On behalf of the Asia Democracy Network (ADN), which the East Asia Institute (EAI) has been a main driving force in establishing, EAI launched the Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) Inaugural Meeting and Workshop in Seoul from November 26 to 26, 2013.

At the workshop, working-level specialists and scholars in democracy-related research think tanks from countries such as India, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, the U.S., and South Korea discussed the roles and challenges of think tanks in democracy-related issues, democracy performance and challenges in their respective countries, and the future agenda of the ADRN.

India: Kaustuv Bandyopadhyay, Director, Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)

Indonesia: Tobias Basuki, Researcher, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

Japan: Yasushi Kudo, President, Genron NPO

Mongolia: Damba Ganbat, Board Member, Political Education Academy of Mongolia

South Korea: Sook-Jong Lee, President, EAI
                         Hee-Yeon Cho, Dean, NGO Graduate School at Sungkonghoe University

Sri Lanka: Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu, Executive Director, Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA)

Taiwan: Chin-en Wu, Associate Research Fellow, Academia Sinica and Asian Barometer
                Chilik Yu, Vice President, Shih Hsin University

Thailand: Thawilwadee Bureekul, Director, King Prajadhipok’s Institute (KPI)

United States: Christopher Walker, Executive Director, National Endowment for Democracy (NED)