Prospects of Cross-strait Relations and East Asian Developments  /Japan/Korea Peace Forum, 2018

Prospects of Cross-strait Relations and East Asian Developments

October 7, 2018 Organizer: Peace Research Center, the College of Social Sciences, Chinese Culture University Venue: VIP Room, Howard Civil Service International House

Agenda

Opening Session Shu-Yin Wang, Acting President, Chinese Culture University Ryohei Tanaka, Executive Vice President, Soka University Jung Kim, Professor, University of North Korean Studies, Kyungnam University Wei-Jen Hu, Chair Professor, Chung Yuan Christian University; former Secretary-General, National Security Council

Keynote Speech “Taiwan in the New Balance of Power in East Asia” Chi Su, Chairman, Forum; former Secretary-General, National Security Council

Panel I: Issues in the Taiwan Strait Moderator: Andrew Hsia, Chair Professor, Graduate Institute of National Development and Mainland Studies, Chinese Culture University; former Minister, Council  Presenter: “Impacts of US-China Rivalry in the Taiwan Strait and the Korean Peninsula” Yong-Il Moon, Professor, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University Discussant: Edward I-Hsin Chen, Chair Professor, Department of Political Science, Chinese Culture University Presenter: “Averting War across the Taiwan Straits: Lessons from the “Thucydides Trap” Hsuan-Hsiang Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Chinese Culture University Discussant: Hsiao-Yun Yu, Director, Department of Public Administration and Management, Chinese Culture University Presenter: “A Study of Cross-strait Relations with the Perspectives of Network Analysis” Chien-kuo Pang, Professor, Graduate Institute of National Development and Mainland China Studies, Chinese Culture University Discussant: Kenji Nakayama, Associate Professor, Soka University

Panel II: East Asia’s Developments Moderator: Chien-min Chao, Dean, College of Social Sciences, Chinese Culture University Presenter: “The Political Logic of Globalizing and De-industrializing East Asian Democracies” Jung Kim, Professor, University of North Korean Studies, Kyungnam University Discussant: Philip Hsu, Professor, Department of Political Science, National Taiwan University Prospects of Cross-strait Relations and East Asian Developments  Presenter: “East Asia's Developments and Localized Economic Zones: A "Sub-Regionalism" Perspective” Kenji Nakayama, Associate Professor, Soka University Discussant: Yunchang Jeffrey Bor, Professor, Department of Economics, Chinese Culture University Presenter: “Mutual Understanding Between Peoples Through ‘Border Tourism’ ” Hideki Tamai, Professor, Soka University Discussant: Yong-Il Moon, Professor, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University

Panel III: Regional Security in East Asia Moderator: Wei-Jen Hu, Chair Professor, Chung Yuan Christian University; former Secretary-General, National Security Council Presenter: “Elites' Cooperation as a Means of Regional Cooperation” Youngsoo Yu, Professor, University of North Korean Studies, Kyungnam University Discussant: Kwei-Bo Huang, Vice Dean, College of Inter-national Affairs, National Chengchi University Presenter: “Abe's Security Policy towards Asia” Minoru Koide, Professor, Soka University Discussant: Jung Kim, Professor, University of North Korean Studies, Kyungnam University Presenter: “New Trends in East Asian Security” Kaocheng Wang, Vice President for International Affairs and Dean of College of International affairs, Tamkang University Discussant: Gregory Coutaz, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate 0 Institute of National Development and Mainland China Studies, Chinese Culture University

Closing Session