Korea Policy Forum: The Future of U.S. Policy and the Indo-Pacific

What opportunities and challenges lie ahead for the United States and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region? This two-panel event brings together experts from the United States and Asia to discuss the future of U.S. policy and the policies of key regional players, including Korea, Japan, China, and their neighbors. As we enter a new year marked by political transitions in many capitals, the speakers will assess the foreign policy challenges and domestic political dynamics that will shape U.S. engagement and broader developments across the Indo-Pacific.

This GWIKS Korea Policy Forum is organized in partnership with GW’s Sigur Center for Asian Studies, East Asia National Resource Center, Taiwan Education and Research Program, Seoul National University's Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, and Ritsumeikan University's Center for East Asian Peace and Cooperation Studies.

Panel 1:
Youngjoo Jang, Visiting Research Fellow, Center for East Asian Peace and Cooperation Studies, Ritsumeikan University
Robert Sutter, Professor of Practice of International Affairs, the George Washington University
Drew Arveseth, Director for the Korean Peninsula and Mongolia, U.S. National Security Council
Bumsoo Kim, Director, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University

Panel 2:
Inwook Kim, Associate Professor of International Affairs, Sungkyunkwan University
Ilaria Mazzocco, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Trustee Chair in Chinese Business and Economics, Center for Strategic & International Studies
Prashanth Parameswaran, Global Fellow, The Wilson Center; CEO and Founder, ASEAN Wonk Group; Senior Columnist, The Diplomat
Ann Kowalewski, Senior Non-Resident Fellow, The Global Taiwan Institute
Tashi Rabgey, Research Professor of International Affairs, The George Washington University

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0:00 Introduction
3:30 Panel 1
1:30:30 Panel 2