ROK-U.S. Alliance
Working Together for Lasting Peace on the Korean Peninsula
Monday, June 11, 2001 | 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Wohlstetter Conference Center, Twelfth Floor, AEI 1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
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About This Event

As the first anniversary of Republic of Korea president Kim Dae-jung’s historical trip to Pyongyang last June draws near, leading members of Korea’s Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) as well as Korean and American public policy experts will gather at AEI to discuss the possible process of unification of the two Koreas. Panelists will examine the present situation, the economic, social, legal, and policy implications of an eventual reconciliation and cooperation between the two Koreas, as well as the role of the United States in assuring a lasting peace in the area. Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Han Seung-soo of the Republic of Korea will deliver a special luncheon address.
Agenda

9:45 a.m.

Registration

10:00

Welcome:

Arthur Waldron, AEI

Yoo Jay-kun, MDP

Presentation:

Stephen Bosworth, Tufts University

Moon Chung-in, Yonsei University

Discussants:

Nicholas Eberstadt, AEI

Kim Un-yong, MDP

Yoo Jay-kun, MDP

Moderator:

James R. Lilley, AEI

12:30 p.m.

Luncheon

Introduction:

Christopher DeMuth, AEI

Speaker:

Han Seung-soo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

2:00

Adjournment
AEI Participants

 

Christopher
DeMuth
  • Christopher DeMuth was president of AEI from December 1986 through December 2008. Previously, he was administrator for information and regulatory affairs in the Office of Management and Budget and executive director of the Presidential Task Force on Regulatory Relief in the Reagan administration; taught economics, law, and regulatory policy at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; practiced regulatory, antitrust, and general corporate law; and worked on urban and environmental policy in the Nixon White House.

     

  • Phone: 2028625895
    Email: cdemuth@aei.org

  • Assistant Info

    Name: Keriann Hopkins
    Phone: 2028625897
    Email: keriann.hopkins@aei.org
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Nicholas
Eberstadt
  • Nicholas Eberstadt, a political economist and a demographer by training, is also a senior adviser to the National Board of Asian Research, a member of the visiting committee at the Harvard School of Public Health, and a member of the Global Leadership Council at the World Economic Forum. He researches and writes extensively on economic development, foreign aid, global health, demographics, and poverty. He is the author of numerous monographs and articles on North and South Korea, East Asia, and countries of the former Soviet Union. His books range from The End of North Korea (AEI Press, 1999) to The Poverty of the Poverty Rate (AEI Press, 2008).

     

  • Phone: 202-862-5825
    Email: eberstadt@aei.org

  • Assistant Info

    Name: Kelly Matush
    Phone: 202-862-5835
    Email: kelly.matush@aei.org
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