Place:Meeting Room 3, Suekawa Memorial Hall, Ritsumeikan University

14:30 - 14:40
Opening Remarks
Prof. Daewon Ohn (HUFS GSIAS)
Sachio Nakato (College of IR, Ritsumeikan)

14:40 – 16:00 Session I
‘Deteriorating Sino-US Relations: Rationale for Regional Minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific’

Moderator: Prof. Daewon Ohn (HUFS GSIAS)

Speaker 1: Keiji Nakatsuji (College of IR, Ritsumeikan)
“Who is Xi Jinping?”
Speaker 2: Hiroaki Richard Watanabe (College of IR, Ritsumeikan)
“Decoupling from China and Indo-Pacific minilateralism”
Speaker 3: Mason Richey (HUFS)
‘Bridging the Alliances: Cooperation between US Allies in the Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic’
Speaker 4: Erwin Tan (HUFS):
‘Worse Case Scenario-Based Forecasting of the Prospects of Security Dilemma Contagion in the Indo-Pacific’

Designated Discussant 1: Eunjung Lim (Kongju National University)
Designated Discussant 2: Miwa Hirono (College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan)

Group discussion

16:00 – 16:20 Break

16:20 – 17:40 Session II
‘Regional Minilateralism in the Indo-Pacific in Response to Sino-US Rivalry’

Moderator: Keiji Nakatsuji (College of IR, Ritsumeikan)

Speaker 1: Jae Jeok Park (HUFS):
‘South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy and minilateralism?’

Speaker 2: Eunjung Lim (Kongju National University)
‘Energy Security in the Era of Indo-Pacific: Chances for the Korea-Japan Cooperation’

Speaker 3: Miwa Hiron (College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan)
China-Japan-South Korea Minilateralism：Let it Simmer on a Back Burner

Speaker 4: Sachio Nakato (College of IR, Ritsumeikan)
(U.S.-)ROK-Japan cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region

Designated Discussant 1: Hiroaki Richard Watanabe (College of IR, Ritsumeikan)

Designated Discussant 2: Mason Richey (HUFS)

Group discussion

17:40 – 17:50 Closing Remarks
Prof. Daewon Ohn (HUFS GSIAS)
Keiji Nakatsuji (College of IR, Ritsumeikan)

Organizer: Ritsumeikan University Center for East Asia Peace and Cooperation, Ritsumeikan University Korea Research Center Co-organizers: Jilin University North Korean Studies Institute, Dongguk University North Korean Studies Institute

Part 1
History Session:
"Comparative Study of the Ukraine War and the Korean War"

Part 2
Society and Economy Session:
"Society and Economy of the Korean Peninsula after the Outbreak of the Ukraine War"

Part 3
Politics and Security Session:
"Politics and Security of the Korean Peninsula after the Outbreak of the Ukraine War"
Place:ZOOM

Organizer: Ritsumeikan University Center for East Asia Peace and Cooperation
Support: Korea Foundation for International Exchange
Date: September 16, 2022, 14:30 AM – 16:30 PM
Lecturer: Seungbin Ha (Part-time Lecturer at Kobe Women's University, Osaka University of Tourism, and Japan University of Economics)
Place:ZOOM

Organizer: Ritsumeikan University Center for East Asia Peace and Cooperation
Support: Korea Foundation for International Exchange
Date: September 2, 2022, 9:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Theme: Prospects for Japan-U.S.-Korea Relations in the Post-Abe Administration

Program:
Opening Ceremony: Daljoong Chang (Seoul National University) / 20 minutes
Report 1: North Korean Situation – Presenter: Jungchul (Seoul National University)
Report 2: Prospects for Japan-U.S.-Korea Relations – Presenter: Jinwook Choi (CSCS)
Report 3: Prospects for Japan-Korea Relations – Presenter: Yuki Asaba (Doshisha University)
Discussion: General Discussion by All Participants
Summary and Closing Remarks
Place: ZOOM

Organizer: Ritsumeikan University Center for East Asia Peace and Cooperation
Support: Korea Foundation
Date: March 4, 2022, 10:00~12:30
Lecturer: Tomitate Furuta
Place:ZOOM

Organizer: Ritsumeikan University Center for East Asia Peace and Cooperation
Support: Korea Foundation
Theme: North Korea's Nuclear Development and Its Regulation — From the Perspective of Theoretical Concepts in International Relations
Lecturer: Satoshi Oyane (Professor, Doshisha University)
Place:ZOOM