Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Initiative

(NAPCI) and the European Experience A c on f e r enc e o r g an i se d j o i n t l y by t he EU Institute for Security Studies

A nd t he K o r e a Na t i on a l D i p l om a t i c A c adem y

Thursday 18 and Friday 19 September 2014 KNDA Int’l Conference Room (2F.)

Seoul, South Korea

Programme

17 September

19:00-20:30 Welcoming Dinner (Hosted by the EU Delegation to ROK, Meeting Room 3, 3F., JW Marriott Hotel, Seoul)

18 September 12:30-13:40 Welcoming lunch (hosted by the KNDA, KNDA Club, 2F.) 14:00-14:20 Opening remarks Yun Duk-Min, Chancellor of KNDA Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul

Antonio Missiroli, Director EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

Welcoming remarks Tomasz Kozlowski, Ambassador

Congratulatory remarks Iwatani Shigeo, Secretary General

Delegation of the EU to the Republic of Korea, Seoul Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, Seoul

14:20-14:40 Keynote address Yun Byung-se, Minister Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROK 14:40-16:10 Session1: Regional integration: building political trust

Chair Shin Bong-kil, President of IFANS, KNDA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul

Northeast Asia

The Asian Paradox: why did trade and economic interdependence not contribute to building political trust in the region?

Presenter Kim Sung-han, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University, Seoul

Discussant Matthias Maass, Associate Professor, GSIS Yonsei University, Seoul

European integration

Building political trust through people-to-people connections, trade and economic cooperation.

Presenter Alfredo Conte, Head of Strategic Planning Division,

European External Action Service, Brussels Discussant Jun Hae-Won, Professor, KNDA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul 16:10-16:30 Coffee Break

16:30-18:00 Session 2: CBMs: basis for cooperative security Chair Viorel Isticioaia-Budura, Managing Director, Asia and the Pacific,

European External Action Service, Brussels North East Asia

In what areas and with which countries could cooperative processes be established and sustained?

Presenter Lee Kyuong-soo, Deputy Minister for Political Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, ROK

Discussant Eva Pejsova, Senior Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

Helsinki Process

Building cooperation between countries with different political system: the OSCE experience.

Presenter Jaakko Iloniemi, former Finnish diplomat, Ambassador to the CSCE, the United States and the United Nations, Helsinki

Discussant Suh Bo-hyuk, Humanities Korea Research Professor, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University, Seoul

18:00-18:05 Photo Session

19:30-21:00 Dinner (hosted by the Senior Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs and National Security, ROK, Lotte Hotel, 38F. )

Keynote address

Ju Chul-Ki, Senior Secretary to the President for Foreign Affairs and National Security, ROK Speech Yun Duk-Min, Chancellor of KNDA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul Viorel Isticioaia-Budura, Managing Director, Asia and the Pacific, European External Action Service, Brussels

19 September: closed sessions 09:30-11:00 Session 3: Managing non-traditional security issues: experiences from

Northeast Asia and Europe

What are the implications of the European multilateral security cooperation in terms of coordinating non-traditional security issues for South Korea?

Chair Antonio Missiroli, Director,EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris Energy Security

Presenter Lee Jae-Seung, Professor, Division of International Studies, Korea University, Seoul

Discussant Arno Behrens, Head of Energy and Research Fellow, CEPS, Brussels

Disaster Preparedness

Presenter Marieke Timmermans, First Secretary for Security and Justice, Netherlands Permanent Representation to the EU, Brussels

Discussant Song Young Hoon, Research Fellow,Korea Institute for National Unification, Seoul

11:00-11:20 Coffee Break

11:20-12:50 Session 4: Working towards hard security cooperation

What are the implications of the European multilateral security cooperation in terms of coordinating hard security issues for South Korea?

Chair Lee Dong-hwi, Professor, KNDA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul Nuclear Security

Presenter Jun Bong-Geun, Professor, KNDA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul

Discussant Jacek Bylica, Principal Advisor and Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, European External Action Service, Brussels

Cybersecurity

Presenter Patryk Pawlak, Senior Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

Discussant Park Nohyung, Professor, Law School, Korea University, Seoul 12:50-13:30 Summary of main policy recommendations

KNDA Rapporteurs of the sessions Byun Oung, Visiting Professor, KNDA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul Chung Kuyoun, Visiting Professor, KNDA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul

Closing remarks

Lee Dong-hwi, Professor, KNDA, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul Antonio Missiroli, Director, EU Institute for Security Studies, Paris

14:00-15:30 End of conference and Luncheon (Hosted by the EU Delegation to ROK, Meeting Room 3, 3F., JW Marriott Hotel, Seoul)