic Council
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. (EST) / 11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. (KST) - Panel session: “The US-ROK Alliance under the Biden Administration”
- Dr. Young-kwan Yoon, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea, Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University
- Dr. Jim Miller, Former US Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, President, Adaptive Strategies, LLC
- Dr. Heung-kyu Kim, Director, US-China Policy Institute, Ajou University
- Mr. Barry Pavel, Senior Vice President and Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
- Dr. Jaechun Kim, Professor of International Relations, Sogang University
- Ms. Olivia Gazis (moderator), Intelligence and National Security Reporter, CBS News
10:00 – 10:05 a.m. (EST) / 12:00 – 12:05 a.m. (KST) Closing remarks
- Dr. Miyeon Oh, Director and Senior Fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
Day 2: Thursday, December 3
8:00 – 8:05 a.m. (EST) / 10:00 – 10:05 p.m. (KST) - Welcoming remarks
- Mr. Barry Pavel, Senior Vice President and Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
8:05 – 9:00 a.m. (EST) / 10:05 – 11:00 p.m. (KST) - Panel session: “Principled Diplomacy for a Denuclearized North Korea”
- Mr. Robert Einhorn, Senior Fellow, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative and the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology, Brookings Institution
- Dr. Byung-Yeon Kim, Professor, Department of Economics, Seoul National University
- Mr. Markus V. Garlauskas, Former US National Intelligence Officer for North Korea, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
- Dr. Ki-Young Sung, Senior Research Fellow, Security Strategy Research Center, Institute for National Security Strategy
- Dr. Sue Mi Terry (moderator), Senior Fellow, Korea Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies
9:15 – 10:10 a.m. (EST) / 11:15 p.m. – 12:10 a.m. (KST) - Panel session: “The US-ROK Economic Partnership Beyond the Peninsula”
- Dr. Dukgeun Ahn, Professor of International Trade Law and Policy, Seoul National University
- The Hon. Marc Knapper (TBC), Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, US Department of State
- Dr. Miyeon Oh, Director and Senior Fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council
- Mr. Scott Snyder (moderator), Senior Fellow for Korea Studies and Director of the Program on US-Korea Policy, Council on Foreign Relations
10:10 – 10:15 a.m. (EST) / 12:10 – 12:15 a.m. (KST) - Closing remarks
- TBC