2012 AKPS/ISA PROGRAM
Panel 1: History, Structure, and Norms: Dynamic East Asia around the Korean Peninsula (April 1, 2012: 1:45-3:30 P.M.)
‧Chair: [TBD]
‧Discussant: Mikyoung Kim (Hiroshima City University-Hiroshima Peace Institute, mkkim@peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp; mkkim_33@hotmail.com)
‧North Korean Human Rights in East Asia: Issues, Responses and Reactions, Mikyoung Kim, Hiroshima City University-Hiroshima Peace Institute (mkkim@peace.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp; mkkim_33@hotmail.com)
‧South Korea’s Involvement and Influence in Multilateral Institutions: Economic Development and Foreign Policy, Terence Roehrig, U.S. Naval War College (terence.roehrig@usnwc.edu)
‧U.S-China Rapprochement and Korean Questions，1971-1973: Focusing on U.S. Army in South Korea and Legitimacy Problem of the Korean Peninsula, Lee Dongjun, Ph.D in Law, Asiatic Research Institute(ARI), Korea University (djlee5036@naver.com; dongjunlee@korea.ac.kr)
‧Norm versus Interest: Contrasting Motives for Alliance Surrounding the Korean Peninsula, Dongryul Kim, Rochester Institute of Technology (dxkgsm@rit.edu)
‧Concept and political membership in Modern Korea: Conceptual Division and political confrontation between Kukmin and Inmin after Liberation, Myoung-Kyu Park
Seoul National University (parkmk@snu.ac.kr)
Panel 2: Challenges and Opportunities for South Korea’s Political Development (April 1, 2012: 4:00-5:45 P.M.)
‧Chair: Haesook Chae (Baldwin College, hchae@bw.edu)
‧Discussant: Haesook Chae (Baldwin College, hchae@bw.edu)
‧Social basis of political support for the Democratic Labor Party in 2004 & 2008: An ecological analysis at the constituency level, Sun-Kwang Bae, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (sunkwang.bae@us.army.mil)
‧Presidentialism and Political Parties in Korea: Institutional Dilemmas for Democratic Representation, Yoonkyung Lee, SUNY-Binghamton (yklee@binghamton.edu)
‧Public Reason in Korean Democracy: An Analysis of Korean Constitutional Court’s Decision on the Comprehensive Real Estate Holding Tax, Dong-Jin Jang, Yonsei University (dongjinjang@yonsei.ac.kr) & Kyung Rok Kwon, Yonsei University (blue-chocolate@hanmail.net)
‧The Fear of Mad Cow Disease: A Perspective on the Differential Responses to the U.S. Beef Import Agenda Between South Korea and Taiwan, Jason Kuo, UC San Diego & Don S. Lee, UC San Diego (donlee@ucsd.edu)
Panel 3: Roundtable Discussion, Security Challenges and Opportunities around the Korean Peninsula in 2012 (April 2, 2012: 8:15-10:00 A.M.)
‧Chair: Kyung-Ae Park (University of British Columbia, kpark@interchange.ubc.ca)
‧Participants:
Kyung-Ae Park (University of British Columbia, kpark@interchange.ubc.ca)
Chung-in Moon (Yonsei University, cimoon@yonsei.ac.kr)
David Kang (University of Southern California, kangdc@dornsife.usc.edu)
Scot Snyder (Center for US-Korea Policy, snydersas@gmail.com)