[KU/Korea] Special Lecture #15 (31/05/2018) > Special Lectures

Title

North Korea’s Spring: What can Europe do?

Speaker

Dr. Ramon Pacheco Pardo

Dates

31/05/2018

Venue

International Studies Hall 219

Number of

Direct Participants

(researchers and students from your institution)

4

Number of

Indirect Participants

(other audiences like media or residents in your region)

35

Outlines

(up to 5 points)

l  Dr. Pacheco Pardo seeks the EU’s possible role in the peacemaking process of the Korean peninsula.   

l  He provided examples of the EU’s perspectives, policy, initiatives and strategic movements.

l  He made some assessments and reflections on such examples to draw out the EU’s standings.

l  In conclusion, he suggested the EU has supportive attitudes to South Korea’s engagement policy, and the EU’s critical engagement policy provides some scope for diplomacy and engagement.

l  However, to some degree, the EU is cautious about the engagement.

-        Q n A

1.      Bilateral sanction (geographic remoteness/closeness)

2.      Cyber-attack (motivation)

3.      The powers of other actors (such as, US, China and Russia)

4.      Trans-Atlantic engagement (NATO) in the context of NK

5.      Definition of de-nuclearisation/ non-proliferation

6.      Comparative insights from Iranian cases