Resilient Allied Energy Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
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The CSIS Korea Chair brings together policymakers, experts, and scholars to discuss ways to enhance U.S.-ROK-Japan trilateral energy cooperation in the Indo-Pacific.
This public conference will discuss the Trump administration's energy policy and its implications, ROK-Japan cooperation in Joint Development Zone (JDZ), and the prospects for U.S.-ROK-Japan civil nuclear cooperation to strengthen their partnership in nuclear safety and nonproliferation.
This event is made possible through the support of the Korea Foundation.
Welcoming Remarks
John Hamre, President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership, CSIS
Session 1: U.S. Return to Fossil Fuel and Its Implications
Jack Spencer, Senior Research Fellow for Energy and Environmental Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics
Eunjung Lim, Professor, Kongju National University
Moderator: Jane Nakano, Senior Fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS
Break
Session 2: ROK-Japan Cooperation in Joint Development Zone (JDZ)
Ami Bera, U.S. Representative (D-CA); Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific
Seong-ik Oh, Director General of the ROK Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and Vice Chair for OECD’s Working Party on Rural Policy
Makoto Seta, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University
Moderator: Ellen Kim, Senior Fellow, Korea Chair, CSIS
Break
Keynote Speech by Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senator for Alaska
Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senator (R-AK); Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
Moderator: Nicholas Szechenyi, Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department, and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair, CSIS
Lunch Break
Session 3: Future of U.S.-ROK-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation
Youho Lee, Professor, Seoul National University
Jane Nakano, Senior Fellow in the Energy Security and Climate Change Program, CSIS
Ross Matzkin-Bridger, Senior Director, Nuclear Materials Security, Nuclear Threat Initiative
Moderator: Sydney Seiler, Senior Advisor (Non-resident), Korea Chair, CSIS
Closing Remarks
Ellen Kim, Senior Fellow, Korea Chair, CSIS
Adjourn
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Contact Information
- Minchi Hyun
- Special Assistant to the President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Program Manager, Korea Chair
- mhyun@csis.org


Tatsuya Terazawa

Eunjung Lim


Seong-ik Oh

