RCAST-HUFS Security Workshop

"Regional States-centered Minilateral Security Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: Examining an Alternative to Sino- and US-centric Security Order"

Date and Time: December 7, 2022 10:30 - 14:45

Venue: RCAST Building 3, M2F floor, Seminar Room-1
Co-organizers: Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Graduate School of International and Area Studies); University of Tokyo (Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology)

Sponsor: Korea National Research Foundation
Registration: https://forms.gle/SGtWeipN7uZSpQ1r6

10:30-10:40 Opening Remarks

Prof. Daewon Ohn (HUFS GSIAS)

Prof. Satoshi Ikeuchi (RCAST, University of Tokyo)

10:40-12:00 Session I: ‘Implications of US-China Rivalry for Korea and Japan’

Moderator: Prof. Ohn Daewon (HUFS GSIAS)

Speaker 1: Dr. Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi (RCAST, University of Tokyo): Challenges for Japan’s Strategic and Defense Planning

Speaker 2: Dr. Woo Jung-yeop (Sejong Institute): Challenges for the ROK’s Strategic Choices: External and Internal Influences

Discussant 1: Prof. Mason Richey (HUFS GSIAS)

Discussant 2: Mr. Koizumi Yu (RCAST, University of Tokyo)

Group discussion

12:00-13:00 Lunch break

13:00-14:30 Session II: ‘Regional Minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific in Response to Sino-US Rivalry’

Moderator: Prof. Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi (RCAST, UTokyo)

Speaker 1: Prof. Lim Eunjung (Kongju National University): Energy Security in the Era of the Indo-Pacific: Chances for Korea-Japan Cooperation?

Speaker 2: Prof. Mimaki Seiko (Doshisha University): Implications of the Ukrainian War for the Indo-Pacific: The Case for Stronger US-Japan-ROK Cooperation

Discussant 1: Mr. Brad Glosserman (Tama University Center for Rule Making Strategies)

Discussant 2: Prof. Park Jae Jeok (HUFS GSIAS)

14:30-14:45 Closing Remarks

Prof. Daewon Ohn (HUFS GSIAS)

Dr. Ryo Hinata-Yamaguchi (RCAST, University of Tokyo)