November, 10th, 2020 – Zoom Webinar
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM (Europe time)
Registration with the following link:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__yG7fcw5T3OiV8BB2EDGog
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KEYNOTE:
- Lukas MANDL (chairman of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with the Korean Peninsula)
CHAIRS:
- André DE BUSSY (former French diplomat, former Head of G20 and G7 protocol, Boulogne municipal councilor, territorial advisor, and member of Asia Centre)
- Jean-François DI MEGLIO (President of Asia Centre)
SPEAKERS
Panel 1: The points of convergence within the analysis of post Covid international relations
- Maximilian MAYER (University of Bonn): Introduction
- Antoine BONDAZ (FRS, SciencesPo): “The Covid-19 pandemic as a great opportunity for greater EU-Korea coordination and cooperation”
- Nicola CASARINI (Istituto Affari Internazionali): “EU-Korea strategic partnership ten years after. Opportunities, and challenges, in the age of Covid and mounting US-China tensions”
- Paul ANDRE (SciencesPo): “Is Korea on the threshold of the G7? Strategic opportunities and challenges ahead in the perspective of an enlarged G7”
- Jean-François DI MEGLIO (President of Asia Centre): “The European Union’s Restrictive Measures against North Korea : a medium term view, beyond the current difficulties. Looking at solutions beyond the deadlock”.
Transition: Elisabeth SUH (SWP): “Certain uncertainty – the cyber challenge posed by Pyongyang”
Panel 2: Future opportunities of EU-ROK cooperation in specific areas of competence and excellence
- Ramon PACHECO-PARDO (King’s College): “Reassessment of the goals intended and achieved through the EU-ROK FTA”
- Tereza NOVOTNA (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow): “What EU-ROK partnership within the US-China Conflict?”
- Brigitte DEKKER (Clingendael Institute): “EU-ROK digital connectivity: United, we must stand. The implications of China’s techno-nationalism for the European Union and the Republic of Korea” (co-written with Maaike OKANO-HEIJMANS)
- Rafal SMOCZYNSKI (Polish Academy of Science): “The status of Korean soft power in Europe” (co-written with Eriks VARPAHOVSKIS, NRU Higher School of Economics)
https://centreasia.eu/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/EU-ROK-convergences-and-partnerships-10-years-after-the-EU-ROK-FTA-in-the-post-Covid-era-and-within-the-US-China-trade-war-7.pdf