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2016 IFANS Conference on Global Affairs Upload Date 2016-10-28 Hits 4149

2016 IFANS Conference on Global Affairs

 

 

The Korea National Diplomatic Academy hosted the IFANS Conference on Global Affairs titled “New Era, New Order, New Strategy”on October 26, 2016.

 

  

   

 

YUN Duk-Min, Chancellor of the KNDA, suggested ▲stability and peace of the Korean Peninsula, ▲stable balance of Northeast Asia, and ▲free access to the global market as future foreign policy of Korea. In addition, hestressed the necessity of establishing a strong and effective sanction regime through international cooperation in order to solve North Korean nuclear issues.

 

   

 

The first session invited distinguished scholars who delivered special lectureson “New Era, New Strategy.” The first guest speaker, Professor Stephen D. KRASNER of Stanford University talked about “Pragmatic Engagement: Grand Strategy for the United States.” Professor Krasner said the United States confronts three long-term challenges—▲uncertainty of the Russian regime, ▲China’s desire for a regional hegemony, and ▲”black swans” that constitute existential conventional and unconventional security threats. In response to these challenges, Professor Krasner argued that the United States should pursue “pragmatic engagement” by ▲cooperating with NATO, ▲corroborating its allies with East Asian countries, and ▲strengthening preventive measures so as to prepare for unpredictable contingencies.

 

   

 

The second guest speaker, Professor Emeritus OKONOGI Masao of Keio University addressed the audience of “Japan-Korea Relations in the Changing International System: History, China, and North Korea,” and highlighted that security issues should beseparated from history and territorial issues in order to improve future Japan-Korea relations. He also added developing North Korean nuclear weapons and missiles does not conduce to North Korean regime’s survival, and pointed out that “flexible containment strategy” is ideal for solving the North Korean nuclear crisis.

 

   

 

The second session, eminent scholars’roundtable, led by Chancellor YUN Duk-Min, discussed “Challenges, Tasks, and New Strategy for Korea’s Foreign Policy.” Panelists were: Chairman of the Board of Trustees HA Young-Sun at the East Asia Institute, Professor Emeritus YOON Young-kwan of Seoul National University, Professor Emeritus MOON Chung-in of Yonsei University, and Chairman and Founder CHUN Yung-woo of the Korean Peninsula Future Forum, all of whom discussed in-depth ▲the North Korean nuclear crisis, ▲the rise of China, and ▲future direction of Korea’s foreign policy.

 

   

 

The third session, moderated by President SHIN Dong-ik of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security at the KNDA, discussed “How to Deal with North Korea’s Nuclear Threats”—pragmatic response to North Korean nuclear issues. In his keynote speech, Special Representative for Koran Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs KIM Hong-kyun emphasized that it is crucial to make North Korea realize possessing nuclear weapons will not guarantee its survival under any circumstance. Panelists for this session were: Ambassador of Greece Dionisios SOURVANOS, Ambassador of Turkey Arslan Hakan OKCAL, Political Counselor of the Delegation of the EU to the ROK Marek REPOVSKY, and Political Counselor of the Embassy of Australia to the ROK Tiffany MCDONALD.

 
Approximately 300 people attended the Conference, and had a meaningful time that analyzed the current status of Korea’s foreign policy and sought future diplomatic strategy of Korea.

 

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