Schedule

09:00-09:15: Online Check-in

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09:15-09:30: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Brendan Howe, President of APISA and KISA

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09:30-10:30: Keynote Session
LAM Peng Er, Principal Research Fellow, East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore
- This presentation will be streamed live on Facebook

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10:30-10:45 Break

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10:45-12:15: Panel 1: National Policies for Peace and Development
Chair: Heather Willoughby, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

• - Spread or Concentrated? Gravity Analysis of Inbound Education Aid: The Case of South Korea
  Hyeji Jang and Jinhwan Oh, Ewha Womans University
• - Does US’ Public Diplomacy-related Aid Promote Human Development and Peace?
  Paula Higgins and Kadir Ayhan, Ewha Womans University
• - Assessment of the Moon Jae-in Administration’s Peace Initiative and Value Diplomacy
  Tae Kyeong Ryu and Kisuk Cho, Ewha Womans University
• - North Korea's Policy Direction: Shifting Away or Continuing 'A Frontal Breakthrough' Line?
  Won Gon Park, Ewha Womans University

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12:15-13:00: Lunch Break

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13:00-14:30: Panel 2: Northeast Asian Security Challenges beyond North Korea
Chair: Haruko Satoh, Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Japan

• - The Weaponization of Supply Chains in the Contactless Economy under COVID-19: The Role of the U.S.-China Race for Supremacy in AI in the Japan-South Korea Chip War
  June Park, Princeton University
• - Reservist System of the Japan Self-Defense Forces: What is that for?
  Saya Kiba, Komatsu University
• - Reassessing SSRG Agendas in Japan
  Atsushi Yasutomi, Eikei University of Hiroshima
• - Justifying Economic Coercion: The Discourse of Victimhood in China’s Unilateral Sanctions Policy
  Enrico V. Gloria, University of the Philippines Diliman

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14:30-14:45: Break

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14:45-16:15: Parallel Panel Presentations
Room A | Panel 3: International Political Economy Outlook
Room B | Panel 4: Security on the Korean Peninsula

Room A | Panel 3: International Political Economy Outlook
Chair: Rafal Smoczynski, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

• - The Different Paths to the Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Korea: Multilateralism and Parliamentary Diplomacy
  Edith Yazmin Montes Incin, Anahuac University
• - The Drivers of China’s outward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
  Ren Yu, Ewha Womans University
• - Comparative Analysis of State Capacities, Science and Technology Policies, and Innovation System Functions in the Philippines: 1946-2020
  Danilo Lorenzo Delos Santos, University of Tokyo
• - The Resurgence of “Other Canon” Economics in the Twenty-First Century
  Bryan Joseph G. Ortiz, Arellano University and Amr Solon Sison, University of Santo Tomas

Room B | Panel 4: Security on the Korean Peninsula
Chair: Leif-Eric Easley, Ewha Womans University, South Korea

• - Biden’s North Korea Nuclear Policy: Progress or Stasis?
  Joel R. Campbell, Troy University
• - Sources of and Challenges to North Korean Legitimacy
  Lonnie Edge, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
• - Threat Perception Gap of North Korea: an ESR and Putnam’s Two-level Approach
  Patricia Aguado, Ewha Womans University
• - A ‘Peace-first’ Arms Race on the Korean Peninsula?: Seoul’s Investments in Autonomy and Regional Security
  Sea Young Kim, Yonsei University and Leif-Eric Easley, Ewha Womans University

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16:15-16:30: Break

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16:30-18:00: Parallel Panel Presentations
Room A | Panel 5: Human Security and Civil Society
Room B | Panel 6: Information, Education, and Empowerment Session Theme

Panel 5: Human Security and Civil Society
Chair: Hans Schattle, Yonsei University, South Korea

• - An Empirical Investigation Of The Determinants Of Koreans’ Attitudes Towards Immigrants
  Jingyeong Song and Moamen Gouda, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
• - The Role Of Women In Private Sphere To Build The Sustainable Peace In Post-Conflict Societies: Case Study Of Ambon, Indonesia
  Shary Charlotte Henriette Pattipeilhy, Universitas Diponegoro
• - Asian Identity: State Actors vs.Civil society
  Christian Schafferer, Overseas Chinese University
• - The Applicability of Hybridized Liberal Peacebuilding in the Ethno-Religious Conflict between the Han Chinese National Government and the Uighur Muslim Local Minority in Xinjiang, China
  Amanda Fish, Ewha Womans University

Panel 6: Information, Education, and Empowerment
Chair: Lonnie Edge, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea

• - Discouragement vs Encouragement: Sri Lanka's Female Domestic Worker's Corridor to the Gulf Countries
  Loku Thambugalage Jayathry Dhananja Gunaratne, Ewha Womans University
• - Closet or Bridge: YouTube Platform’s Transnational Space for Gender Identity in the Philippine Boy’s Love Genre
  Ronald Castillo, National Chengchi University
• - Challenges and Opportunities for Peace (or Conflict) in Higher Education: The Case of Afghanistan and Somaliland
  Chaewon Sohn, Kevin Kester, Mary abura, and Ella Rho, Seoul National University
• - Framing the Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Public Diplomacy Narratives from 2013 to 2020
  Yuan Jiang, Queensland University of Technology

09:00-09:10: Online Check-in

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09:10-09:15: Welcome Remarks
Brendan Howe, President of APISA and KISA

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09:15-09:30: Welcome and Opening Remarks
KANG Kyung-wha
Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Ewha Womans University GSIS, South Korea
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, South Korea
- This segment will be streamed live on Facebook

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09:30-10:30: Keynote Session
KONO Taro
Member of the House of Representatives, Japan
Former Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
- This presentation will be streamed live on Facebook

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10:30-10:45: Break

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10:45-12:15: Panel 7: Multilateral and Regional Security Conceptualizations
Chair: Mason Richey, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea

• - Peace and Security in Indo-Pacific Asia: IR Perspectives in Context
  Sorpong Peou, Ryerson University
• - Great Powers and Regionalisms: Contrasting Europe and East Asia
  Cesar De Prado
• - The Emergence of New Geo-Strategic Equations: Implications for Asian Security
  Bhawna Pokharna, Government Meera Girls College
• - The U.S Regional Alliance Failure for Stability: Lessons of Persian Gulf Cold War for East Asian Regional Security Cooperation
  Amir Ahmadi, University of Guillan
• - Succession in the DPRK: Perceptional Variants, Regime Stability, and Implications for US Diplomacy
  Youngho Kim, Yonsei University and Lonnie Edge, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies

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12:15-13:00: Lunch Break

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13:00-14:30: Panel 8: Multilateral Policy-making for Peace and Development
Chair: Rosalie Arcala Hall, University of the Philippines Visayas, Philippines

• - ASEAN and its Responsibility to Protect Refugees – Case of North Korean Refugees in Southeast Asia
  Heeseo Lee, Ewha Womans University
• - Elevating the Aid Debate: A Call for Value Coherence for Development
  Nancy Kim, Ewha Womans University
• - Security, Governance, and Operationalizing the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus (HDPN) on the Korean Peninsula
  Brendan Howe, Ewha Womans University
• - Institutional Innovations and Their Challenges in the Green Climate Fund (see full paper)
  Thomas Kalinowski, Ewha Womans University

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14:30-14:45: Break

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14:45-16:45: Parallel Panel Presentations and Roundtable session
Room A | Panel 9: COVID-19 and Security & Panel 10: COVID-19 and Society
Room B | Roundtable Session

Room A | Panel 9: COVID-19 and Security
Chair: Christian Schafferer, Overseas Chinese University, Taiwan

• - Covid-19 Pandemic and People of Myanmar: After Coup 2021
  Min Thang, Myanmar Institute of Theology
• - Antagonisms and COVID-19: Protests and State Repression in Thailand since 2020
  Paul Chambers, Naresuan University
• - Explaining Thailand’s Politicized COVID-19 Mitigation Strategies: Counter-Securitization and Re-Securitization
  Tawei Chu, Alyssa Gosteli Dela Cruz, Sung Jae Lee, and Chuenthip Nithimasarad, Chiang Mai University

Room A | Panel 10: COVID-19 and Society
Chair: Sylvia Yazid, Parahyangan Catholic University, Indonesia

• - From Vulnerabilities to Resilience: Lessons from Davao de Oro Youth During the Pandemic
  Rowee Joy Decena, Davao de Oro State College
• - Covid-19 Influences Habits And Lifestyle
  Ratna Ayu, Chinese Culture University
• - The Challenges and Needs During the Pandemic of the Residents in Barangay Mandahilag Talisayan, Misamis Oriental
  Joann Lim, Bukidnon State University

Room B | Roundtable Session: APISA Roundtable on Japan-Korea NTS Partnership
Enhancing Japan-Korea Partnership in Non-Traditional Security Issues in Asia

• - Haruko Satoh (moderator)
• - John Ciorciari, University of Michigan
• - Brendan Howe, President of APISA and KISA
• - Saya Kiba, Komatsu University
• - Carmina Untalan, Osaka University

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