Institute for Interdisciplinary Unification Studies
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  Opening Session    
Welcoming Remark  
Taeho Bark  President, SFIA; Former Minister of Trade; Professor Emeritus,
Seoul National University
 
Congratulatory Remark  
Georg Schmidt  German Ambassador to the Republic of Korea  
Opening Speech  
Ki-moon Ban  The 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations  
  Session 1.
Democratic Multilateralism under Strain:
Geopolitics, Norms and Security Practice
 
MODERATOR  
Young-kwan Yoon    
Chairman, The Asan Institute for Policy Studies; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University  
PRESENTERS    
Michael W. Doyle  University Professor, Columbia University (virtual)  
Kenneth A. Schultz William Bennett Munro Professor, Stanford University  
DISCUSSANTS    
Shin-wha Lee Director, Institute for Interdisciplinary Unification Studies; Professor, Korea University  
Chaesung Chun President, East Asia Institute; Professor, Seoul National Univ.  
Joshua Byun Professor, Boston College (virtual)  
     
  Session 2.
Shifting Global Order: Democratic Cooperation, Authoritarian Realignment and Korean Unification
 
MODERATOR  
Sung-han Kim
Former National Security Advisor; Professor Emeritus, Korea Univ.
   
PRESENTERS    
William T. Tow Emeritus Professor, Australian National University (virtual)  
& Jae Jeok Park Associate Dean and Professor, GSIS, Yonsei University  
Jonathan A. Chu Presidential Young Professor, National University of Singapore  
Byung-Yeon Kim Distinguished Professor, Seoul National University  
DISCUSSANTS    
Sang Hyun Lee Former President and Fellow Emeritus, Sejong Institute  
Kil Joo Ban  Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy  
Kyoung-Seok Ha Research Fellow, Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS)  
       
  Session 3.
Regional Pathways of Democratic Cooperation:
Indo-Pacific, Europe and Beyond
 
MODERATOR    
Jae-Seung Lee     
Vice-President, SFIA; Professor and Jean Monnet Chair, Korea Univ.;
President, Ilmin International Relations Institute
 
PRESENTERS    
Gi-Wook Shin  William J. Perry Professor of Contemporary Korea
and Former Director of the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
 
& Gidong Kim  Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies  
Ken Jimbo  Professor, Keio Univ.; Managing Director of I-House of Japan  
Maria J. Debre  Professor and Chair, Zeppelin Univ. Friedrichshafen (virtual)  
& Daniëlle Flonk  Professor, Hitotsubashi University  
DISCUSSANTS    
Sook Jong Lee  Distinguished Professor, Sungkyunkwan University  
Taehee Whang Professor, Yonsei University; Former Director General for Unification Cooperation, Ministry of Unification  
Jiyoung Ko Professor, Korea University  
Jong Hee Park Director of the IR Data Center, Institute of International Studies; Professor, Seoul National University  
     
               
 
  Session 4.
Reimaging Global Architectures: Institutional Resilience, Economic Security, Trade Governance, and G7 Reform
MODERATOR  
Taeho Bark  President, SFIA
PRESENTERS  
Victor Cha  President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department/Korea Chair, CSIS; Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University (video)
Christina L. Davis  Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director of the Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University
Danny Quah  Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS; Member, The World Bank President’s Economic Advisory Panel
DISCUSSANTS  
Yoosuk Kim  President, Chey Institute for Advanced Studies
Wonho Yeon  Hyundai Motor Group
Yukiko Fukagawa  Professor, Waseda University (virtual)
Wang Hwi Lee  Professor, Ajou University; Director, Ajou Institute of Unification
  Wrap Up Session
Co-Coordinators  
Shin-wha Lee and Jonathan A. Chu
  Key Findings & Next Steps Discussion
(All participants)
A discussion on the key themes and findings emerging from the mini-conference and a discussion of the initiative’s next steps, including journal / book publication plans
Closing Remark
Taeho Bark  President, SFIA