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EAI Newsletter [August 2011]

  • 2011-08-09
August 2011
 2011 EPIK Young Leaders Conference
On August 17, 2011, the EAI will be holding its annual essay competition for selected undergraduate and graduate students. The 2011 EPIK Young Leaders Conference is a conference organized by EPIK Spiders, an academic circle created by EAI intern graduates. The essay topic for this year is "Sustainable Future."

  EAI Asia Security Initiative Updates
EAI Working Paper on South Korea's Response to the North Korea Threat
In October 2006, North Korea tested its first nuclear weapon putting into question the Roh Moo-hyun administration's engagement policy. Drawing upon inside sources from the Roh administration, Sungbae Kim examines the internal debates and policy responses to North Korea's nuclear threat in 2006.

U.S.-China Relations Briefing on Core Interests
This briefing seeks to identify the core interests of Beijing and Washington by using data from the U.S.-China Relations Series Statement Factsheets. In addressing the bilateral relationship, this briefing observes the behavior and reaction of the two countries on certain issues which are related to their core interests.

EAI Issue Briefing on South Korea's Policy Debate on North Korea
Since North Korea's provocations in 2010, policy debates in South Korea have seen progressives and conservatives lay blame at each other. In this Issue Briefing, Dong Sun Lee examines the policy debate by challenging the arguments made by both sides.

EAI Focus
 
EAI Announcements & Events
Apply for the EAI Fellows Program 2011-2012

InfraVision with Tomochika
Uyama (Embassy of Japan)

2011-08-30

EAI Publications
[Memo] Issue of Nuclear Power Plant Siting and Local Politics in Japan

[Memo] Witness to Transformation: Refugee Insights into North Korea

[Memo] Assessing the Rise of China

[Memo] Taiwan’s Political Security in an Era of Cross-Strait Detente

[Multimedia] Smart Talk with Prof. Lowell Dittmer

[Issue Briefing] Blame Game under Fire: Parsing South Korean Debate on North Korea Policy_Dong Sun Lee





EAI News
Korea Public Diplomacy Forum
The EAI together with the Korea Foundation held the Korea Public Diplomacy Forum on July 13, 2011, under the title of "Korea's Soft Power and Public Diplomacy." This forum discussed the research and findings from the book Public Diplomacy and Soft Power in East Asia, which was co-edited by EAI President Sook Jong Lee.
Applications for EAI Fellows Program 2011-12
Applications for the EAI Fellows Program 2011-12 are now open. This program offers selected fellows the opportunity to present seminars and lectures, based on an unpublished article on current issues in the region at two or more partner institutions in East Asia. The deadline for applications is September 2, 2011. Please see the website for more details.
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