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Please join the Atlantic Council’s Asia Security Initiative, housed within the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, for the 2020 Atlantic Council-East Asia Foundation Strategic Dialogue from 7:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on Tuesday, October 27, 2020.

This Strategic Dialogue brings US and ROK officials, lawmakers, and opinion leaders together to develop forward-looking recommendations on the most pressing issues facing the US-ROK alliance and economic partnership. This year’s Dialogue will explore how the United States and Republic of Korea can work together on the greatest challenges and opportunities of the post-COVID era of US-China strategic competition. It features two panel sessions, “Charting a New Path for the US-ROK Alliance in a Post-COVID World” and “The US-ROK Economic Partnership in a New Era of Great Power Competition” as well as remarks by Dr. Chung-in Moon, Special Advisor to the President for Unification and National Security Affairs of the Republic of Korea.

Opening remarks

7:45 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Mr. Frederick Kempe
President and CEO
​​​Atlantic Council

Minister Sung-hwan Kim
Chairman, East Asia Foundation
​​​​​​Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Republic of Korea

Panel session 1: “Charting a new path for the US-ROK alliance in a post-COVID-19 world”

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

H.E. Han Jung Kim
Lawmaker (Democratic Party of Korea)
National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

The Hon. Marc Knapper
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Korea and Japan, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs
US Department of State

H.E. Jin Park
Lawmaker (People Power Party)
National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

The Hon. Ted Yoho
Representative (R-FL 3rd District)
US House of Representatives

Moderated by

Ms. Kylie Atwood
National Security Correspondent
CNN

Remarks

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Dr. Chung-in Moon
Special Advisor to the President for Unification and National Security Affairs
Republic of Korea

Introduced by

Mr. Barry Pavel
Senior Vice President and Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council

Panel session 2: “The US-ROK economic partnership in a new era of Great Power Competition”

9:25 a.m. – 10:25 a.m.

Minister Taeho Bark
President, Lee & Ko Global Commerce Institute
Former Minister for Trade, Republic of Korea

Dr. Robert Dohner
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, US Department of the Treasury
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council

Dr. Seungjoo Lee
Professor, Political Science and International Relations
Chung-Ang University

Dr. Miyeon Oh
Director and Senior Fellow, Asia Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
​​​​​​Atlantic Council

Moderated by

Mr. Josh Lipsky
Director, Policy and Programs, GeoEconomics Center
Atlantic Council

Closing remarks

10:25 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Mr. Barry Pavel
Senior Vice President and Director,
Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Atlantic Council