4th KIC-EAI Conference on New Biden Era and East Asia ......2021/03/08 · subjects as East Asian...

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4th KIC-EAI Conference on

New Biden Era and East Asia:

Regional Cooperation amid Turbulence in East Asia

Jointly organised by

East Asian Institute (EAI), National University of Singapore (NUS)

College of International Studies (KIC), Kyung Hee University (KHU), Republic of Korea

Friday, 9 April 2021 9.00 am to 4.15 pm (Singapore Time)

Via Zoom

This conference examines the major challenges of the East Asian regional order after the inauguration of new Biden administration including the uncertain great power transition, the decoupling of trade, technology, finance and human talent between the US and China, and nuclearization in the Korean peninsula. However, there are areas of cooperation in East Asia such as the adoption of carbon neutral policies, RCEP and measures against the covid-19 pandemic. What does the inauguration of the Biden Administration augur for East Asia? The organizers seek to enhance academic collaboration between the scholars of South Korea and Singapore with the 4th edition of the annual KIC-EAI Conference.

~ Programme ~ As at 8 March

9.00 – 9.10 am Welcome Remarks Singapore Time Prof Bert Hofman Director, East Asian Institute, NUS

9.10 – 9.20 am Congratulatory Remarks Professor Kim Jun Yeup Dean, College of International Studies, KHU

9.20 – 9.40 am Keynote Speech H E Ambassador Ahn Young-jip Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Singapore

9.45 – 11.15 am Session 1 - Regional Cooperation: Economics & Pandemics Moderated by Prof Bert Hofman, Director, East Asian Institute, NUS

1. Reviving the Momentum of Multilateralism in East Asia: South Korea’s Policy under Biden Administration Prof Moon Don, College of International Studies, KHU

2. Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP): Whither Regional Integration? Dr Sarah Tong, Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS

3. Mitigating COVID-19 and “Vaccine Multilateralism” Dr Ryan Clarke, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS

Discussants: Dr Yang Chun Hee, College of International Studies, KHU Dr Sarah Chan, Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS

Q & A

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1.00 – 2.30 pm Session 2 - Regional Cooperation amid Strategic Challenges (I) Moderated by Prof Kim Jun Yeup, College of International Studies, KHU

4. Prospects for Sino-US Strategic Rivalry under Biden Administration and South Korea’s Strategic Options Prof Park Hahnkyu & Prof Yang Chun Hee, College of International Studies, KHU

5. US, China and the North Korean Conundrum after the Singapore and Hanoi Summits Dr Li Nan, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS

6. US Grand Strategy towards East Asia: From Trump to Biden Dr Lance Gore, Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS

Discussants: Prof Kim Sunil, College of International Studies, KHU Dr Lam Peng Er, Principal Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS

Q & A

2.30 – 4.00 pm Session 3 - Regional Cooperation amid Strategic Challenges (II) Moderated by Prof Park Hahnkyu, College of International Studies, KHU

7. Old Wine in a Not-so-new Bottle --- The Potential (Non)changes of Japanese Foreign Policy in Asia under the New Regimes Prof Kim Sunil, College of International Studies, KHU

8. Republic of Korea’s New Southern Policy amid Growing US-China Rivalry Dr Chiang Min-Hua, Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS

9. Regional Cooperation and Carbon Neutrality to Mitigate Climate Change Dr Chen Gang, Senior Research Fellow & Assistant Director (Policy Research), East Asian Institute, NUS

Discussants: Prof Moon Don, College of International Studies, KHU Dr Yu Hong, Senior Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, NUS

Q & A

4.00 – 4.15 pm Closing Remarks Prof Kim Jun Yeup, College of International Studies, KHU Prof Bert Hofman, Director, East Asian Institute, NUS

End of Conference

Registration prior to the conference is required – for all attendees including speakers and moderators.

For more details, please visit

https://research.nus.edu.sg/eai/2021/03/08/4th-kic-eai-conference-on/. Thank you.

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Bio profiles of speakers and moderators (in the order of the conference programme)

Bert Hofman, a Dutch national, is Director of the East Asian Institute at NUS and Professor of Practice at the Lee

Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. Before joining NUS, he was with the World Bank for 27 years, 22 of which in

Asia, and 12 of which on China. Prof Hofman was the World Bank Country Director for China 2014-2019, the

Country Economist 2004-2008, and the Chief Economist for the World Bank in the East Asia and Pacific region

2011-2014. He also worked on Indonesia, the Philippines, Korea and Mongolia. Before joining the World Bank, Prof

Hofman worked at the Kiel Institute of World Economics, The OECD and NMB Bank (Now ING). He has extensive

experience in advising governments around the region on a wide range of development issues, and published on fiscal

policy, debt issues, and China’s and Indonesia’s recent economic history.

Kim Jun Yeup is currently Professor and Dean at the College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University. Prof

Kim was previously a Research Fellow at the Lincoln Business School and Programme leader of Masters in

Entrepreneurial Management & Venturing in the University of Lincoln, UK. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Development

Planning Studies from the Bartlett, Development Planning Unit (DPU), University College London (UCL). His main

research focus includes Industrial Cluster, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Inter-firm Networks. His research

interests include International Strategic Management, Chinese Economy and Business, Economic Geography, Urban

Economic Development. Prof Kim’s research has been published in Regional Studies, European Planning Studies,

Environment and Planning C, Applied Economics Letters and Economic System.

H E Ahn Young-jip graduated from the Seoul National University, Korea, with a Bachelor of Arts (International

Relations) and holds a Master Degree in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, USA (1992).

Ambassador Ahn Young-jip was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Hellenic Republic from

October 2015 to April 2018. Ambassador Ahn started his diplomatic career with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

(MOFA) in June 1987. He has held a variety of positions which include: Ambassador and Deputy Permanent

Representative in the Korean Permanent Mission to the UN Office and other International Organizations in Geneva,

Switzerland (2014); Director-General for Overseas Koreans and Consular Affairs, MOFAT (2012); Deputy Director-

General, North American Affairs Bureau, MOFAT (2010); Counsellor, Korean Embassy in the United Kingdom of

Great Britain and Northern Ireland (2007); Policy Director, Korea Peninsula Energy Development Organization

(KEDO), New York, USA (2005); Director, Policy Planning and Coordination Division, MOFAT (2003); Director,

Human Resources Management Division, MOFAT (2002); Assistant Secretary, Office of the President (2000); First

Secretary, Korean Embassy in Nigeria (1997); Second Secretary, Korean Embassy in the United States of America

(1994). He is married with one daughter and one son.

Moon Don is currently Professor at the College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University (Global Campus).

He received his B.A. from Seoul National University, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Department of Political

Science, University of Chicago. His primary research interest includes international organizations, international trade

negotiation, and international law and politics. Prof Moon had published articles in English and Korean on the

political/economic effects of FTAs (focusing on KOR-US FTA), multilateral trade negotiations and dispute

settlements under the WTO, Korea’s FTA policy, as well as East Asian regionalism and international legalization

phenomenon, which are published in International Interactions, Global Economic Review, Pacific Focus, Korean

Journal of International Relations, Korean Political Science Review, etc.

Sarah Y. Tong is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. She obtained

her PhD in Economics from the University of California at San Diego. Her research interests concentrate on the

recent development and transformation of the Chinese economy, including development in trade and foreign

investment, development of regions, financial sector reforms, the reforms of state-owned enterprises, and industrial

policies and restructuring. Her work appeared in journals such as Journal of International Economics, Global

Economic Review, China: An International Journal, Review of Development Economics, China and the World

Economy, Comparative Economic Studies, and China Economic Review. In addition to contributing chapters to

numerous books on contemporary China, she also edited and co-edited publications including China and Global

Economic Crisis (2010), Trade, Investment and Economic Integration (2014), China’s Evolving Industrial Policies

and Economic Restructure (2014), China’s Great Urbanization (2017), China’s Economic Transformation under the

New Normal (2017), China’s Economic Modernization and Structural Changes (2019), and China and Asia

Economic Integration (2020).

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Ryan Clarke is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. His

career has spanned defence and intelligence technology, investment banking, biodefence, strategic R&D, strategic

assessments and emergency response.

Yang Chun Hee graduated from Brown University in 1988 majoring in International Relations and Economics. He

obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University from 1988 to 1994, majoring in Political Science

(International Relations). He has been appointed as Professor at Kyung Hee College of International Studies since

1997. While most of Prof Yang’s publications are in Korean, his English publications include “The Pacific War

Revisited: Political Realism and the Concept of Thymos,” Korea Observer, Summer 1995; “The Japanese Political

Economy and Its Future: Japan Bashing and the Lessons of the Great Depression,” Pacific Focus, Vol. XII, No. 1

(Spring 1997); “Chinese Intervention in the Korean War: A Critique of Lebow’s Motivational Model,” Korea

Observer, Vol. 33, No. 4 (Winter 2002); “Game of Patience: Is Complete Denuclearization of North Korea Possible?”

East Asian Policy, Vol. 11, No. 3, (Jul/Sep 2019); and “Time to Forgive and Learn: A Better Future for South Korea

and Japan,” East Asian Policy, Vol. 12, No. 3, (Jul/Sep 2020). Prof Yang’s current research interests include

international peace, international culture, and new age thinking.

Sarah Chan is Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. She obtained her Ph.D.

in economics from the Nanyang Technological University. Previously she was a consultant for the Asian

Development Bank and a senior economist at the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Her research interests include

China’s economic and financial development as well as China’s trade with East Asia. She has published in

many refereed journals, namely, Post-Communist Economies, Asian Survey, Asia Pacific Business Review, Journal

of Southeast Asian Economies, Journal of Asian Public Policy, China Economic Policy Review, among others.

Park Hahnkyu is Professor of International Studies at Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea. He is formerly

the Dean at the College of International Studies and the Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies in

Kyung Hee University. He has extensively published numerous books and articles both in English and Korean on the

subjects as East Asian international relations, U.S.-China relations, Korea-Japan relations, South Korea’s foreign

policies, nuclear nonproliferation in East Asia, and human security. His recent articles include “Game of Patience: Is

Complete Denuclearisation of North Korea Possible?” (2019), “Trust But Verify: Donald Trump, Kim Jong Un and

a Denuclearising North Korea after the Singapore Summit” (2018), “Trump versus Kim Jong-un: Four Scenarios of

U.S.-North Korea Relations” (2017), and “The China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Summit: Realpolitik or Liberal

Peace?” (2017). He completed B.A. at Yonsei University, and both M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science at Columbia

University in the city of New York.

Li Nan is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He has

published extensively on Chinese security and military policy and on China’s maritime development. His most recent

book, entitled Civil-Military Relations in Post-Deng China: From Symbiosis to Quasi-Institutionalization, was

published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2020. He was Professor at the US Naval War College and received a Ph.D. in

political science from the Johns Hopkins University.

Lance Gore is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. His research

interests span a wide range of topics on China and East Asia. He has done research and published on Chinese

environmental politics (the “Green GDP” experiment), the reforms in China’s steel industry, energy sector, patterns

of entrepreneurship in mainland China, the economic bureaucracies of China, cadre performance evaluation, local

state economic behaviour, the Chinese Communist Party, industrial relations, elite politics and the People’s Liberation

Army. He taught for many years at Bowdoin College and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of Tufts

University in the United States. He is the single author of three monographs: Chinese Communist Party and China’s

Capitalist Revolution: the Political Impact of Market (Routledge); Market Communism: the Institutional

Foundations of China’s Post-Mao Hyper-Growth (Oxford); and Chinese Politics Illustrated: the Cultural, Social and

Historical Contexts (World Scientific). He also published widely in international journals such as Polity, The New

Political Economy, The China Journal, East Asia: An International Quarterly, Problems of Post-Communism,

Journal of Contemporary China, Chinese Journal of Comparative Law etc. and also edited or co-edited several books

and contributed numerous book chapters. He is associate editor of China: An International Journal.

Kim Sunil has been teaching courses on East Asian politics and society at the College of International Studies, Kyung

Hee University. His research has mainly been focusing on democracy and social policies—civil society, labor, welfare,

and education in particular—in East Asian countries, publishing articles in Democratization, Journal of East Asian

Studies, etc. Currently, Prof Kim is working on multiple book projects on the transformation of welfare regimes in

Japan and Korea, the political-economic impact of neoliberalism in Korea, and the changing nature of state violence

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in Korea (with Jonson Porteux). Before joining Kyung Hee University, Prof Kim has been at the University of

Washington in Seattle as a research fellow and visiting lecturer. He earned his doctoral degree in political science at

the University of California, Berkeley.

Lam Peng Er is Principal Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. He obtained

his PhD at Columbia University. His articles have appeared in Pacific Affairs, Asian Survey, Asian Affairs, Japan

Forum, and Government and Opposition: An International Journal of Comparative Politics. Dr Lam’s books include

the single-authored monograph, Japan’s Peace Building Diplomacy in Asia: Searching for an Active Political

Role (Routledge, 2009) and Green Politics in Japan (Routledge, 1999), as well as edited and co-edited

volumes, Japan’s Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century: Continuity and Change (Lexington Books,

2020), China-Japan Relations in the 21st Century: Antagonism Despite Interdependency (Palgrave Macmillan,

2017), Japan’s Relations with Southeast Asia: The Fukuda Doctrine and Beyond (Routledge, 2013), and Japan’s

Relations with China: Facing a Rising Power (Routledge, 2006). He is an executive editor of the International

Relations of the Asia-Pacific (a journal of the Japan Association of International Relations published by Oxford

University Press), East Asian Policy Journal (East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore) and Asian

Journal of Peacebuilding (a journal of the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University).

Lam is Singapore country coordinator for NEAT (Network of East Asian Think Tanks) and NACT (Network of

ASEAN China Think Tanks).

Chiang Min-Hua is Research Fellow at East Asian Institute of National University of Singapore. She obtained her

PhD in economics from Université Pierre-Mendès-France, now part of Université Grenoble Alpes, in 2008. Her

research interests include Asia-Pacific regionalism, trade and investment, and issues related to economic growth and

development in East Asia. She has published in numerous academic journals and contributed commentaries regularly

to the East Asia Forum and Taiwan Insight. She is currently editing the book Political Economy of North Korea’s

Economic Development, Lynne Reinner Publishers, Boulder, CO, USA (forthcoming in 2022).

Chen Gang is Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute (EAI), National University

of Singapore (NUS). After joining the EAI in 2007, he has been tracing China’s politics, foreign policy,

environmental and energy policies and publishing extensively on these issues. He is the single author of Politics of

Renewable Energy in China (Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2019), The Politics of Disaster Management in China:

Institutions, Interest Groups, and Social Participation (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), China’s Climate

Policy (London and New York: Routledge, 2012), Politics of China’s Environmental Protection: Problems and

Progress (Singapore: World Scientific, 2009) and The Kyoto Protocol and International Cooperation against Climate

Change (in Chinese) (Beijing: Xinhua Press, 2008). His research papers have appeared in internationally refereed

journals such as Asian Survey, Asia Pacific Business Review, The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies, The

International Spectator, The Polar Journal, China: An International Journal, The Chinese Journal of International

Politics and The Journal of East Asian Affairs. He provides consultancy for the Singapore government on policy

issues in East Asia. He is frequently interviewed by media like the South China Morning Post, Channel NewsAsia

and Xinhua News Agency. Dr Chen has also formulated the “Contemporary China–Southeast Asia Relations” module

for NUS Master of Arts students and the “Public Sector Risk Management” curriculum for MPA students at the NUS

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. He was a member of the Global Emerging Voices programme jointly

sponsored by The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Stiftung Mercator, Torino World Affairs Institute and

Australian National University in 2012. He has participated in various international research projects such as the

“EU-Asia Dialogue” co-funded by the European Union and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS) of Germany and

the Asian Energy Programme sponsored by the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy.

Yu Hong is Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. His research

interests cover regional economic development in China, the Belt and Road Initiatives, the Asian Infrastructure

Investment Bank, China’s state-owned enterprises and railway sector reform. Dr Yu’s research articles have appeared

in international peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Contemporary China, Asian Survey, Asian Studies Review,

Asia Policy, East Asia: An International Quarterly, The Copenhagen Journal of Asian Studies and Asian Politics &

Policy. He is the single author of the monograph Economic Development and Inequality in China: the Case of

Guangdong (Routledge, London and New York: 2011). Dr Yu is the author of the book Chinese Regions in Change:

Industrial Upgrading and Regional Development Strategies (Routledge, London and New York: 2015). His most

recent book in Chinese is Belt & Road Initiative, The Rise of China and International Cooperation: What Does it

Mean to China and the Region? (World Affairs Press, Beijing: 2017). Dr Yu is the recipient of the fifth annual John

and Vivian Sabel Award for the best article publicised by the Journal of Contemporary China. Dr Yu serves as the

reviewer for a number of international journals on Asian and industrial studies. He is frequently interviewed as an

expert on China by international and local media on a range of topics.

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The College of International Studies, Kyung Hee University (KIC) was established in 1992 and has been one of leading undergraduate programs of International Studies in Korea. The main educational mission of the KIC is to educate and train future international specialists who will play a leading role in this era of globalization. To this end, KIC provides students with the necessary knowledge and perspectives required to prepare them for principal positions in international organizations, global corporations, the media, NGOs and public sector agencies. The KIC provides comprehensive inter-disciplinary curriculum related to International Relations, International Commerce, Global Business, and East Asian Studies. It also offer wide range of extra-curricular opportunities for students to gain experience on the global stage. KIC is very proud of its diverse programs for students, which include scholarships for study abroad, internships, opportunities for career development and volunteer activities. For more information, please visit http://kic.khu.ac.kr/home/.

The East Asian Institute (EAI) was set up in April 1997 as an autonomous research organization under a statute of the National University of Singapore. It is the successor of the former Institute of East Asian Political Economy (IEAPE), which was itself the successor of the Institute of East Asian Philosophies (IEAP), originally established by Dr Goh Keng Swee in 1983 for the study of Confucianism. The main mission of EAI is to promote both academic and policy-oriented research on East Asian development, particularly the political, economic and social development of contemporary China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), and China’s growing economic relations with the region and the world at large, including Japan, Korea and ASEAN. To promote academic exchange and to enable its research findings to reach out to a wider segment of the public, EAI organizes seminars and publishes research papers on a regular basis. EAI also participates in joint research projects with government ministries and statutory boards in Singapore, promotes collaborative programmes with similar institutions in the region as well as organizes regional and international conferences and workshops on East Asian issues. The long-term vision of EAI is to develop into the region’s foremost research institution on East Asian development. While its initial focus was on contemporary China, the Institute has extended its research efforts to Japan and Korea as it builds up its resources. Please visit www.eai.nus.edu.sg for more information.

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