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Macarthur Foundation Asia Security Initiative (MASI) Demonstrates Increasing Cooperation in Other Important Areas Table of Contents Table of Contents Conference Statement Agenda Annual Meeting Outline Memo Presentation Paper List of Participants Participants’ Biographies General Information Institutes’ Achievements & Future Plans List of Contact Persons for ASI Grantees 3 The East Asia Institute Australia, Indonesia, and South Korea will play stronger roles, while rising powers like China and India will take on new regional and global responsibilities. with support from It is clear that the role of Asia is now more profound than ever before, but the future of the East Asian Community remains uncertain. Therefore, enhancing regional cooperation remains as the main challenge to overcome inherited suspicion and lasting The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation mistrust. While issues such as the Cheonan incident reveal differences in the Asian states’ approaches toward North Korea, their unity in implementing sanctions against Pyongyang presents in the wake of its nuclear test in May 2009 implies a growing effort in security cooperation. On the economic front, the signing of the India-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement MacArthur Foundation Asia Security Initiative (MASI) demonstrates increasing cooperation in other important areas. The next stage will be to 2010 Annual Meeting transform these contacts into a wider and deeper cooperative network. At the same time, July 7-9, 2010 questions need to be addressed on the identity, scope, and purpose of a regional Westin Chosun, Seoul, Korea community. The challenges for the region are so complex and vast that they often involve more The second Annual Meeting of the MacArthur Foundation Asia Security Initiative comes than one country. In this new order, nations can no longer tackle problems unilaterally. at a time of great change and ascendency in East Asia. The Global Financial Crisis in 2008 Issues such as the North Korea nuclear crisis and water security in the Himalayan River caused numerous difficulties in the region as well as in the global economy, and brought Basin require comprehensive solutions through close cooperation with involved parties about meaningful changes in international political orders and global governance system. and related countries. Therefore, this meeting provides a venue for discussion and sharing The growing importance of the G-20 meetings and China’s economic and political of ideas on how the Asia region will shape in the Post-Crisis era internationally, regionally, significance underscore the need for new solutions in this rapidly changing world. As and internally. Freed of the bipolar divisions of the Cold War and no longer in a unipolar power shifts increasingly toward Asia, new difficulties emerge and historical conflicts world dominated by the United States, Asia is now in a stronger position to frame its persist. The rise of China, the North Korean nuclear threat, energy security, environmental future. issues, and terrorism remain as the region’s major challenges to future progress. Although East Asia lacks multilateral and regional cooperation relative to other regions, the emergence of such supranational problems in the region encourages more and more approaches and discourses for the East Asian community. This Annual Meeting for the MASI network seeks to address the two issues of “Post- Crisis Global and Regional Order” and the “East Asian Community.” Throughout the meeting, two research groups will each focus on one issue, drawing up insights and policy recommendations that will be published in a conference report afterwards. In this way, the 2010 Annual Meeting provides opportunities for inter-cluster and cross-cluster collaborations, laying down the foundations for a strengthened network in Asia. In the Post-Crisis world, the East Asia region is taking the lead in economic recovery while playing crucial roles in nuclear non-proliferation and climate change. Although the United States is no longer as dominant in Asia, it still plays an important role through its alliances with Japan and South Korea, as well as its strategic partnerships with China and India. As President Barack Obama remarked, the United States and Asia are not divided by the Pacific but rather bounded by it. In this post-crisis global order, middle powers like 4 5 MacArthur Foundation Asia Security Initiative Asian Community” 2010 Annual Meeting Presenter: Tiehlin Yen, National Chengchi University July 7-9, 2010 12:00~14:00 Luncheon _Grand Ballroom A, F1 Westin Chosun, Seoul, Korea 14:00~15:20 Session II. Cluster Discussion Agenda Cluster 1 Meeting _Grand Ballroom B, F1 July 7 Wednesday Moderator: Feng Zhu, Center for International & Strategic Studies Cluster 2 Meeting _Grand Ballroom C, F1 All day Arrival of overseas participants Moderator: Chaesung Chun, East Asia Institute 18:30~20:00 Reception / Dinner _Lilac & Tulip & Cosmos Room, F2 Cluster 3 Meeting _Cara Room, F3 Moderator: Mely Caballero-Anthony, S. Rajaratnam School of July 8 Thursday International Studies Preliminary Session _Grand Ballroom A, F1 15:20~15:40 Coffee Break 09:00~09:10 Welcoming Speech: Sook-Jong Lee, President of East Asia Institute 15:40~17:40 Session III. Group Discussion 09:10~09:40 Keynote Speech: Changyong Rhee, Secretary General of the Presidential Committee for the G20 Summit Group 1: “Post-Crisis Global and Regional Order” _Grand Ballroom B, F1 Moderator: Mely Caballero-Anthony, S. Rajaratnam School of International 09:40~10:00 Coffee Break Studies Memo#5: “Post-Crisis and Post-Modern?: New Issues in Global and 10:00~12:00 Session I. Group Discussion Regional Governance (Climate Changes and Environmental Cooperation)” Presenter: Meredith Miller, National Bureau of Asian Research Group 1: “Post-Crisis Global and Regional Order” _Grand Ballroom B, F1 Memo#6: “Towards a New Asian Order: Solving Traditional and Non- Moderator: Young-Sun Ha, Seoul National University Traditional Security Issues” Memo#1: “Changing Global Governance after the Economic Crisis, and Presenter: T.J. Pempel, University of California, Berkeley the Future of G20 Summit” Presenter: John Ravenhill, Australian National University Group 2: “East Asian Community” _Grand Ballroom C, F1 Memo#2: “Post-Crisis Asian Order: Beyond American Unipolarity?” Moderator: Tadashi Yamamoto, Japan Center for International Exchange Presenter: Jae Ho Chung, Seoul National University Memo#7: “Issues for and against the Community: Security, Economy, Energy, and Human Security Issues” Group 2: “East Asian Community” _Grand Ballroom C, F1 Presenter: David F. von Hippel, Nautilus Institute Moderator: Feng Zhu, Center for International & Strategic Studies Memo#8: “We-ness for Asians: Identity Politics and Building East Asian Memo#3: “Past and Present of East Asian Community” Community” Presenter: Nikola Mirilovic, George Washington University Presenter: Brad Glosserman, Pacific Forum Center for Strategic & Memo#4: “Different Views from Different Countries: Challenges to East International Studies 6 7 18:30~20:00 Dinner _Grand Ballroom A, F1 The MacArthur Asia Security Initiative Speech: Jin Park, Assemblyman, Grand National Party 2010 Annual Meeting Outline July 9 Friday Session IV. Closing Session _Orchid, F2 1) Purpose of the Meeting: The 2010 Annual Meeting will be organized to meet the following three key objectives: improvement of the MASI network by bringing together core Concluding Speech and partner institutions from all three clusters, provision of a venue to discuss and exchange 09:30~09:50 Qingguo Jia, Center for International & Strategic Studies ideas on the major issues in the Asia region, and possibly production of a policy report based 09:50~10:10 Mely Caballero-Anthony, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies upon the findings and conclusions of the meeting. 10:10~10:30 Chaesung Chun, East Asia Institute The 2010 Annual Meeting will be focused on developing the network and exchanging information between grantees towards the goal of developing an epistemic community. 10:30~11:00 Q & A 2) Format of the Annual Meeting 12:00~14:00 Luncheon _Lilac & Tulip & Cosmos Room, F2 Speech: Walter L. Sharp, Commander of ROK-US Combined Forces Day1 (July 8) Group 1, Memo #1 & #2 Group2, Memo #3 & #4 Command 10:00~12:00 Session I “Post-Crisis Global and Regional Order” “East Asian Community” Day1 14:00 Farewell Speech: Sook-Jong Lee, East Asia Institute Cluster 1 Cluster 2 Cluster 3 14:00~15:20 Session II Day1 Group 1, Memo #5 & #6 Group2, Memo #7 & #8 15:40~17:40 Session III “Post-Crisis Global and Regional Order” “East Asian Community” Day2 (July 9) Closing Session 09:30~11:00 Session IV The aim of Session II is to enhance the network within each cluster. Each cluster will discuss issues among themselves bringing together the grantees according to their clusters. The core institutions of each cluster will then lead discussions within their respective cluster. The EAI plans to hold a roundtable discussion on the major issues of the Asian region in order to achieve the second and third objectives mentioned above. The topics entitled, “Post-Crisis Global and Regional Order” and “East Asian Community,” are very timely issues and cover all three clusters’ research areas. Considering the effectiveness of the roundtable discussion format, the participants will divide into two research groups: Group 1 and Group 2 (15-20 people per group). The two groups will have roundtable discussions during Session I and Session III. To facilitate the discussion, each group will have a speaker in each session and he/she will present talking points and draw up an agenda. The findings and conclusions from these two sessions will be presented by each group in Session IV on 8 9 Day 2. Following each group’s presentation, an open discussion will follow with all when compared to multilateralism in other regions? participants. Memo#4. Different Views from Different Countries: Challenges to East Asian 3) Agenda: There will be two topics for the Annual Meeting. The first topic, “Post-Crisis Community Global and Regional Order,” will look at the impact of the Post-Crisis World with newly ─ Is multilateral cooperation considered a top priority in foreign policy agenda in emerging powers, particularly China and a declining yet still important United States.
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