Please join us for our 9th annual ROK-U.S. Strategic Forum, our premier international forum that brings together officials, policymakers, and experts to discuss issues important to the U.S.-ROK alliance.
This year, experts, scholars, and officials will join us for a timely discussion on issues critical to U.S.-Korea relations, including authoritarian convergence (China, Iran, North Korea and Russia), the U.S.-Korea-Japan trilateral partnership, and global governance (G7 reforms).
This signature event is co-hosted by CSIS and the Korea Foundation.
Victor Cha, President of Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair, CSIS; Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University
KIM Gheewhan, President, The Korea Foundation
CHO Tae-yul, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (video remarks)
KIM Seokki, National Assembly Member (PPP), Chairman of Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee
Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Senior Fellow and Director, Transatlantic Security Program, CNAS
Lt. Gen. (ret) Willard Burleson, Former Commanding General, Eighth United States Army and Chief of Staff, Combined Forces Command
PARK Jin, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
LEE Soohoon, Associate Research Fellow, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA)
Moderated by
Mark Lippert, Former U.S. ambassador to the ROK; Senior Adviser (non-resident), CSIS Korea Chair
Kurt Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
Moderated by
Victor Cha, President of Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair, CSIS; Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University
Katrin Fraser Katz, Adjunct Fellow (non-resident), CSIS Korea Chair; Scholar-in-Residence, University of Miami
Sydney Seiler, Senior Adviser (non-resident), CSIS Korea Chair; Former National Intelligence Officer for North Korea, National Intelligence Council; Former U.S. special envoy for Six Party Talks
SHIN Kak-soo, Deputy Chairman, NEAR Foundation; Former First Vice Minister, Second Vice Minister and Ambassador to Japan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
JO Bee Yun, Associate Research Fellow, the Center for Security and Strategy, Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA)
Moderated by
KIM Sung-han, Professor of International Relations, Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS), Korea University; Former ROK National Security Advisor (2022-2023)
Caitlin Welsh, Director, Global Food and Water Security Program, CSIS; Former Director for Global Economic Engagement, National Security Council & National Economic Council and G7/G20 Yak and Acting Sherpa
Clete Willems, Partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; Former Deputy Assistant to the President for International Economics, Deputy Director of the National Economic Council and G7/G20 Sherpa
PARK Jin, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea
LEE Shin-wha, Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University
Moderated by
Victor Cha, President of Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair, CSIS; Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University
Ami Bera (D-CA), Co-Chair, Congressional Korea Caucus and Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific
KIM Young Bae, National Assembly Member (DP), Vice Chairman of Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee
KIM Gunn, National Assembly Member (PPP), Vice Chairman of Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee
Moderated by
Sydney Seiler, Senior Adviser (non-resident), CSIS Korea Chair; Former National Intelligence Officer for North Korea, National Intelligence Council; Former U.S. special envoy for Six Party Talks
Victor Cha, President of Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Korea Chair, CSIS; Distinguished University Professor, Georgetown University
