Europe Korea Expert Panel 
The Europe Korea Expert Panel is a network of leading Europe-based experts on Korean and Northeast Asian affairs drawn from think tanks, academia and research institutes. The panel has been established to highlight European views on developments in the Korean Peninsula. The KF-VUB Korea Chair publishes these views, among with its own reflections, in the ‘Ask Europe’s Expert Panel’ series.
We ask a group of Europe-based experts for their assessments on breaking events on the Korean Peninsula:
Dr. Eric J. Ballbach, Research Fellow, Institute of Korean Studies, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
Dr. Sabine Burghart, University Lecturer, Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Turku, Finland
Dr. Nicola Casarini, Senior Fellow, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
Dr. Alice Ekman, Senior Analyst, EU Institute for Security Studies, France
Dr. Mario Esteban, Senior Analyst, Elcano Royal Institute, Spain
Dr. Antonio Fiori, Associate Professor, University of Bologna, Italy
Dr. Francesca Frassineti, Associate Research Fellow, Asia Centre, ISPI, Italy
Dr. Hanns G. Hilpert, Head of Asia Research Unit, SWP, Germany
Dr. Lucia Husenicova, Lecturer, Matej Bel University, Slovakia
Dr. Alica Kizekova, Head of Asia Pacific Unit, Institute of International Relations Prague, Czech Republic
Magnus Lundstrom, Associate Fellow, Asia Programme, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Sweden
Dr. Lorenzo Mariani, Researcher, Istituto Affari Internazionali, Italy
Dr. Marco Milani, Assistant Professor, University of Bologna, Italy
Dr. Tereza Novotna, Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany
Dr. Janka Oertel, Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund of the United States, Germany
Dr. Oskar Pietrewicz, Senior Analyst, The Polish Institute of International Affairs, Poland
Milos Prochazka, Phd student, Comenius University, Slovakia
Dr. Alexandra Sakaki, Associate Researcher, SWP, Germany
Dr. Elina Sinkkonen, Senior Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Finland
Andreea Zaharia, Associate Researcher, The Romanian Institute for the Study of the Asia-Pacific (RISAP), Romania