History

2002 ~ 2009
2020 ~ 2024
2010 ~ 2019
2009
  • EAI is designated as a key research institute in the MacArthur Foundation’s Asia Security Initiative (ASI)
2008
  • Sook Jong Lee, Professor in the Public Administration Department at Sungkyunkwan University, is appointed as EAI’s second president
2007
  • Election Panel Survey
2006
  • EAI holds expert seminars, Global Academy
2005
  • EAI launches North Korea Panel, EAI Fellows Program
2004
  • EAI launches National Security Panel (NSP), Korea-US Dialogue 21, and EAI GlobalNet 21Forum
2003
  • EAI launches supporters association
2002
  • EAI Establishment
  • Former Prime Minister Lee Hong-koo Inaugurated as First Chairman
  • Former Korea University Professor Kim Byung-kook Inaugurated as EAI Founder and First President
2024
  • 3rd Democracy Summit Day 2 Civil Society Workshop Held
  • 2024 Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Youth Envoy Training Program Launched
2023
  • Establishment of the "Korean Politics for Future Generations" Academy Program
  • Korea, the US, and China Host an International Conference on "Responding to the East Asian Nuclear Competition and the Potential Escalation of War"
2022
  • EAI Holds 20th Anniversary Conference
  • EAI Opens New Building
2021
  • <Global Zoom&Connect> Launches English-language Web Journal Specializing in North Korea
  • MBN and East Asia Research Institute Sign Media Partnership MOU
2020
  • The Asian Democracy Research Network (ADRN) launches its English website.
  • The EAI Academy launches.
  • The Global Political Economy Panel (GPEP) launches.
  • The Korean Democracy Storytelling Project launches.
2019
  • Research Center for Innovative Future is launched
  • Research Center for Trade, Technology, and Transformation is launched
  • EAI Current Affairs Debate: “Korea-Japan Relations, Where Are We Headed?”
  • EAI Policy Debate: “Moon Jae-in Administration Mid-term Assessment: Public Opinion Survey and Policy Proposals”
2018
  • Yul Sohn, Professor at the Yonsei University GSIS, is inaugurated as the third president
  • Launch of the Rising China and New Civilization in the Asia Pacific research project
  • Global North Korea, a comprehensive archival website, is launched
  • Held the Council of Councils Eleventh Regional Conference in Seoul
2016
  • International Conference on Joint Perception Surveys Held by Korea, China, and Japan
2015
  • Launch of Myanmar Citizen Capacity Building Program
2014
  • EAI scholarship recipients are selected
  • Launch of Fellows Program on Peace, Governance, and Development in East Asia
  • Held EAI Young Festival
2013
  • Launch of EAI Sarangbang
  • First Korea-Japan Mutual Perceptions Public Opinion Poll, launch of the Korea-Japan Future Dialogue Initiation of the KF-EAI Korea Friendship Program
  • Asia Democracy Research Network (ADRN) is launched
2012
  • EAI 10th anniversary lecture series
  • Young-Sun Ha, Professor Emeritus of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Seoul National University, is appointed as EAI’s second chairman
  • Ranked 65th among think tanks in the world
  • Founding member of the Council of Councils sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relation
2010
  • EAI social sciences lecture series- The Youth of History: From the Positivists of the 18th Century to the Complex Wave of the 21st Century
  • First governance roundtable, first press forum, EPIK Young Leaders Conference, Launch of the North Korean Advancement Strategy Team

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