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Jürgen Rüland spoke at the TRaNS-SIEAS Conference on "Democratizing foreign policymaking in Indonesia and the democratization of ASEAN”

On October 16 Jürgen Rüland spoke the the TRaNS-SIEAS Conference: Assessing ASEAN Communities in 2015 hosted by the Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University (SIEAS) on “Democratizing foreign policymaking in Indonesia and the democratization of ASEAN”

Please find the program below: 

 

TRaNS-SIEAS Conference Program (as of 17 September 2015)

Assessing ASEAN Communities in 2015

Hosted by Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University (SIEAS)

October 16-17, 2015

 

 

Day 1: October 16

9:00-9:30 Registration

9:30-9:45 Welcoming remark

9:45-10:30 Keynote speech by Donald K. Emmerson (Stanford University)

10:30-11:00 Photo session and coffee break

11:00-12:40 Session 1: Making of ASEAN community

  • Moderator: Lee, Sun-Jin (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University, former ROK Ambassador to Indonesia) 
  • Jürgen Rüland (University of Freiburg), “Democratizing foreign policymaking in Indonesia and the democratization of ASEAN”
  • Discussant: Yoon Hwan Shin (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University)
  • Anja Jetschtke (University of Göttingen), “The institutional design of the ASEAN communities in the wider context of regional organizations”
  • Discussant: Ki-Hyun Bae (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University)
  • Kim, Hyung Jong (Yonsei University), “ASEAN community: practicing community?” 
  • Discussant: Yong Wook Lee (Korea University) 

 

12:40-14:10 Lunch

 

14:10-15:50 Session 2: Politics of community building within and beyond ASEAN 

  • Moderator: Kim, Kee Seok (Kangwon University) 
  • Ralf Emmers (RSIS, Nanyang Technological University), “Conflict prevention and resolution in Southeast Asia: an assessment of ASEAN as a security community”
  • Discussant: Lee, Jaehyon (Asan Institute for Policy Studies)
  • Huong Le Thu (ISEAS, National University of Singapore), “The drifting apart maritime and continental Southeast ‘Asias’: the role of great powers’ allure”
  • Discussant: Lee, Sun-Jin (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University, former ROK Ambassador to Indonesia)
  • Pavin Chachavalpongpun (Kyoto University), “Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship 2015: challenges in the political-security community” 
  • Discussant: Yohanes Sulaiman (Indonesian National Defense University) 

 

15:50-16:20 Coffee break

 

16:20-18:00 Session 3: Plural communities within ASEAN

  • Moderator: Park, Seung Woo (Yeungnam University) 
  • Eric Thompson (National University of Singapore), “Attitudes and awareness towards ASEAN 2015”
  • Discussant: Park, Seung Woo (Yeungnam University)
  • Helen Nesadurai (Monash University, Malaysia), “New modes of governance in Southeast Asia: reassessing the ASEAN Community project”
  • Discussant: Kim, Hyung Jong (Yonsei University)
  • Simon Creak (University of Melbourne), “Erstwhile friends and eternal enemies: the regional sporting community of the Southeast Asian Games”
  • Discussant: Yeo, Woonkyung (Seoul National University) 

 

Day 2: October 17

9:00-10:30 Session 4: ASEAN Community Building: Assessment

  • Moderator: Cho, Hong Sik (Soongsil University) 
  • Jörn Dosch (University of Rostock), “The ASEAN Economic Community: deep integration or just political window dressing?”
  • Discussant: Ra, Heeryang (Pukyong National University) 
  • Lee, Choong Lyol (Korea University), “Building ASEAN Economic Community: A New Way of Cooperation between Developing Countries and Developed Countries”
  • Discussant: Oh, Yoonah (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)
  • Matthew Davies (Australian National University), “From here to where? Assessing ASEAN’s ability to meet its commitments to human rights and democracy”
  • Discussant: Suh, Jiwon (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University)  

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:30 Conference reflections 

  • Moderator : TBC

11:30-11:40 Closing remark

 

12:00 Lunch and a half-day post-conference tour