Chosun-CSIS Conference

Karan Bhatia, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, was the keynote speaker for the Chosun-CSIS conference on "The U.S. and Korea 2006" on September 26. The transcript of his speech is available here.

The following day Christopher Hill, U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, was the keynote speaker.

State of U.S.-ROK Alliance Relations – Military Affairs, China, Japan
Keynote address
Han Sung Joo, former ROK Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States
Panel
Derek Mitchell, Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS
Chung Eui-yong, National Assembly, ROK (Uri); Former ROK Ambassador to the UN
Victor Cha, Director for Asian Affairs, National Security Council
Kim Seung-hwan, Senior Associate, CSIS; Professor, Myongji University
Michael Green, Japan Chair, CSIS

Luncheon address
Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State, Asia-Pacific Affairs (mp3, 41:55)

Assessment of U.S.-ROK policy toward North Korea – Nuclear Issue, Missiles, Illicit Activities, Human Rights
Panel
Han Sung Joo, former ROK Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the United States
Joseph DeTrani, North Korea Mission Manager, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Hyun In-taek, Director, Ilmin International Relations Institute; Professor, Korea University
Paik Jin-hyun, Associate Dean, Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University

CSIS's International Security Program

sponsored this invitation-only meeting that brought together government officials and leading experts from the United States and the Republic of Korea to discuss the state of the U.S-R.O.K. alliance, ongoing discussions for a free trade agreement, and developments on the Korean Peninsula and in northeast Asia. The audience was made up of scholars, journalists, businessmen, and others within the Korea-interested community in the United States as well as colleagues from South Korea. CSIS and The Chosun Ilbo held a similar conference in May 2005.