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Press Release
Seoul, Korea, 9–12 September 1996
Korea Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security
University of California Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation
The purpose of the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue (NEACD) is to enhance
mutual understanding, confidence, and cooperation among countries in Northeast
Asia through dialogue. The Dialogue is informal: participants include private
academics and government officials who act in a private capacity, not as government
representatives. Each country sends a foreign ministry official, a defense ministry
official, a uniformed military officer, and two private participants (see attached
participant list). The informality of the process encourages lively and frank
discussion, but it means that consensus reached at meetings is not operational and
can only serve as a suggestion for government departments of different countries.
The Seoul session was the fifth meeting of the NEACD process. To achieve its goal
of promoting the habit of dialogue, NEACD rotates the hosting responsibilities
among its members. This helps to expand understanding of the NEACD process among
officials and citizens in each country. Previous Dialogue meetings were held in
La Jolla, California, in 1993; Tokyo in 1994; Moscow in 1995; and Beijing in 1996.
The Seoul meeting included participants from the Republic of Korea, Russia, China,
Japan, and the United States. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea attended
the preparatory session in July 1993, and NEACD participants would welcome its
participation in the Dialogue process.
Discussion Topics
National Perspectives on Northeast Asian Security
At each Dialogue the first session is devoted to a discussion of the current
situation in Northeast Asia as presented by the host's Foreign Ministry official.
The presentation usually includes the country's policies in the region and
its concerns about the policies of other states in the region. Following
each presentation, there is a question and answer period when participants
ask questions about issues raised in the presentation.
Military Perspectives on Northeast Asian Security
This session follows the same format as the first session, but involves either
defense ministry officials or military officers giving brief presentations about
military perspectives on the current security situation in Northeast Asia, with
questions and answers following each presentation. The session provides a unique
opportunity for defense/military officials from Northeast Asia to engage in this
kind of discussion in a multilateral setting.
Principles to Govern State-to-State Relations in Northeast Asia
The Dialogue is engaged in an ongoing series of discussions about the
normative basis for managing relations among the participant countries.
Principles articulate common goals and can serve as the basis for regional
cooperation. To formulate general principles of international relations
during a period of rapid, pervasive change is a daunting task, but
Dialogue participants have found that the process of discussing principles
enhances mutual understanding and respect despite areas of disagreement.
Mutual Reassurance Measures
A Dialogue study project has identified possible activities to enhance trust
that Dialogue participants could undertake or suggest to their governments.
The Dialogue is now engaged in an ongoing series of discussions about which
activities would be practical and fruitful. The Dialogue's general approach
to mutual reassurance measures (also known as confidence-building measures)
is to proceed in an incremental way, focusing first on dialogue and exchanges
to cultivate a sense of cooperation and lay a sound foundation for future efforts.
Regional Economic Cooperation: The NEACD Energy Workshop
At each Dialogue meeting, a non-security issue is the basis of discussion for
at least one session, when potential options for regional cooperation are examined.
Subjects of past discussions included economic
complementarity, the environment, and food and agriculture issues. In Beijing,
the strategic implications of energy issues, especially the security implications
of rising energy demand and nuclear energy use, were examined. This discussion
proved so interesting that the NEACD decided to focus on the issue with an
extended two-day Energy Workshop, held immediately after the Dialogue on
11–12 September 1996 (see attached agenda and participant list).
Future Plans
NEACD 6 will be held in New York in Spring 1997. The NEACD organized a working
group which will discuss defense information sharing for the day before
NEACD 6 and report the conclusions of discussion to the NEACD 6. The
NEACD also agreed to examine an economic issue (still undecided) in another
workshop after the NEACD 6 as well as consider a future workshop on
emergency response cooperation.
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Agenda
Monday, 9 September
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| 9:00
| Welcoming Remarks
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Amb. CHANG Man-Soon (IFANS)
ITO Shinichi (NIRA)
Susan L. SHIRK (IGCC) |
| 9:10
| National Perspectives on Northeast Asian Security
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Chair: Robert SCALAPINO
Presenter (Japan): NISHIMURA Mutsuyoshi
Presenter (China): FU Ying
Presenter (ROK): LEE Youn-Bok
Presenter (Russia): Evgeni AFANASSIEV
Presenter (United States): Charles KARTMAN |
| 13:30
| Principles Governing State-to-State Relations |
| | Chair: AHN Byung-joon
Presenters: CHU Shulong, Robert SCALAPINO |
| 19:00
| Dinner Hosted by Amb. CHANG Man-Soon, IFANS
Alsace and Provence Room, 2d Floor, Novotel Hotel |
Tuesday, 10 September
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| 9:00 |
Military Perspectives on Northeast Asian Security |
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Chair: ZHOU Xingbao |
| 13:00 |
Mutual Reassurance Measures |
| 15:40 |
Conclusion/Future Plans |
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Chair: Susan L. SHIRK |
| 19:00
| Dinner Hosted by CHO Wonil, ROK Min. of Foreign Affairs
Korea House
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Wednesday, 11 September
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| 13:20 |
Optional Tour of DMZ/Dinner Hosted by Min. of Natl. Defense
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Participant List
Japan
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MR. ISHIZUKI HIROSHI
Deputy Director General, Defense Policy Division
Bureau of Defense Policy Japan Defense Agency |
COLONEL MIYABE TOSHIKAZU
Deputy Director for Policies
The Joint Staff Office, Japan Defense Agency |
MR. MONJI KENJIRO
Director, National Security Policy Division
Foreign Policy Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
MR. MORIMOTO SATOSHI
Senior Researcher, Center for Policy Research
Nomura Research Institute |
MR. NISHIMURA MUTSUYOSHI
Deputy Director General, Foreign Policy Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
MR. SHIMAUCHI TETSUYA
Senior Research Fellow
Institute for International Policy Studies |
People's Republic of China
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MR. CHU SHULONG
Director, Division of North American Studies
China Institute of Contemporary Intl Relations |
MS. FU YING
Counselor, Asian Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
PROFESSOR JI GUOXING
Director,Asian-Pacific Dept.
Shanghai Institute for International Studies |
MR. MA MINGQIANG
Asian Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
COL. QIAN LIHUA
Deputy Director
Ministry of Defense |
MR. ZHOU XINGBAO
Vice President
China Institute of International Studies |
COL. ZHU CHENGHU
Institute for Strategic Studies
National Defense University | |
Republic of Korea
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PROFESSOR AHN BYUNG-JOON
Chair, Department of Political Science
College of Social Sciences, Yonsei University |
BRIGADIER GENERAL KIM PIL-SOO
Deputy Asst Chief of Staff for Policy Planning
Korea-US Combined Forces Command |
PROFESSOR LEE SEO-HANG
Director General, Security and Unification Studies
Inst. of Foreign Affairs and National Security |
MR. LEE YOUN-BOK
Senior Coordinator for Security Affairs
Security Policy Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
MAJOR GENERAL YU BO SUN
Director, Arms Control Office
Ministry of National Defense | |
Russia
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MR. EVGENI V. AFANASSIEV
Director, First Asia Department
Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
COLONEL ALEKSANDR A. GURVICH
Deputy Director, International Treaties Department
Ministry of Defense |
DR. ALEXANDER SAVELYEV
V.P., Inst. for National Security and Strategic Studies
Russian Academy of Sciences |
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United States
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CAPTAIN JOHN BYRD
Chief, Asia-Pacific Division United States Navy
The Joint Staff (J-5) |
MR. KURT CAMPBELL
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Asian and Pacific Affairs
Department of Defense |
MR. CHARLES KARTMAN
Deputy Assistant Secretary East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Department of State |
MR. NICHOLAS MAUGER
Deputy Director, Regional Affairs and Security Policy
East Asian Bureau, United States Department of State |
PROFESSOR ROBERT SCALAPINO
Robson Research Prof of Gov't Emeritus
Institute of East Asian Studies
University of California, Berkeley |
PROFESSOR SUSAN L. SHIRK
Director, IGCC
University of California |
DR. KENNETH WEISS
Senior Foreign Affairs Officer
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency | |
Observers
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MR. HAN DONG-MAN
Assistant Director, Security Policy Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul, Korea |
MR. NISHIGATA TAKASHI(Mr. Ishizuki's interpreter)
Staff Officer, Defense Policy Division
Tokyo, Japan |
DR. PAIK JIN-HYUN
Professor, Inst. of Foreign Affairs and National Security
Seoul, Korea |
MR. PARK SANG-HOON
Director, Security Policy Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul, Korea |
DR. SEO BYUNG-CHUL
Dean for Research, Inst. of Foreign Affairs and National Security
Seoul, Korea |
MR. SHIN DONG-IK
Deputy Director, Security Policy Division
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul, Korea |
MR. SONG MIN-SOON
Deputy Director-General, American Affairs Bureau
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Seoul, Korea | |
Sponsoring Organizations
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DR. EDWARD T. FEI
Deputy Director for Policy
Division of Policy and Technical Analysis Department of Energy
Washington, DC, United States |
MS. FUKUSHIMA AKIKO
Senior Researcher, Int'l Cooperation Department
National Institute for Research Advancement, Tokyo, Japan |
MR. ITO SHINICHI
Director, International Cooperation Department
National Institute for Research Advancement, Tokyo, Japan |
MR. MICHAEL STANKIEWICZ
Policy Researcher for Asia, IGCC
University of California San Diego |
MS. SUZUKI MAYUMI
International Cooperation Department
National Institute for Research Advancement, Tokyo, Japan |
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