Korea University's Unification and Convergence Research Institute announced on September 18 that it will hold the 4th joint symposium with the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future on September 29 at 2 p.m. at the Korea University Centennial Memorial Hall.
The symposium, titled 'Order After Order: Restructuring International Security and Peace on the Korean Peninsula,' is organized with support from Korea University's Leading University Project for Unification. It aims to explore the conditions for peace on the Korean Peninsula amid a rapidly changing international security landscape. The opening ceremony will begin with a welcome address from Korea University President Kim Dong-won, followed by a keynote speech from Ban Ki-moon, the 8th Secretary-General of the United Nations. The event will consist of two sessions.
The first session will address 'The Chain Reaction of Geopolitical Conflicts and Peace on the Korean Peninsula.' Kim Sook, Executive Director of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future and former UN Ambassador, will moderate the session. Presentations will include: △ 'Complexity of Middle Eastern Conflicts and the Restructuring of International Order' by In Nam-sik, Director of the Strategic Area Studies Department at the National Diplomatic Academy; and △ 'International Order of Chain Crises and Conditions for Peace on the Korean Peninsula' by Park Young-jun, Director of the National Security Research Institute at the National Defense University.
Following the presentations, Lee Suk-jong, a special professor at Sungkyunkwan University, Kim Dong-jung, a professor at Korea University's Graduate School of International Studies, and Lim Jae-cheon, head of the Leading University Project for Unification at Korea University, will participate in a discussion to explore the impact of crises originating in the Middle East on peace on the Korean Peninsula.
The second session will focus on 'Restructuring Global Governance in the Era of Technological Hegemony and Korea's Strategy.' Lee Shin-hwa, head of the Unification and Convergence Research Institute, will moderate this session. Presentations will include: △ 'AI Technological Hegemony and Security Defense Lines: Korea's Supply Chain Sovereignty Strategy' by Kwon Tae-kyung, a professor at Yonsei University's Graduate School of Information; and △ 'Restructuring of Technology, Norms, and Institutions and Korea's Strategic Choices' by Kim Sang-bae, a professor at Seoul National University and president of the International Political Science Association.
Discussion participants will include Nam Seung-wook, a distinguished professor at Sookmyung Women's University, Lim Jong-in, a senior advisor at Kim & Chang (former cyber advisor to the president and emeritus professor at Korea University), and Jang Sang-sik, head of the International Trade and Commerce Research Institute, who will delve into Korea's strategic responses amid technological hegemony competition.
The two institutions have been holding annual joint academic symposiums since the first one in 2023 (focused on the Korea-U.S. alliance), the second in 2024 (on the North Korean nuclear crisis), and the third in 2025 (on the Trump 2.0 era). This event aims to present national strategic benchmarks in response to the restructuring of the international security order.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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