The Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA

Dr. Chung-in Moon is Professor of Political Sciences and Director of the Institute for Korean Unification Studies, Yonsei University. Prior to joining the Yonsei University faculty, he taught at the University of Kentucky, Williams College, the University of California at San Diego, and Duke University. Dr. Moon has published thirteen books and over 130 articles in edited volumes and such scholarly journals as World Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of East Asian Studies, and Journal of Democracy. His recent publications include Democratization and Globalization in South Korea, Democracy and the Korean Economy, History Congnition and Peace, and Arms Control on the Korean Peninsula. He currently serves as an advisor to the National Security Council of the Office of the President, the Ministry of National Defense, and the Ministry of Unification of the Republic of Korea. Dr. Moon accompanied President Kim De-jung to the historic summit meeting in Pyongyang as a special delegate.

Discussants

Mr. Dr. Robert M. Hathaway was appointed Director of the Asian Program at the Woodrow Wilson - International Center for Scholars - in January 1999. Prior to that, he served for twelve years on the professional staff of the International Relations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, where he specialized in American foreign policy towards Asia. Dr. Hathaway has also been a member of the History Staff of the Central Intelligence Agency and taught History at George Washington University and at Barnard, Middlebury, and Wilson Colleges. He Holds a Ph.D. in American Diplomatic History from the University of North Carolina. He has authored three books and numerous articles on U.S. foreign policy since 1993.

Dr. Robert A. Manning is C.V. Senior Fellow and Director of Asian Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and active on the Executive Board of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. Dr. Manning has been a Senior Fellow at the Progressive Policy Institute and chair of PPI's Defense Working group, an advisor to the Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of Defense. Dr. Manning has been a correspondent with US News and World Report and the Far Eastern Ecomonic Review. he writes, edits and contributes to numerous newspapers journals and texts and has authored The Asian Energy Factor: Myths and Dilemmas on Energy, Security and the Pacific Future, and Back to the Future: Towards a Post Nuclear Ethic, to name but two.

About the Seminar Program

The "Asian Voices: Promoting Dialogue between the US and Asia" Seminar Program seeks to provide a forum for Asian voices to be heard within the Washington community-voices on a wide range of regional and global topics. The Seminar Program, however, will not be restricted solely to Asia-Pacific issues, or US-Japan relations, but will focus on the broader global questions that confront both parts of the world.

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