“Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia”
Agenda for the workshop in Seoul, April 15-16, 2008
hosted by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies, and supported by the East Asia Foundation and the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University
■ TUESDAY, APRIL 15
09:30-12:00 [Morning Session]
* Welcome
1) Historical Reconciliation
a) ROK/DPRK
b) China/Japan
c) Korea/Japan
d) Taiwan/PRC
2) How to Resolve Territorial Disputes
a) Kurile Islands dispute between Russia and Japan
b) Tokdo/Takeshima
c) East China Sea
12:00-14:30 [Lunch]
14:30-17:00 [Afternoon Session]
3) Regional Nuclear Proliferation.
a) Verifiable Denuclearization of the DPRK
b) Nautilus Japan-Korea Civil Society Nuclear Monitoring and Verification Initiative
c) Strategic implications of regional nuclear proliferation.
4) Human Security in Northeast Asia
■ WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
09:30-12:00 [Morning Session]
5) The Six Party Talks
a) Analysis of the negotiations to date.
b) Ideas for achieving the best possible settlement
c) Is a verifiable denuclearization possible after the DPRK has tested a nuclear device?
d) Would the six countries suffice with a freeze
12:00-14:30 [Lunch]
13:30-17:00 [Afternoon Session]
6) Building a Multilateral Security Mechanism in Northeast Asia.
a) Building a security community (Amitav Acharya to lead)
b) Is Northeast Asia ready for a multilateral security institution: costs and benefits?
c) Useful precedents
d) Concept of Cooperative Security
e) Combining bilateral and multilateral security commitments