2:00-2:30 pm
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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
(Chairman of EAI; Emeritus Professor at Seoul National University)
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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
(President of Sejong Institute)
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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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