The Future of U.S. Relations with Northeast Asia
Thomas B. Gold, professor at UC Berkeley and member of the ASNC Advisory Board, gave the introductory remarks. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
Daniel Russel, Diplomat in Residence and Senior Fellow at Asia Society Policy Institute, starts off the program. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
Jimin Kim, Deputy Consul General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco, responds to a question from the moderator, Margaret Conley. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
Professor Stephan Haggard of University California, San Diego (holding) chuckles during his response. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
Margaret Conley, Assistant Executive Director at Asia Society Northern California served as moderator for the evening. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
The event sold out the morning of the event. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
Professor Sung-Yoon Lee of the Fletcher School at Tufts University addresses a question from the audience. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
Kori Schake answers a question from an ASNC members. She is currently a Distinguished Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
The panelists pose with Gold after the evening's dialogue. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
Conley speaks with guests after the program. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
Haggard and Russel continue their discussion. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
Guests help themselves to Korean food from Surisan SF at the reception. (Hye Ji You/Asia Society)
On December 13, 2017, five esteemed panelists spoke in front of a sold-out crowd at "Trump, Moon and the 'Ironclad' Alliance: Responding to North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions." Professor Thomas B. Gold of University of California, Berkeley and Asia Society Northern California's Advisory Board offered the introductory remarks for the evening. Starting off the discussion was Assistant Executive Director Margaret Conley of Asia Society Northern California as the moderator for the evening.
The five speakers included Deputy Consul General Jimin Kim of the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco; Diplomat in Residence and Senior Fellow Daniel Russel of the Asia Society Policy Institute; Distinguished Research Fellow Kori Schake from the Hoover Institution at Stanford University; Professor Stephan Haggard, Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies and Director of the Korea-Pacific Program the University of California, San Diego; and Professor Sung-Yoon Lee, Kim Koo-Korea Foundation Professor in Korean Studies and Assistant Professor at the Fletcher School of Tufts University.
After the formal panel discussion and questions from the audience, members experienced the culinary delights of Surisan SF, a local Korean restaurant.
Watch the full video below! (1hr., 30 min.)