[KS] Geopolitics and Diplomacy

[Bernhard Seliger]

Dear list members, 
 
some of you might be interested in the following conference: 
 
KAPDH Annual Conference: Geopolitics and Diplomacy
  
Date: 2009. 2. 26 
Venue: Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS) 
Hosts: 
Korea Association for Political and Diplomatic History (KAPDH), Seoul ASEM Institute for International Relations, Institute for Foreign Affairs and National Security, Hanns-Seidel-Foundation Korea 
  
13:00-13:30     Registration 
13:30-14:00     Opening Ceremony 
                        Opening Speech: Lee Chang-hoon (President, KAPDH) 
                        Congratulatory Speech: Lee Sun-cheon (President, IFANS) 
  
14:00-15:20     Session 1: Geopolitics of Europe and diplomacy 
                        Moderator: Lee Woo-jin (Former president, KAPDH) 
            
                        Presentation: 
Geopolitics and Geostrategy in Central Europe (Dieter Farwick, WorldSecurityNetwork) 
  
Geopolitics and the future process of Korean Unification in the eyes of a Russian economist (Alexandre Repkine, Konkuk University ) 
  
Discussion: 
Joseph Yoon ( Minister , US Embassy in Korea ), Lee Seong-hyoung (IFANS), Dr. Bernhard Seliger (HSS) 
  
15:20-15:30     Coffee Break 
  
15:30-17:30     Session 2: Geopolitics in East Asia and Diplomacy 
                        Moderator: Lee Dong-hui (IFANS) 
  
                        Presentation: 
Why geopolitics matters again? - From the geopolitics of war to the geopolitics of peace (Kim Myoung-seop, Yonsei University ) 
  
Geopolitical value of the Korean peninsula and search for the ways to establish peace in East Asia (Oh Il-Hwan, Hanyang University ) 
  
Age of geopolitics and the development of Russo-Japanese relations ( Nam Ki-jeong, Kookmin University ) 
  
                Discussion: 
Oh Kyoung-taek ( Chonnam University ), Jo Seong-hwan ( Kyonggi University ), Lee Choon-seon (IFANS) 
                         
  end: 17.30 

(Conference language is Korean with English translation provided)

Dr. Bernhard Seliger
Hanns Seidel Stiftung - Seoul Office
Room 501, Soo Young Bldg., 64-1, Hannam 1 Dong, Yongsan-gu
Seoul, Republic of Korea
Tel.+ 82 2 790 5344
Fax. + 82 2 790 5346
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