USA ILC June 2021
Program overview
Session 1
Opening Session
- June 24, 2021
- 16:30 - 17:00 CET
Session II
The State of Relations between U.S., China and Russia
- June 24, 2021
- 17:00 - 18:10 CET
Mr. Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
Mr. Guy Taylor, National Security Team Leader
Dr. Georgy Toloraya, Director of the Center for Russian Strategy in Asia, Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences
Session III
Trilateral Relations among Korea, Japan and the U.S.
- June 24, 2021
- 20:00 - 21:10 CET
Mr. Bruce Klingner, Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia, The Heritage Foundation
Mr. Greg Scarlatoiu, Executive Director, Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Washington, DC
Dr. Alexandre Mansourov (invited), Adjunct Professor of Security Studies, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Korean National Assembly member (video TBD)
Session IV
Prospects for Renewal of the Six Party Talks: Goals vs. Expectations
- June 25, 2021
- 16:00 - 17:10 CET
Amb. Joseph Detrani, former Special Envoy for Negotiations with North Korea and the Director of the National Counterproliferation Center
Amb. Christopher Hill, Charles W. Ball Distinguished Adjunct Professor of International Affairs in the Columbia University School of International Public Affairs (SIPA); former head of the U.S. delegation to the Six Party Talks
Mr. Fred Fleitz, CEO, Center for Security Policy
Session V
Northeast Asia Environmental Tipping Points after a Century of Conflict and Hard Choices: Deforestation, DMZ and the Gobi Desert
- June 25, 2021
- 18:00 - 19:10 CET
Dr. Seung-ho Lee, President, DMZ Forum, Inc
Dr. Matthew A. Shapiro, Associate Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology
Rev. Zagery Oliver, Executive Vice President, Universal Peace Federation USA
Dr. Lisa M. Brady, Professor of History, Boise State University
Session VI
Economic and Political Realities in Northeast Asia
- June 30, 2021
- 20:00 - 21:10 CET
Ms. Shihoko Goto, Deputy Director for Geoeconomics, Wilson Center
Hon. Cliff Stearns, Executive Director and Advisory Council, APCO Worldwide; U.S. House of Representatives (1989-2013)
Tom McDevitt, Chairman, The Washington Times
Session VII
Military Perspectives about and within Northeast Asia
- June 26, 2021
- 16:00 - 17:30 CET
Capt. James E. Fanell (U.S. Navy ret), Former Director of Intelligence and Information Operations for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, US Navy
Col. Grant Newsham (USMC ret), Senior Fellow, Center for Security Policy; Research Fellow, Japan Forum for Strategic Studies
Session VIII
Special remarks session
- June 26, 2021
- 17:30 - 18:00 CET
Session IX
Biden Administration Policies and the Reunification of the Korean Peninsula
- June 29, 2021
- 20:00 - 21:10 CET
Dan Burton, (moderator & speaker), U.S. House of Representatives (1983-2013)
Harry Kazianis, Senior Director of Korean Studies, Center for the National Interest
Ramon Pacheco Pardo, Associate Professor (Reader), King’s College, London
Barthélémy Courmont, Senior Research-fellow, Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS), France