ICKS Conference of 1996

1996 Annual Conference of International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS)

THE TWO KOREAS IN WORLD AFFAIRS

Cosponsored by

The Korea-America Society and The Korea Society
November 15-17, 1996

Doubletree Hotel

Pentagon City 300 Army Navy Drive

Arlington, Virginia 22202

Registration and Continental Breakfast

Opening Remarks

Ilpyong J. Kim , President, International Council on Korean Studies

The Honorable Woong-Kyu Cho
President of The Korea-America Society and
Member of the National Assembly, Republic of Korea

Frederick F. Carriere , Executive Director of the Korea Society

Welcoming Address
The Honorable Kun Woo Park
Ambassador of Republic of Korea to the United States

Keynote Address

The Honorable Kim Deog Ryong
Minister of Political Affairs and
Member of the National Assembly, Republic of Korea

"The Korean Politics and Foreign Policy in the 21st Century"

Short Coffee Break

Panel I. Korea and East Asian Security

Ilpyong J. Kim, Moderator and Discussant
Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut

"Northeast Asian Security Setting"
Sheldon W. Simon, Professor of Political Science
Arizona State University

"Changing U.S.-Korean Security Relations"
Edward A. Olsen, Professor of Asian Studies
Naval Postgraduate School

"The Viability of U.S. Security Strategy Toward the Korean Peninsula"
William J. Taylor, Jr., Senior Vice President
Center for Strategic and International Studies

"Chinese and U.S. Relations with South Korea: Compatibilities and Conflicts"

Robert G. Sutter, Analyst in Asian Affairs
Congressional Research Service

Security Conceptions on the Korean Peninsula: Beyond Convergence?"
Victor Cha, Assistant Professor of Political Science
Georgetown University

Patrick M. Cronin, Director of SPA, INSS, National Defense University
Hang Yul Rhee, Professor of Political Science, Shepherd University
WheeGook Kim, Adjunct Fellow, Center for Strategic & International Studies

Luncheon and Keynote Address

James W. Morley, Professor of Political Science
Former Director of East Asian Studies, Columbia University

"U.S. Security Policy in East Asia"

Break

Panel II. North Korea in Perspective

John Merril, Moderator and Discussant
Research Analyst, INR-EAP, U.S. Department of State

"Systemic Change in North Korea: Its Dimension and Process"
Sung Chull Kim, Research Fellow
Research Institute for National Unification

"Economic Crisis and Social Integration in North Korea"
Byoung-Lo P. Kim, Research Fellow
Research Institute for National Unification

"North Korean Foreign Policy in a Time of Regime Crisis:
Assessment and Prospects" Kwanhee Hong, Research Fellow
Research Institute for National Unification

"Negotiation Strategies of North Korea Toward the United States"
Nam-Sung Huh, Professor and Senior Fellow of RINSA
Korea National Defense University

"The Structure of North Korean Trade and the Implications
for Its Comparative Advantage vis-a-vis South Korea"
Kiheung Kim, Professor of Economics, Kyunggi & Stanford University and
Sooyoung Choi, Research Fellow, Rsch. Inst. of National Unification.

Scott Snyder, Program Officer, U.S. Institute of Peace
Kongdan Oh, Oh & Hassig Pacific Rim Consulting
Rinn Sup Shin, Analyst in Asian Affairs, Congressional Research Service

Coffee Break

Panel III. South Korea in Perspective

Hankyo Kim, Moderator and Discussant
Professor of Political Science, University of Cincinnati

"South Korean Unification Policy in the Context of North Korean
Economic Difficulties" Young-Yoon Kim, Director of Policy Studies
Research Institute for National Unification

"Regionalism and Institutional Foundation of Korean Politics"
David Kang, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Dartmouth College

"The Direction of International Economic Policy in South Korea"

Yoo Soo Hong, Senior Research Fellow
Korea Institute for International Economic Policy "The Defense Policy
of South Korea in the Year 2000"
Changsu Kim, Editor-in-Chief, Korea Journal of Defense Analysis
Korea Institute for Defense Analyses

Moon Jong Hong, Member of National Assembly, Republic of Korea
W. Robert Warne, President, Korea Economic Institute of America
William M. Drennan, Colonel, USAF, National Defense University
Eui Hang Shin, Professor of Sociology, University of South Carolina

Dinner Invitation for All Panelists

Continental Breakfast

John K. C. Oh, Moderator and Discussant
Professor of Political Science, Catholic University of America

"Unification Policies of North and South Korea"
Young Whan Kihl, Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University

"South-North Korean Relations: Issues and Prospects"
Suk Ryul Yu, Professor of Political Science
Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

"North Korean Economy and Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation"
Dongho Jo, Research Fellow, Korea Development Institute

"Federalism and Korean Unification"
Keon S. Chi, Professor of Political Science, Georgetown College

"Korean Personality and Reunification"
Suk C. Chang, M.D., Clinical Psychiatrist, Waterbury Hospital

Alfred M. Beck, Former Chief Editor, Center for U.S. Air Force History
Daryl M. Plunk, Senior Fellow, Asian Studies Center, Heritage Foundation
Soon Paik, Senior Economist, U.S. Department of Labor

Coffee Break

Panel V. Major Powers Policies toward Korean Unification

Chae-Jin Lee, Moderator and Discussant
Professor of Political Science, Claremont-McKenna College

"Chinese Policies Toward the Two Koreas"
Thomas W. Robinson, President
American Asian Research Enterprises

"Japanese Policies Toward the Two Koreas"
Hong Nack Kim, Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University

"Russian Policies Toward the Two Koreas"
Jane Shapiro Zacek, Director of Development, Union College

"U.S. Policies Toward the Two Koreas"
Larry A. Niksch, Congressional Research Service

Melvin Goodman, Professor of NWC, National Defense University
Robert A. Manning, Senior Fellow, Progressive Policy Institute
James W. Kelman, Political/Security Staff, U.S. Information Agency

Luncheon and Keynote Address

The Honorable Winston Lord
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs

"U.S.-Korea Relations: Prospects"

Break

Panel VI. The Two Koreas in The World Community

Byung-Joon Ahn, Professor of Political Science
Yonsei University and Johns Hopkins Unversity

Don Oberdorfer, Journalist, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University
Jeong-Woo Kil, Columnist, Washington Bureau, Joong-ang Daily
Jung Hyu Nam, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kyunggi University
Heesu Katherine Kim, Lecturer, University of London

Coffee Break

Panel VII. Conclusions and Predictions

James W. Morley, Professor of Political Science
Former Director of East Asian Studies, Columbia University

Chae-Jin Lee, Professor of Political Science
Claremont-McKenna College

Questions and Answers

Closing Remarks

Ilpyong J. Kim, President
International Council on Korean Studies

End of the Conference