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[Korea Global Forum 2014] EAI-CEPS “East Asia’s Changing Regional Order and the Korean Peninsula: Lessons and Prospects from the European Experience”

2014-10-31

On October 31, in follow up to the Korea Global Forum Seoul event organized by EAI, the institute took the Ministry of Unification's Korea Global Forum to Europe, where it co-organized a closed roundtable meeting with the Center for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels titled: "East Asia's Changing Regional Order and the Korean Peninsula: Lessons and Prospects from the European Experience." Together with the Unification Ministry officials, 20 Korean and European experts gathered to discuss North Korea’s nuclear program, humanitarian issues, as well as Korean unification and integration.

Program

09:45-10:10	Welcoming & Congratulatory Remarks Welcoming Remarks Kerstin Born-Sirkel, Director of External Relations, CEPS Congratulatory Remarks KIM Hyung-Suk, Senior Representative for Inter-Korean Dialogue, Ministry of Unification, Republic of Korea
10:10-11:30	Session 1. “Challenges in Dealing with the North Korean Nuclear Programme” Moderator Steven BLOCKMANS, Head of EU Foreign Policy, CEPS Presenters H.E. Jacek BYLICA, Principal Advisor and Special Envoy for Non-proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service KIM Jaechun, Professor, Sogang University Discussants All Participants
11:30-11:45	Coffee & Tea
11:45-13:00	Session 2. “Addressing Humanitarian Concerns in North Korea” Moderator LEE Sook-Jong, President, EAI Presenters Steven BLOCKMANS, Head of EU Foreign Policy, CEPS JOO Hyung-min, Professor, Korea University & Chair, Center for North Korean Studies, EAI Discussants All Participants
13:00-14:00	Luncheon
14:00-15:20	Session 3. “Integration and Unification – From Germany to the Korean Peninsula, From Europe to East Asia” Moderator Kerstin BORN-SIRKEL, Director of External Relations, CEPS Presenters CHO Hong Sik, Professor & Director of the Institute of Social Science, Soongsil University Alfred STEINHERR, Professor, Free University of Bolzano & Honorary Chief Economist, European Investment Bank Discussants All Participants
15:20-15:30	Closing Remarks LEE Sook-Jong, President, EAI

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