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Resilient Allied Energy Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

February 5, 2025 • 9:00 am – 2:05 pm EST

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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

9:00 am

John Hamre, President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership, CSIS

Session 1: U.S. Return to Fossil Fuel and Its Implications

9:05 am

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

10:05 am

Session 2: ROK-Japan Cooperation in Joint Development Zone (JDZ)

10:10 am

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

11:10 am

Keynote Speech by Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senator for Alaska

11:15 am

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

11:45 am

Session 3: Future of U.S.-ROK-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation

1:00 pm

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

2:00 pm

Ellen Kim, Senior Fellow, Korea Chair, CSIS

Adjourn

2:05 pm

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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
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John J. Hamre
CSIS President and CEO, and Langone Chair in American Leadership
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Jane Nakano
Senior Fellow, Energy Security and Climate Change Program
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Jack Spencer
Senior Research Fellow for Energy and Environmental Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation
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Tatsuya Terazawa

Tatsuya Terazawa

Chairman and CEO, The Institute of Energy Economics
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Eunjung Lim

Eunjung Lim

Professor, Kongju National University
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Ami Bera
U.S. Representative (D-CA); Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asia and Pacific
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Seong-ik Oh

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
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Makoto Seta
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies, Waseda University
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Dan Sullivan
U.S. Senator (R-AK); Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
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Nicholas Szechenyi
Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair
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Youho Lee

Youho Lee

Professor, Seoul National University