Southeast Asia
Economics is security: Building US strategy in Southeast Asia
On February 2, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies at Brookings, the Asian Studies Center at the Heritage Foundation and the Seoul National University’s Institute for Korean Political Studies and the Political Science BK21 Project hosted a symposium to examine the progress South Korea has made over the last 20 years in building its democratic institutions, and in areas in which the system can be improved to better reflect the will of the voters.
A distinguished panel of Korean and American experts analyzed how popular will is conveyed to the political system; how the political system operates and uses these inputs; how the political system interacts with Korea’s economy; and how the political system affects its foreign relations.
Agenda
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February 2
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8:45 AM -- Welcome
Richard C. Bush Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China CenterJBLJung Bock Lee Professor of Political Science, Seoul National University
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9:15 AM -- Panel 1: How Popular Will is Conveyed to the Political System
LGFL. Gordon Flake Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield FoundationSLSang-shin Lee Research Fellow, Institute of Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University
Scott Snyder Senior Fellow for Korea Studies, Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy - Council on Foreign Relations -
10:45 AM -- Panel 2: How the Political System Operates
JORJong O. Ra Professor of Political Science, Hollins UniversityWKWon-Taek Kang Associate Professor of Political Science, Soongsil UniversityCPChan-Wook Park Professor of Political Science; Director, Political Science BK21 Project, Seoul National UniversityJRJeong-Ho Roh Director, Center of Korean Legal Studies, Columbia University -
12:30 PM -- Lunch
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1:45 PM -- Panel 3: How Democracy Affects the Economy
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3:30 PM -- Panel 4: How Democracy Affects Foreign Relations
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