Dear Colleagues:


We are cordially inviting you to the Third Tokyo Colloquium on "Building Stable Peace on the Korean Peninsula: Turning Armistice into a Permanent Peace Agreement" on Friday, February 8th.



The aim of this colloquium is to bring regional experts on peace and security in Northeast Asia with policy makers, diplomats, civil society organizations and academics from Japan, China, Korea, Russia and the U.S. In the face of geopolitical instability, the colloquium will identify the forces generating insecurity, and analyze impediments to negotiated responses to North Korean challenges. The meeting will focus particular attention on the pre-requisites and prospects for negotiating an end to the Korean armistice and developing a permanent peace agreement on the Korean peninsula.



[Date] 13:00-17:30 February 8 (Fri), 2019


[Venue] Hotel New Otani, Garden Tower Banquet Hall Hō

4-1 Kioicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8578


[Language] English with simultaneous interpreting



Confirmed Panelists are:

Prof. Chung-in Moon, Special Advisor to President Moon Jae-in of South Korea on unification, diplomacy and national security


Amb. Joseph Yun, former US Special Representative for North Korea


Prof. Narushige Michishita, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Japan's specialist on security issues on the Korean peninsula


Mr. Frank Aum, Senior Expert on North Korea, United States Institute of Peace, Former Senior Advisor for North Korea in the US Office of the Secretary of Defense


Dr. Georgy Toloraya, Director of Korea Programs, Institute of Global Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Science


Amb. Patricia Flor, Ambassador of the European Union to Japan


Dr. Yang Xiyu, Senior Fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, China's expert on North Korean issues


Dr. Tong Zhao, Fellow of Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy's Nuclear Policy Program


Prof. Noboru Yamaguchi, Former Director of the National Defense Academy, Japan and Advisor to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

The Colloquium will be held under the Chatham House Rule.

Prior online registration is encouraged:

http://toda.org/conferences/tokyo-colloquium-2019.html


The Tokyo Colloquium is organized by Toda Peace Institute and the National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies [University of Otago], New Zealand



For more information, please contact:

Ria Shibata, Research Fellow, National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago



Email: ria.shibata@otago.ac.nz <mailto:ria.shibata@otago.ac.nz>

Dr Ria Shibata
Research Fellow
National Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Otago, NZ
P.O. Box 56
Dunedin 9054, New Zealand
Tel: +64-3-479-3920
Mobile: +64-21-772-338
Website: www.otago.ac.nz/ncpacs <http://www.otago.ac.nz/ncpacs>
Email: ria.shibata@otago.ac.nz <mailto:ria.shibata@otago.ac.nz>