Opportunities for U.S.-ROK Alliance Cooperation: New Issues on the Agenda
The “Joint Vision for the Alliance of the United States of America and the Republic of Korea (ROK),” released by Presidents Barack Obama and Lee Myung-bak on June 16, 2009, forged a new agenda for extending the U.S.-ROK alliance to include cooperation on common challenges beyond traditional security concerns.
On October 8, the Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies (CNAPS) at Brookings hosted an event featuring contributors from A Roadmap for Expanding U.S.-ROK Alliance Cooperation, produced by the Center for U.S.-Korea Policy at the Asia Foundation. At the event, the contributors presented their findings on expanding the U.S.-ROK alliance to cover such newly-emerging issues as pandemics and biological threats, counter-terrorism, and space cooperation.
Speakers included James L. Schoff, Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis; Kevin Shepard, Kyungnam University; and Clay Moltz, Naval Postgraduate School. Seongho Sheen, a CNAPS visiting fellow, served as a discussant. The program was moderated by Richard Bush, Brookings senior fellow and CNAPS director.
Agenda
Welcome Remarks / Moderators
Richard C. Bush
Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, John L. Thornton China Center
Scott Snyder
Senior Fellow for Korea Studies, Director of the Program on U.S.-Korea Policy - Council on Foreign Relations
Presentation 1: U.S.-ROK Cooperation on Pandemis and Biological Threats
James L. Schoff
Senior Director, U.S.-Japan NEXT Alliance Initiative - Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
Presentation 2: Counter-terrorism Cooperation and the U.S.-ROK Alliance
Kevin Shepard
Kyungnam University
Presentation 3: Prospects for Enhancing U.S.-ROK Space Cooperation
Clay Moltz
Naval Postgraduate School
Commentary
Seong-ho Sheen
Professor, Graduate School of International Studies - Seoul National University
Director, International Security Center - Seoul National University
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