The outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine War marks but the most recent incident in a rapidly changing international environment and shifting political constellations among the USA and Europe, Russia, China and the Asia-Pacific. These changes seemingly signal a relapse into cold-war-era logics of power politics. They carry special significance for the Korean peninsula and its immediate environment and call not only for a rethinking and re-orientation in terms of a roadmap to peace on Korean peninsula but also regarding the future role of the EU in the region. The Institute for Korean Studies at Freie Universität Berlin is proud to organize the 2022 Berlin Forum on Korea to discuss these questions.

November 10, 2022, 17:00-19:00

Public Lecture and Discussion

<Korean Peninsula in the Age of Turbulent International Politics>

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. YOON Young Kwan

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of South Korea; Professor emeritus of International Relations at Seoul National University

Discussant: Dr. Norbert Baas

Former german ambassador and representative to Georgia, Russia, Central Asia and Caucasus, Republic of Korea, Indonesia, etc.

November 11, 2022 (Closed Session)

Round Table Discussion 

With policy advisers, senior specialists and academics from European-based think tanks and research institutes