The East Asia Institute (EAI) has held the “ROK-U.S. Alliance Conference” since 2008 and it has provided the opportunity for policymakers to share their insights on the ROK-U.S. alliance and future strategies. Continuing on from this successful experience, the EAI hosted the 2011 conference entitled “A New Security Order in East Asia and the ROK-U.S. Alliance.”

Session III. "Issues on the Korean Peninsula and Future of the ROK-U.S. Alliance"

Moderator

Yong Sup Han, Korea National Defense University

Presenters

“North Korean Nuclear Issues, Power Succession, and the ROK-U.S. Alliance”

Mark E. Manyin, U.S. Congressional Research Service

“Maintaining the ROK-U.S. Alliance (Transfer of Wartime Control and Base Relocation), and Future of the ROK-U.S. Alliance”

Kang Choi, Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security

“China’s Growing Military Strength and the ROK-U.S. Alliance”

Taeho Kim, Hallym University of Graduate Studies

Discussants

Seongho Sheen, Seoul National University

Ming Lee, National Chengchi University

Dong Wang, Peking University