EAI hosted the third Korea-U.S. Alliance Conference titled “An ROK-US Alliance for the 21st century" on November 3, 2009. In the first session, former Senior Secretary for Foreign Affairs and National Security, Byung-Kook Kim (Korea University) and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Thomas J. Christensen (Princeton University) delivered a lecture on the topic of "Korea-U.S. alliance and Peace in East Asia." In the following session, a Roundtable discussion took place inviting scholars from the U.S. and Northeast Asia discussing on the topic of security alliance in the region.
Public Lecture
Time 10:00~12:00
Venue Sapphire Ballroom, Lotte Hotel Seoul
Presenter
Byung-Kook Kim, Korea University (former Senior Secretary for Foreign Affairs and National Security)
Thomas J. Christensen, Princeton University (former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs)
Roundtable
Time 14:00~18:30
Venue Sapphire Ballroom, Lotte Hotel Seoul
Presenter
Victor Cha, Georgetown University
Qingguo Jia, Beijing University
Yoshihide Soeya, Keio University
Chaesung Chun, Seoul National University
Shulong Chu, Tsinghua University
Yong Wook Lee, Korea University
Min Gyo Koo, Yonsei University