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<DIV>Dear list members, </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>some of you might be interested in the following conference: </DIV>
<DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"></SPAN></B> </DIV>
<DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">KAPDH Annual Conference: Geopolitics and Diplomacy</SPAN></B></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Date: 2009. 2. 26</SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Venue: Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS)</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Korea</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"> Association for Political and Diplomatic History (KAPDH), Seoul ASEM Institute for International Relations, Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">13:00-13:30 <SPAN> </SPAN>Registration</SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">13:30-14:00 <SPAN> </SPAN>Opening Ceremony</SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN> </SPAN>Opening Speech: Lee Chang-hoon (President, KAPDH)</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">14:00-15:20 <SPAN> </SPAN>Session 1: Geopolitics of Europe and diplomacy</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN> </SPAN>Presentation:</SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 80pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Geopolitics and Geostrategy in Central Europe (Dieter Farwick, WorldSecurityNetwork)</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 80pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Geopolitics and the future process of Korean Unification in the eyes of a Russian economist (Alexandre Repkine, Konkuk University )</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 80pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Discussion:</SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 80pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Joseph Yoon ( Minister , US Embassy in Korea ), Lee Seong-hyoung (IFANS), </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Dr. Bernhard Seliger (HSS)</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN lang=KO style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">15:20-15:30<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>Coffee Break </SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">15:30-17:30<SPAN> </SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN>Session 2: Geopolitics in East Asia and Diplomacy </SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN> </SPAN>Moderator: Lee Dong-hui (IFANS)</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN lang=KO style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Presentation:</SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 80pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Why geopolitics matters again? - From the geopolitics of war to the geopolitics of peace (Kim Myoung-seop, Yonsei University )</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 80pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Geopolitical value of the Korean peninsula and search for the ways to establish peace in East Asia (Oh Il-Hwan, Hanyang University )</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 80pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Age of geopolitics and the development of Russo-Japanese relations ( Nam Ki-jeong, Kookmin University )</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN lang=KO style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><SPAN> </SPAN>Discussion:</SPAN>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 80pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Oh Kyoung-taek ( Chonnam University ), Jo Seong-hwan ( Kyonggi University ), Lee Choon-seon (IFANS)</SPAN>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left" align=left>(Conference language is Korean with English translation provided)<BR></DIV>
<DIV>Dr. Bernhard Seliger</DIV>
<DIV>Hanns Seidel Stiftung - Seoul Office</DIV>
<DIV>Room 501, Soo Young Bldg., 64-1, Hannam 1 Dong, Yongsan-gu</DIV>
<DIV>Seoul, Republic of Korea</DIV>
<DIV>Tel.+ 82 2 790 5344</DIV>
<DIV>Fax. + 82 2 790 5346</DIV></DIV></td></tr></table>