The East Asia Institute (President Yul Sohn) and the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA) co-hosted a seminar titled “Engaging in the Indo-Pacific: German and South Korean Views” on July 6, 2022, at the East Asia Institute Conference hall. The panelists held an in-depth discussion on the vision for the Indo-Pacific region, measures for German-South Korean cooperation, and both countries’ strategies for engagement.
Program
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2:00-2:30 pm |
Opening and Congratulatory Remarks |
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Opening Remarks |
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Yul Sohn (President of EAI; Professor at Yonsei University) |
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Patrick Köllner (Vice President of GIGA; Director of IAS) |
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Congratulatory Remarks |
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H.E. Michael Reiffenstuel (German Ambassador to South Korea) |
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H.E. Maria Castillo Fernandez (EU Ambassador to South Korea) |
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2:30-4:00 pm |
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Panel 1: Vision for the Indo-Pacific Region and Strategy for Engagement |
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Moderated by Young-sun Ha |
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Presenters: |
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Patrick Köllner (Director of GIGA Institute for Asian Studies) |
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The Rise of the Indo-Pacific as a New Strategic Space |
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Sook-jong Lee (Professor at Sungkyunkwan University) |
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South Korea’s Strategic Mapping of Indo-Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges |
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Johannes Plagemann (Research Fellow at GIGA) |
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Foreign policy signaling in the Indo-Pacific |
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Discussants: |
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Seung-joo Lee (Professor at Chung Ang University) |
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Wie-young Ha (Deputy Director General for North American Affairs at MOFA) |
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Coffee Break |
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4:45-6:15 pm |
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Panel 2: Economic and Security Challenges in the Indo-Pacific and German-South Korea Cooperation |
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Moderated by Sang-hyun Lee |
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Presenters: |
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Yul Sohn (President of EAI and Professor at Yonsei University) |
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Constructing A Global Indo-Pacific: The Economic Dimension |
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Christian Wirth (Research Fellow at GIGA) |
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The Role of Middle Powers in Safeguarding the Maritime Commons of a Multipolar World: Sea Lanes and the Indo-Pacific Rules-based Order |
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Chae-sung Chun (Professor at Seoul National University) |
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The US security strategy in the Indo-Pacific and South Korean Regional Security Strategy |
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Discussants: |
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Byung-il Choi (President of Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies) |
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Min-gyo Koo (Professor at Seoul National University) |
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6:15-6:30 pm |
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Concluding Remarks |
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Yul Sohn (President of EAI and Professor at Yonsei University) |
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Patrick Köllner (Director of GIGA Institute for Asian Studies) |
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