The EAI held seminars in Taipei and Shanghai under the title of “Smart Talks on Northeast Asian Security Challenges.” These seminars took place on January 19th in Shanghai and 21th in Taipei separately in collaboration with the Shanghai Jiao Tong University Center for RimPac Strategic and International Studies and the National Chengchi University in Taipei. These events consisted of half day seminars with 2 sessions under the subjects of “Rise of China and the Future of the Northeast Asia Region” and “The Prospect of Cooperation: Across the Strait vs. Between the Two Koreas,” as well as “North Korea’s Transition and China-North Korea Relations.”

Smart Talk in Shanghai Program

13:30~13:35	Opening Remarks
13:35~16:00	Session I. China’s Future Role in Northeast Asia Moderator Guo Xuetang, Shanghai Center for RimPac Strategy and International Studies Presenter Seungjoo Lee, Chung-Ang University Chaesung Chun, EAI & Seoul National University Zhao Shunzhang, Shanghai Center for RimPac Strategy and International Studies Discussion Yu Jianjun, China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong Tan Tan, International Studies & Public Administration, SHUPL
16:00~16:10	Coffee Break
16:10~18:30	Session II. North Korea’s Transition and China-North Korea Relations Moderator Chaesung Chun, EAI & Seoul National University Presenter Jaewoo Choo, Kyung Hee University Gong Keyu, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies HuJian, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies Guo Xuetang, Shanghai Center for RimPac Strategy and International Studies
	Discussion Zhu Jiejin, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies Seungjoo Lee, Chung-Ang University

Smart Talk in Taipei Program

10:00~10:40	Opening Remarks Fu-Kuo Liu, MCSS, National Chengchi University Chaesung Chun, EAI & Seoul National University
10:40~12:10	Session I. Rise of China and the Future of the Northeast Asia Region Moderator Ambassador Tzen Wen-Hua Presenter Seungjoo Lee, Chung-Ang University Jaewoo Choo, Kyung Hee University Ming Lee, Professor, Department of Diplomacy, College of International Affairs, National Chengchi University
	Discussion
12:10~13:30	Luncheon
13:30~15:20	Session II. The Prospect of Cooperation: Across the Strait vs. Between the Two Koreas Moderator Michael Y. M. Kao, Taiwan Foundation for Democracy Presenter Chaesung Chun, EAI & Seoul National University Mignonne Man-jung Chan, Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of the Americas, Tamkang University Tuan-Yao Cheng, Institute of International Affairs, National Chengchi University Discussion
15:20-15:40	Tea Breaks
15:40-16:20	Discussion
16:20-16:30	Closing Fu-Kuo Liu, MCSS, National Chengchi University Chaesung Chun, EAI & Seoul National University

List of Participants in Shanghai Smart Talks

HE Qisong (Ph.D, Professor, Department of International Studies & Public Administration, SHUPL)
HU Jian (Ph.D, Senior Researcher of Institute of Eurasian Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Science (CASS))
GUO Xuetang (Ph.D, Associate Professor, Deputy Director of CSIS, SHUPL, Deputy Director of Shanghai Center for RimPac Strategy and International Studies)
TAN Tan (Ph.D, Lecturer of Department of International Studies & Public Administration, SHUPL)
WANG Wei (Ph.D, Professor, Director of Department of International Studies & Public Administration, SHUPL, Director of CSIS, SHUPL)
WU Chunsi (Ph.D, Associate Researcher and Director of Center for American Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies)
YU Jianjun (Ph.D, China Executive Leadership Academy, Pudong)
YUAN Shengyu (Ph.D, Professor, Deputy Director of Department of International Studies & Public Administration, SHUPL)
YUE Xiaoying (Ph.D, Lecturer of Department of International Studies & Public Administration, SHUPL)
ZHU Jiejin (Shanghai Institutes for International Studies)

List of Participants in Taipei Smart Talks
CHAN Mignonne Man-jung (Director of the Chinese Taipei APEC Study Center)
CHENG Tuao-Yao (Research Fellow, IIR)

DING Shuh-fan (Research Fellow, IIR & Chairman, Division of China Policy Studies)
MICHAEL Y.M. Kao Retired Ambassador of the Republic of China)
LEE Ming (Pofessor, Department of Diplomacy, NCCU)
LIU Fu-Kuo (Research Fellow, IIR / Chairman, Division of American and European Studies / Executive Director, MCSS-Center for Security Studies)
LIN Wei Yang (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC)

SHENG Ming-Shi (Associate Professor, National Defense University)
RONALD Shepherd (Senior Advisor Liaison Affairs Section, AIT)
TZEN Wen-Hua (Retired Ambassador of the Republic of China)
YEN Tiehlin (Retired Captain, ROC Navy)
YAN iann-fa (Director for International Cooperation Department, ChingYun University)
YANG Yao Lin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROC)
YU Constance (AIT)
SCHMEIDEL John Christian (PHD Student, IDAS program, NCCU)
KARALEKAS Constantine (PHD Student, IDAS program, NCCU)