The 1st Korea-Russia Think Tank Networking Seminar
COLLABORATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND SOUTH KOREA
IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW NORTHERN POLICY:
EVALUATION AND FUTURE TASKS
PROGRAMME
Date & Time
September 30, 2021 (Thursday)
16:00~21:00(Seoul)|10:00~15:00(Moscow)
Venue
Zoom Conference (ID: 816 0563 5185, PW: 679410)
KNDA Club, 2nd Fl., Korea National Diplomatic Academy in Seoul (offline)
Initiated by
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
Co-organized by
Russian International Affairs Council
&
Asia-Pacific Research Center of Hanyang University
Institute for Russian Studies of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Korea Eurasian Policy Institute
Moscow Time (Seoul Time)
09:30-10:00 (15:30-16:00) [Registration]
10:00-10:30 (16:00-16:30) [Opening Ceremony]
• Opening Remarks
- Hyun-Ik HONG, Chancellor of Korean National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA)
• Welcoming Remarks
- Igor IVANOV, President of Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC)
• Congratulatory Remarks
- Andrey KULIK, Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Korea
10:30-12:30 (16:30-18:30) [Session 1]
Dynamics of Korea-Russia Collaboration and Performance of the New Northern Policy
Moderator:Andrey KORTUNOV (Director General, RIAC)
• Presentations:
- Gu Ho EOM (Director, Asia-Pacific Research Center) “The Evaluation of the New Northern Policy: Korean Perspective”
- Gleb IVASHENTSOV (Vice President, RIAC)“Russia and South Korea in New Geopolitical Situation: Future Prospects of the New Northern Policy”
- Dong-Joo SUH (Deputy Director, Korea Eurasian Policy Institute) “The Geopolitical Situation and Future Prospects of the New Northern Policy: Korean Perspective”
- Liudmila ZAKHAROVA (Academic Secretary, RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies; Associate Professor, MGIMO University) “The Results of the New Northern Policy: Russian Evaluations”
• Discussants:
- Alexander ZHEBIN (Director, Center for Korean Studies at the RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies)
- Jae-nam KO (Director, Korea Eurasian Policy Institute)
- Alexander VORONTSOV (Head, Department of Korean & Mongolian Studies at the RAS Institute of Oriental Studies)
- Wan-Suk HONG (Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
12:30-13:00 (18:30-19:00) [Break]
13:00-15:00 (19:00-21:00) [Session 2]
Emerging Areas of Cooperation between Russia and South Korea and Future Tasks of the New Northern Policy
• Moderator: Kyu-hyung LEE (Chairman, Coordinating Committee of the Korea-Russia Dialogue; former Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to the Russian Federation)
• Presentations:
- Victoria SAMSONOVA (Leading Research Fellow, Center for Korean Studies at the RAS Institute of Far Eastern Studies) “Russia-Korea Cooperation Status and Tasks in the Field of Digital Industry and Innovation”
- Hyun-Sub BYUN (Deputy Director, Strategy & Planning Team of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation) “Korea-Russia Cooperation in Health and Medical Fields and Future Tasks”
- Irina KORGUN (Senior Research Fellow and Acting Head, Center of Russian Strategy in Asia at the RAS Institute of Economics; Associate Professor, Higher School of Economics) “Russia-Korea Cooperation Status and Tasks in the Field of Infrastructure and Logistics”
- Sang-joon LEE (Professor, Kookmin University) “Korea-Russia Cooperation Status and Tasks in the Field of Energy”
• Discussants
- Sanghwan KIM (Director, Business Incubation Center at the Korea Techno Venture Foundation)
- Ilya DYACHKOV (Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies at the MGIMO University)
- Roman LOBOV (Expert, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies)
- Sung-Kyu LEE (Research Fellow, Korea Energy Economics Institute)