Northeast Asia's Economic and Security Regionalism: Old Constraints and New Prospects

When: 03.03.2006 - 03.04.2006
Location: Davidson Conference Center
In cooperation with the Center for International Studies (CIS) at USC, this conference has been sponsored by the Japan Foundation's Center for Global Partnership (CGP), the Korea Studies Institute (KSI) at USC and the Kim Dae Jung Presidential Library and Museum at Yonsei University.

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Part I: Theoretical Perspective

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Vinod K. Aggarwal, UC Berkeley and Min Gyo Koo, USC, New Institutional Architecture in Trade and Security in Northeast Asia

Saadia M. Pekkanen, University of Washington, Mireya Solis, American University, and Saori Katada, USC, Trading Gains for Control: Forum Choices in International Trade and Japanese Economic Diplomacy

David Kang, Dartmouth College, A Different Approach to East Asian stability: Power, Politics, and Culture in East Asian International Relations

Moderator: Peter Rosendorff, USC
Discussant: Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University; Seungjoo Lee, Chung-Ang University; Hayward Alker, USC


Part II: Changing Perceptions of Security Relations

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Yoon Young-Kwan, Seoul National University, The North Korean Nuclear Problem and Multilateral Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia

Akiko Fukushima, National Institute for Research Advancement, Tokyo, A Fate of Regionalism in East Asia and Norteast Asia: A View from Tokyo

Liping Xia, Shanghai Institute for International Studies, Shanghai, U.S. National Security Strategy and China-U.S. Strategic Stability Framework

Moderator: T.J. Pempel, UC Berkeley
Discussant: Thomas Kim, Scripps College; Xiaowen Zhang, USC; Daniel Lynch, USC


Part III:The Nexus between Economics and Politics

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Seugjoo Lee, Chung-Ang University, The Political Economy of Bilateral FTAs: A South Korean Perspective

Rhyu Sang-young, Yonsei University, North Korea's Economy and East Asia's Regionalism:Opportunities and Challenges

Min Gyo Koo, USC, Economic Interdependence and Territorial Disputes in East Asia

Moderator: Chaibong Hahm, USC
Discussant: Jason Enia, USC; Hyeyoung Chang, USC; Patrick James, USC


Part IV: Old Constraints and New Prospects for Constructing a Community

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Chaibong Hahm, USC, Kaeguk v. Swaeguk: Two Nationalisms in South Korea

Gilbert Rozman, Princeton University, South Korean-Japanese Relations as a Factor in Stunted Regionalism

T.J. Pempel, UC Berkeley, Firebreak: East Asia Institutionalizes Its Finances

Moderator: Vinod K. Aggarwal, UC Berkeley
Discussant: Yoon Young-Kwan, Seoul National University;Saori Katada, USC; Tom Willett, Claremont Graduate University