On October 29, the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at Brookings hosted the second annual Brookings-Vrije Universiteit Brussel-Asan Institute conference on trans-Atlantic and trans-Pacific alliances. Following the first conference of the series in Brussels in 2018, the second conference assessed the impact of the Trump administration’s “America First” policy on alliance relations and examined alliances in the age of deepening U.S.-China strategic competition. Follow this link to read the key takeaways.
Programme:
Welcome remarks by:
– Jung H. Pak, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, and Senior Fellow Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
– Choi Kang, Acting President, Vice President, and Principal Fellow – Asan Institute for Policy Studies
– Ramon Pacheco Pardo, KF-VUB Korea Chair – Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Alliances in the age of “America First” (1:45 pm – 3:15 pm)
MODERATOR: Choi Kang, Acting President, Vice President, and Principal Fellow – Asan Institute for Policy Studies
SPEAKERS:
– Luis Simón, Research Professor – Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
– Thomas Wright, Director – Center on the United States and Europe, and Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy
– James Kim, Research Fellow – Asan Institute for Policy Studies
– Jung H. Pak, SK-Korea Foundation Chair in Korea Studies, and Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy, Center for East Asia Policy Studies
Alliances in the new normal of US-China rivalry (3:15 pm – 4:45 pm)
MODERATOR: Ramon Pacheco Pardo, KF-VUB Korea Chair – Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
SPEAKERS:
– Lynn Kuok, Former Brookings Expert, and Senior Research Fellow – University of Cambridge, and Associate Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme – International Institute for Strategic Studies
– Linde Desmaele, Ph.D. Researcher, International Security – Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
– Shin Beomchul, Director, Center for Security and Unification – Asan Institute for Policy Studies
