ICKS Conference of 1997


 

1997 Joint Annual Conference of The Council on

U.S.-Korean Security Studies and International Council on Korean Studies (ICKS)

 

THE KOREAN PENINSULA: CRITICAL ISSUES AT A TIME OF IMPENDING CHANGE

 

Cosponsored by
The Walker Institute of International Studies of University of South Carolina
U.S. Army War College
National Defense University
The Korea Society

 

October 23-24, 1997


Hyatt Arlington Key Bridge Hotel
1325 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Virginia 22209

 

 

Wednesday 22 October 1997

 
7:00 - 9:00 PM

Ice Break Reception in the Hospitality Suite

 

Thursday 23 October 1997

 
8:00 - 9:00 AM

Registration

 
9:00 - 9:30 AM

Opening Remarks

General Robert W. Sennewald, Council Co-Chairman
Ambassador Yoo Yangsoo, Council Co-Chairman
Professor Ilpyong J. Kim, ICKS President

 
9:30 - 10:00 AM

Keynote Address

Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth (Invited)
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (Nominee)

 
10:15 AM

Panel I. Challenges for The Republic of Korea
As It Prepares for the Elections and Beyond

 
  Moderator

Dr. Ilpyong J. Kim University of Connecticut
Mr. David G. Brown Asia Pacific Policy Center
Dr. Taehyun Kim and Dr. Jong-Chun Baek

 

Papers

The Sejong Institute

 
10:40 - 11:10 AM

Coffee Break

 
  Discussants

Mr. Daryl M. Plunk, The Heritage Foundation
Dr. Eui Hang Shin, University of South Carolina
Dr. Jung Hyun Shin, Kyunghee University

 
11:40 - 12:10

Questions and Comments from the Floor

 
12:10 - 1:30 PM

Luncheon and Speech

 

 

 

 Speaker

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

 
2:00 - 4:45 PM

Panel II. Managing Policy Toward North Korea

 
  Moderator

Ambassador Richard L. Walker University of South Carolina

 

 


 Papers

Dr. Tae Woo Kim Institute of International Peace Strategy
Mr. Ralph Cossa Pacific Forum CSIS

 
2:40 - 3:00 PM

Coffee Break

 
  Paper

Dr. Kenneth Quinones U.S. Department of State

 
  Discussants

Dr. Eun Bong Choi, Kangwon University
Dr. Stephen Linton, Eugene Bell Centennial Foundation
Mr. Douglas H. Paal, Asia Pacific Policy Center
Dr. Kang Suk Rhee, Korea National Defense University

 
4:00 - 4:45 PM

Questions and Comments from the Floor

 

 

 Speaker

Ambassador Richard L. Walker Professor, University of South Carolina


Friday 23 October 1997

 
9:30 AM

Panel III. The ROK-US Relationship

 
  Moderator

Ambassador Jae-Won Roh The Council on Korea-U.S. Security Studies

 
  Papers

Dr. Katy Oh Institute for Defense Analyses
Dr. Doug Joong Kim Kyonggi University

 
10:00 AM

Coffee Break

 

 Discussants

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) James R. Clapper, Booz, Allen & Hamilton
Dr. Patrick M. Cronin, National Defense University
Dr. Hang Yul Rhee, Shepherd University
Dr. Yong-Soon Yim, Sung Kyun Kwan University

 
11:10 - 12:00

Questions and Comments from the Floor

 
12:10 - 1:30 PM

Luncheon and Speech

 

 

 seaker

General Henry H. Shelton U.S. Joint Chief of Staffs (Nominee)

 

1:30 PM

Panel IV. Problems for Korean Reunification:
Steps Necessary to Get from the Armistice to Unification

 
  Moderator

Ambassador Donald P. Gregg The Korea Society

 
  Papers

Dr. Suk Ryul Yu Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security Studies
Dr. Kwan-Chi Oh Korea Institute for Defense Analyses
Dr. Tae-Hwan Kwak Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University
Mr. Robert Manning Progressive Policy Institute

 
14:50 - 15:00 PM

Coffee Break
Discussants

Dr. WheeGook Kim, East-West Research Institute and CSIS
Dr. James L. McCullough, University of South Carolina
Dr. Marcus Noland, Institute for International Economics
Dr. Young-Kyu Park, Korea Institute for National Unification

 
3:30 - 4:10 PM

Questions and Comments from the Floor

 
4:15 - 5:15 PM

Round Table Discussions on Current Related Subjects

 
Moderator
Papers

Dr. Dong Whan Park, Northwestern University Discussants
Dr. Young Whan Kihl, Iowa State University
Dr. Taik Young Hamm, Kyungnam University
Dr. Patrick Morgan, University of California Ambassador Paul Cleveland

 
5:15 PM

Closing Remarks