Date: September 11, 2024 at 12PM

Location: East Asia Institute (EAI)

The East Asia Institute (EAI) held a closed-door roundtable on Wednesday, September 11, with experts from the Open Society Foundations (OSF) and Chatham House. The event, titled "U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia: South Korean Perspectives," brought together ten security and foreign policy specialists from the three institutions. The discussions covered a range of issues, including South Korea's view of U.S. policy towards China, the outlook for U.S.-China strategic competition under the new U.S. government, and public opinion in South Korea regarding the future of ROK-U.S. alliance. 

Participants (in alphabetical order)

EAI Experts

Chaesung CHUN Chair, EAI National Security Research Center; Professor, Seoul National University 

Yang Gyu KIM Principal Researcher, EAI

Jungkun SEO Professor, Kyung Hee University

Yul SOHN President, EAI; Professor, Yonsei University

OSF-Chatham House Experts

Anar BATA Manager, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House

Rebecca BROCATO Founder and Principal, Stony Run Advisory; Former Special Assistant to President Biden and NSC Senior Director for Legislation Affairs

Michael FUCHS Special Advisor, OSF; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, State Department

Ryan HASS Director - John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings; Director for China, Taiwan and Mongolia, NSC (2013-2017)

Brander SUERO Acting Policy Analyst, OSF

Leslie VINJAMURI Director, US and the Americas Programme, Chatham House