
April 2021
Connecting Eurasia: Views from Europe, Korea and Asia
Connectivity has moved from buzzword to reality. A few examples of this are the EU's Connecting Europe & Asia strategy, South Korea's New Southern Policy and Northern Economic Cooperation, and connectivity strategies from ASEAN. China and Japan also seek to build digital, infrastructure, energy and people-to-people bridges across Eurasia. What are the similarities and differences between the strategies of Europe, Korea and other Asian countries? Is there scope for cooperation between these strategies or are they bound to lead to competition and tensions? Join us on April 27 for a discussion on connectivity across Eurasia.
Find out more »June 2021
North Korea Beyond the Six Parties: Examining ties with Central Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa
What do North Korea’s foreign affairs and policy priorities look like beyond the six-party countries? Please join the Stimson Center and the KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Brussels School of Governance for a roundtable discussion on North Korea’s underexamined relationships with countries in Central Asia, Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Find out more »16th Jeju Forum for Peace & Prosperity: Reconsidering Arms Control with Nuclear North Korea
North Korea conducted its first nuclear test in 2006. Fifteen years later, Pyongyang is in possession of an estimated 30 to 60 nuclear warheads, which its missiles can potentially carry all the way to the White House. The Biden Administration is the fourth in a row in the US that has to contend with a nuclear North Korea. Both sanctions and negotiations have failed to solve the North Korean nuclear conundrum. And as long as North Korea’s nuclear weapons programme continues to be a problem to solve, peace on the Korean Peninsula will be but a dream. Could an arms control deal be the key to the resolution to North Korea’s nuclear issue and unlock peace between the two Koreas?
Find out more »October 2021
Brussels Korea Forum
On 14th October, KF-VUB Korea Chair is hosting the Brussels Korea Forum at the Renaissance Brussels hotel. This is set to become the preeminent event for a Brussels and European audience to learn about and discuss Korean affairs. Our aim is for the forum to become the leading venue for policy-makers, researchers, academics and other interested parties to discuss Korean Peninsula security and South Korea-Europe relations, together with their Korean counterparts.
Find out more »March 2022
South Korea’s Election: Foreign Policy Implications
South Korea will elect a new president on March 9th. How will the foreign policy of the new president look like? What will be its key priorities and actions?
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