[KS] The American Role and Responsibility in East Asian Territorial Disputes (Stanford Univesrity)

[Frank Joseph Shulman]

This announcement of an upcoming event at Stanford University may be of some interest to members of the list.

Frank Joseph Shulman

October 27, 2011

Frank Joseph Shulman
Bibliographer, Editor and Consultant for Reference Publications in Asian Studies
9225 Limestone Place
College Park, Maryland 20740-3943 (U.S.A.)
E-mail: fshulman at umd.edu
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Friday, November 11
The American Role and Responsibility in East Asian Territorial Disputes
KSP Seminar
Joon-woo Park<http://aparc.stanford.edu/people/joonwoopark/>, 2011-2012 Koret Fellow, former senior career diplomat

KSP's 2011-2012 Koret Fellow, recently retired Korean senior career diplomat Ambassador Joon-woo Park, will discuss the U.S. role and responsibility in current territorial disputes in East Asia. The disputes, which threaten peace and stability in the region and could result in conflict among major powers, have their origin in the incomplete settlement of the Pacific War overseen by the United States. Ambassador Park argues that the United States thus shares responsibility for the current situation. He will review the status of the major territorial disputes in East Asia and argue that the United States has a significant role to play in their peaceful resolution and in promoting cooperative and friendly relations among the countries of the region.

As a career diplomat, Ambassador Park served in numerous key posts, including those of ambassador to the EU and to Singapore and presidential advisor on foreign affairs. Park worked closely for over twenty years with Ban Ki-moon, the former Korean diplomat who is now the United Nations secretary-general.

Ambassador Park also served for seven years at the Korean embassies in Tokyo and Beijing. During his tenure as director general of the Korean foreign ministry’s Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau, he handled sensitive, longstanding issues relating to regional history, such as the depiction of historical events in Japanese textbooks and the treatment of the history of the Goguryeo kingdom in China’s Northeast Project.

12:00p.m. – 1:15p.m. – RSVP required by November 8
http://aparc.stanford.edu/events/registration/6749/
Philippines Conference Room
Encina Hall, 3rd floor, Central


Ms. Debbie Warren
Center Event Coordinator
Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
Stanford University
Encina Hall, Room E301
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
650-723-8387 (T)
650-723-6530 (F)
dawarren at stanford.edu<mailto:dawarren at stanford.edu>
http://aparc.stanford.edu

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