ICKS Conference of 2006

THE U.S.-KOREA RELATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

The Sigur Center for Asian Studies

The Elliott School of International Affairs

The George Washington University

1957 E Street, NW

Washington, DC 20052

 October 6-8, 2006

Friday 6 October 2006

Registration

Opening Ceremony

Opening Remarks

Hong Nack Kim, President of ICKS

Nak-Ho Sung, President of KAUPA

Shawn F. McHale, Director of Sigur Center

Keynote Speeches

“Challenges and Prospects of the U.S.-Korean Relations”

Tae-Sik Lee, ROK Ambassador to the United States

Thomas C. Hubbard, Former U.S. Ambassador to the ROK

Introduced by

Hang Yul Rhee, Chairman, ICKS Board of Directors

Yoon Shik Park, Program Chairperson, KAUPA

Panel I. The U.S.-ROK Alliance in the New Century

Hang Yul Rhee, Shepherd University

“The U.S.-ROK Alliance: American Perspectives”

David I. Steinberg, Georgetown University

“The U.S.-ROK Alliance: Military Perspectives,”

Bruce E. Bechtol, Jr., USMC Staff and Command College

“The U.S.-ROK Alliance: Political Perspectives,”

Jong-O Ra, Holins University

Coffee Break

Hugo Wheegook Kim, East-West Research Institute
John R. Merrill, U.S. Department of State

Byungki Kim, Korea University and Georgetown University

Dinner and Dinner Speech

Saturday 7 October 2006

Continental Breakfast

Panel II. The U.S. and the Two Koreas in the 21st Century

John R. Merrill, U.S. Department of State

“The U.S.-ROK Alliance and the Security of the East Asia: An American Perspective” 
Patrick Morgan, University of California, Irvine
“The U.S.-DPRK Relations in the 21st Century,”
C. Kenneth Quinones, Korean Peninsula Programs, The International Action
“The U.S. East Asia Strategy and the Korean Peninsula,”
Young Whan Kihl, Iowa State University
“Inter-Korean Relations and the Future of the U.S.-Korean Alliance,”
Choong Nam Kim, East-West Center

Coffee Break

Mark Manyin, Congressional Research Service

Hong Nack Kim, West Virginia University

Ilpyong Kim, University of Connecticut

Luncheon and Luncheon Speech

“U.S.-Korea Security Alliance: Present and Future”
Charles L. Prichard, President, Korean Economic Institute (Invited)
Introduced by Dr. Yoon-Shik Park, George Washington University

Panel III. Development of U.S.-Korea Economic Relations

Yoon-shik Park, George Washington University

“An Overview of the U.S.-Korea Economic Relations - A Washington Perspective”
James M. Lister, Korea Economic Institute of America
“Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement: Major Issues and Potential Benefits”
Seok-Young Choi, Minister for Economic Affairs, Korean Embassy
“Challenge to the U.S.-Korea Economic Relations”
Edward M. Graham, Institute for International Economics

Coffee Break

Richard TongJun Shin, LECG Economics and Finance
Youn-Suk Kim, Kean University
Soon Paik, U.S. Department of Labor

Dinner and Dinner Speech

“Mounting Tensions in Northeast Asia: Problems and Remedies”
James A. Kelly, Center for Strategic and International Studies (Invited)
Introduced by
Dr. Ilpyong J. Kim, University of Connecticut

Sunday 8 October 2006

Continental Breakfast

Panel IV. Social / Cultural / Educational Manifestations of the Newly Emerging U.S.-Korea Relations

Jai P. Ryu, Loyola College in Maryland

“The New Korean National Identity & U.S.-Korea Relations”
Kirk W. Larsen, George Washington University
“A Fractured and Roiled Identity: the Ideological Challenges for Korea in the 21st Century”
Emanuel Pastreich, George Washington University
“Brain Drain, Brain Drain, and Global Brain Network”
Sun Woong Kim, University of Wisconsin

Okyun Kwon, U.S. Department of Justice
Sung Mook Lee, Carnegie Mellon University
Kihyon Kim, NCCU, KAUPA

Luncheon and Concluding Remarks

Hong Nack Kim, President of ICKS
Nak-Ho Sung, President of KAUPA

(End of Conference)