Institute for Corean-American Studies, Inc.
| May 18, 2011 |
Chong Wook Chung
ICAS Fellow
Inaugural Kim Koo Visiting Professor
Department of Government
Harvard University
addressed
China's Foreign Policy under New Leadership:
Its Implications for the Korean Peninsula and Washington
ICAS 2011 Spring Symposium
Committee on Foreign Affairs RHOB 2255
United States House of Representatives
Capitol Hill
Washington DC 20515
We are pleased to share with you that Chong Wook Chung presented a paper, "China's Foreign Policy under New Leadership: Its Implications for the Korean Peninsula and Washington" at the ICAS 2011 Spring Symposium today.
Professor Chung concludes "... top leader will be Xi Jinping who is currently vice president of the state, a member of the Standing Committee, and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission ... Xi’s policy is likely to be premised on the same three NOs; no refugees, no war, no collapse ... is far more uncertain if the new leader in Pyongyang will respect Xi’s advice ... the scenarios for dealing with North Korea’s nuclear program ... four options; the acquiescence, the management of the status quo, the rollback, and the regime collapse ... the best policy option for the United States and South Korea is to continue to work closely with China under the new leadership in trying to persuade North Korea to choose the third option of rollback as a long-term goal while at the same time exerting efforts to prevent further deterioration of the situation ...".
A full text of his paper is may be found in the ICAS website: www.icasinc.org/2011/2011s/2011scwc.html.
Thank you.
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Sincerely, Sang Joo Kim Senior Fellow & Executive Vice President ICAS |