North Korean Nuclear Politics:
Constructing a New Northeast Asian Order in the Twenty-First Century
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday - Friday, June 4 - 5, 2009
Husky Union Building (HUB), Room 310
University of Washington, Seattle
Conference Schedule
June 4 Schedule
June 5 Schedule
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Husky Union Building (HUB) 310)
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| 8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 9:30 am |
Opening Ceremony |
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Anand Yang, Director, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Clark Sorensen, Director, Center for Korea Studies, University of Washington
Myoung Kyu Park, Director, Institute for Unification and Peace Studies, Seoul National University
Yong-Chool Ha, Professor, University of Washington
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9:30 am - 12:30 pm
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Session I
Nuclear Strategy and North Korea: Understanding the Nexus between External Policies and the Domestic Political Economy
Chair
Myoung Kyu Park, Seoul National University
Discussants
K. A. Namkung, Senior Advisor to Governor Bill Richardson
Byong Ro Kim, Seoul National University
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10:00 am
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North Korea's Nuclear Strategy and Domestic Politics
Samuel Kim, Columbia University
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10:45 am
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Nuclear Politics and Economic System Reforms
Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego
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11:30 am
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Coffee Break
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11:45 am
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North Korea's Changing Perception of the World
Seong Ji Woo, Kyung Hee University
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12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
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Lunch
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1:30 pm - 4:45 pm
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Session II
The Nuclear Talks and North Korea's Bilateral Relations
Chair
Mel Gurtov, Portland State University
Discussants
Hong Yung Lee, University of California - Berkeley
David Bachman, University of Washington
Chae Jin Lee, Claremont McKenna College
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1:30 pm
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Continuity and Change: The Prospects for US-North Korea Relations During the Obama Administration
Kyung-Ae Park, University of British Columbia
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2:15 pm
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Inter-Korean Relations
Myoung Kyu Park, Seoul National University
Byong Ro Kim, Seoul National University
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3:00 pm
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Coffee Break |
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3:15 pm
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Japan-North Korea Relations
Haruki Wada, Tokyo University
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4:00 pm
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The Changing Nature of Sino-Korean Relations in the Context of the Nuclear Talks
Cai Jian, Fudan University
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Friday, June 5, 2009
Husky Union Building (HUB), Room 310
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| 8:30 am - 9:00 am |
Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:30 am |
Session III
Nuclear Politics and Regional Order
Chair
Hong Yung Lee, University of California - Berkeley
Discussants
Mel Gurtov, Portland State University
Carol Kessler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chae-Han Kim, Hallym University
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9:00 am
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Perception of North Korea as a Rational Actor: A Critical Inventory
Yong-Chool Ha, University of Washington
Chaesung Chun, Seoul National University
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9:45 am
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From Nuclear Talks to Regional Institutions
Scott Snyder, Council on Foreign Relations
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10:30 am
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Coffee Break |
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10:45 am
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The Six Party Talks and the Energy-Security Nexus: Laying the Foundation for Multilateral Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Donald Hellmann, University of Washington
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| 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Lunch |
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm
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Keynote
A Synthetic Overview of the Meeting and the Perspective of the Obama Administration in the Shadow of the Global Economic Crisis
Ambassador Morton Abramowitz, The Century Foundation
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| 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Session IV
Roundtable Discussion
Chair
Chae Jin Lee, Claremont McKenna College
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2:45 pm
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Coffee Break |
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3:00 pm
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Concluding Remarks |
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Conference Participants
Morton Abramowitz, The Century Foundation
David Bachman, University of Washington
Chaesung Chun, Seoul National University
Mel Gurtov, Portland State University
Yong-Chool Ha, University of Washington
Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego
Donald Hellmann, University of Washington
Cai Jian, Fudan University
Chris Jones, University of Washington
Carol Kessler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Byong Ro Kim, Seoul National University
Chae-Han Kim, Hallym University
Samuel Kim, Columbia University
Sean Kreyling, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chae Jin Lee, Claremont McKenna College
Hong Yung Lee, University of California, Berkeley
K. A. Namkung, Senior Advisor to Governor Bill Richardson
Kyung-Ae Park, University of British Columbia
Myoung Kyu Park, Seoul National University
Scott Snyder, Council on Foreign Relations
Clark Sorensen, University of Washington
Haruki Wada, Tokyo University
Seong Ji Woo, Kyung Hee University
Anand Yang, University of Washington
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Conference Sponsors
Organized by the University of Washington Center for Korea Studies and the Seoul National University Institute of Unification and Peace Studies.
Sponsored by the Academy for Korean Studies and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
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