Mongolia Forum on Northeast Asian Peaceful Development and Korean Unification

Name: Mongolia Forum on Northeast Asian Peaceful Development and Korean Unification
Start: 2023-06-20T09:00:00+08:00
End: 2023-06-24T19:30:00+08:00

Mongolia Forum on Northeast Asian Peaceful Development and Korean Unification

June 20, 2023 - June 24, 2023 9:00 am - 7:30 pm Asia/Ulaanbaatar

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Mongolia Forum on Northeast Asian Peaceful Development and Korean Unification

Mongolia Forum 2023 brought together prominent experts, policymakers, journalists, civil society leaders including young leaders from the region and the broader global community. The forum became a catalyst to unlock the great political, economic and social potential of the region by promoting trust and dialogue and the goals for a free and unified Korea and helping in turning Northeast Asia into a stable and prosperous region for all.

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Northeast Asia is home to one fifth of the world’s people and makes up one quarter of the world’s gross domestic product. At the same time, it is still grappling with historical and territorial disputes, lack of confidence and inclusive multilateral mechanism to address the many challenges the states of the region are facing. These challenges include increase in tension and arms race on and around the Korean peninsula and by extension in Northeast Asia in general, increase in great power rivalry and resulting changes in the security outlook and policies of states in the region, establishment of cold war reminiscent structures in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific region. That is why the civil society organizations of the region are working to promote inter-Korean dialogue, cooperation, and Korean reunification as an important pillar of regional peace, stability and development, promotion of a region-wide confidence building through exchange of information and establishment of a regional security mechanism to jointly address concrete issues of common concern and interest.

In all these, a clear vision and goal of a free and unified Korea is both an inspiration and a catalyst for stable and sustainable regional development. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean Armistice Agreement which provides an opportunity to look back as well as take the necessary measures to end the state of war with an ultimate solution for the long-suffering Korean people. This meeting of the Mongolia Forum can serve that goal.

Though a relatively small country in terms of its population, economy and military power, Mongolia maintains friendly relations with all the states of the region and promotes a pro-active foreign policy. It has successively undertaken parallel political and economic reforms and has turned into a fledgling democracy with a market economy. At the international level it has acquired security assurance from the five nuclear-weapon states that they would respect the country’s nuclear-weapon-free status and would not contribute to any act that would violate that status, which has demonstrated that the spirit of mutual accommodation can lead to a win-win outcome for all. In that spirit, the Mongolia Forum is trying to unlock the great political, economic and social potential of the region by promoting trust and dialogue and the goals for a free and unified Korea and help in turning Northeast Asia into a stable and prosperous region for all.

The Mongolia Forum attaches great importance to involving and active participation of representatives of the younger generation and to that end, as before, shall organize a special meeting with their direct involvement.

To that end, the Mongolia Forum-2023 will bring together prominent experts, policymakers, journalists, civil society leaders including young leaders from the region and the broader global community.

Schedule

June 20: Arrivals

June 21: Retreat

June 22:

Tree planting at the International Culture Park
Visiting the Chinggis Khan Museum
Meeting with the Korean Community in Mongolia (for Korean participants only)
Dinner Reception hosted by Indian Embassy

June 23: Mongolia Forum

8:30 AM: Registration
9:00 AM: Session I “Opening Session”
- Moderator: Amb. Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan, Chairman, Blue Banner; Former Mongolian Ambassador to UN
- H.E. Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Former President of Mongolia; President, Blue Banner; President, Mongolia Forum on Korea Unification
- Dr. Jai-poong Ryu, Founder and President, One Korea Foundation
- Mr. Inteck Seo, Co-Chair, Action for Korea United
- Mr. Jeremy Graham, Director of Strategic Planning, Global Peace Foundation
- Mr. Sukhbaatar Jamiyankhorloo, Member, State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia
- Hon. Myoung-su Lee, Member, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea
- H.E. Amb. Axelle Nicaise, European Union Ambassador to Mongolia
9:30 AM: Group Photo and Tea/Coffee Break
10:00 AM: Session II “A Free and Unified Korea: Catalyst for Northeast Asia Peace and Development”
- Moderator: Mr. Yeqing Li, Senior Fellow for Northeast Asia Peace and Development
- Amb. Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan, Chairman, Blue Banner; Former Mongolian Ambassador to UN
- Dr. Baysakh Jamsran, Director, Institute of International Studies of the Mongolia Academy of Sciences; Former Dean, School of International Relations of the Mongolia National University
- Dr. Jai-poong Ryu, Founder and President, One Korea Foundation
- Dr. Jin Shin, President, Institute for Peace Affairs; Chairman of the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy and Director of the National Strategy Institute, Chungnam National University
- Dr. Kyung-young Chung, Adjunct Professor at Graduate School of International Studies, Hanyang University; Former Policy Advisor for National Security Office, Blue House
- Mr. Baeksan Kim, President, Global Peace Institute
- Col. David Maxwell (Ret), Senior Fellow, Global Peace Foundation; Vice President, Center for Asia Pacific Strategy
- Dr. Emanuel Pastreich, Founder and President, Asia Institute; Senior Fellow, Global Peace Foundation
- Dr. Hao Su, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Diplomacy and Founding Director of Center for Strategic and Peace Studies, China Foreign Affairs University
- Dr. Kirill Babaev, Director, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia (former Institute of Far Eastern Studies) of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Dr. Vladimir Ivanov, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Stimson Center
- Dr. Markandey Rai, President, Foreign Affairs Committee, Indian Council for International Cooperation; Chairman, Global Peace Foundation India
11:10 AM Tea/Coffee Break
11:20 AM Session III “Lessons from Mongolia’s Peaceful Transition for Northeast Asia Peace and Development”
- Moderator: Dr. Nanjin Dorjsuren, Founding Director, Mongolian Institute of Northeast Asian Security and Strategy
- Dr. Mendee Jargalsaikhan, Deputy Director and Dean, Institute for Strategic Studies Mongolia
- Dr. Elena Boykova, Senior Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Mr. Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute
- Mr. David Caprara, Strategic Advisor, Global Peace Foundation
- Dr. Danning Wang, Professor at the School of International Education, China Women’s University; Fellow, Charhar Institute
- Amb. Ashok Sajjanhar, President, Institute of Global Studies; Executive Council Member, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; Former Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan
12:30 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Session IV “Role of Economy and Tourism for Northeast Asia Peace and Development”
- Moderator: Mr. John Hancock Dickson, Senior Advisor on Economy and Government Relations, Global Peace Foundation; President, World Trade Partnership
- Dr. Nanjin Dorjsuren, Founding Director, Mongolian Institute of Northeast Asian Security and Strategy
- Dr. Lkhagvasuren Lkhagvaa, Founder and Executive Director, Northeast Asian Environmental and Agricultural Research Center
- Dr. Chong-soo Park, Former Chairman, The Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation
- Dr. Claire Sae-won Kim, President, Korea Culture and Tourism Institute
- Dr. Pil-hyun Koo, Professor of Technology Management and International Finance and Director of University Industry Cooperation Center, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology; Former Director of Hyundai Motor Group, Korea
- Mr. Mark Tokola, Vice President, Korea Economic Institute of America; Former Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassies in the Republic of Korea and Mongolia
- Dr. Huiyao Wang, Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization
- Dr. Leonid Petrov, Professor and Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific, the Australian National University
- Dr. Louis D’Amore, President, International Institute for Peace Through Tourism
2:40 PM Closing of the Mongolia Forum and Tea/Coffee Break
3:30 PM Mongolia Youth Leadership Forum “Moral and Innovative Entrepreneurship”
- Moderator: Mr. Erdenebulgan Ochirbat, Chief Executive Officer, Mongol Daatgal JSC; Deputy Head, Network of Mongolian Volunteer Organizations
- Mr. David Caprara, Strategic Advisor, Global Peace Foundation
- Dr. Mabel Lu Miao, Founder and Secretary General, Global Young Leader Dialogue
- Ms. Hyun-min Cho, Social Entrepreneur, CEO of YULRIA Co. Ltd.
- Mr. Timofey Ivanov, Demand Planning Analyst, Electronics Manufacturing & Distribution CIS
- Dr. Lkhagvasuren Lkhagva, Founder and Executive Director of Northeast Asian Environmental and Agricultural Research Center
- Mrs. Nomin Batdagva, Volunteer member, MyClub online community
- Mr. Micah Kearns, Freelance graphic designer, illustrator, marketing manager, packaging designer, and copywriter
5:15 PM Coffee Break
5:30 PM Concurrent Youth Leadership Training Session by Individual Speakers
6:30 PM Closing of the Mongolia Youth Leadership Forum
7:30 PM Dinner with Mongolian Traditional Cultural Performance

June 24: Departure

June 24-26: Youth Leadership Program Extension

There are no upcoming events at this time.

9:00 AM: Session I “Opening Session”

Moderator: H.E. Ambassador Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan, Chairman, Blue Banner; Former Mongolian Ambassador to UN

H.E. Ambassador Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan is the Chairman of Mongolian NGO Blue Banner and Former Mongolia Ambassador to the UN. He is an international lawyer and diplomat. As a diplomat he served at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, represented his country in the Soviet Union/Russian Federation, Austria, Italy, Croatia, at the United Nations in New York and at international organizations based in Vienna. He also served as the foreign policy and legal advisor to the first democratically elected President of Mongolia and as the Executive Secretary of the National Security Council of Mongolia when the State Great Hural (parliament) considered and adopted the country’s first concepts of national security, foreign policy, and the basis of military doctrine in 1994.

H.E. Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Former President of Mongolia; President, Blue Banner; President, Mongolia Forum on Korea Unification

H.E. Ochirbat Punsalmaagiin is a former President of Mongolia from 1990-1997 and is a consulting professor at the School of Geology and Mining Engineering in Mongolian University of Science and Technology. He had active profiles as Member of the Constitutional Court of Mongolia; Director of Ecological Center Science and Technology, University of Mongolia; Board Chairman of the “OCHIRBAT” Foundation; Speaker of Parliament State Khural of the MPR; Minister for External Economic Relation and Cooperation Government of Mongolia; Chairman of the State Committee for External Economic Relation, and Minister for Fuel and Power Energy of Mongolia.

Dr. Jai-poong Ryu, Founder and President, One Korea Foundation

Dr. Jai-poong Ryu is a Professor Emeritus at Loyola University Maryland and Founder/President of the One Korea Foundation. BA from Law College Seoul National University; Ph.D. in sociology, from University of Minnesota. Main interest areas: macro-sociological interpretation of history, conflict resolution, and social institutions. Ryu served as advisor to two Baltimore mayors and the US Census Bureau. In 2015 on the 70th commemoration of Korea’s liberation and division, Ryu led One Korea Foundation for 1 Dream1 Korea Campaign at Lincoln Memorial and the Capitol Hill with Global Peace Foundation.

Mr. Inteck Seo, Co-Chair, Action for Korea United

Mr. In-teck Seo is the President of Global Peace Foundation-Korea and Co-Chairman of Action for Korea United, a coalition of over 800 NGOs committed to building a grassroots movement to advance awareness and advocacy for a free and unified Korea. Mr. Seo is instrumental in local and overseas development on the education of the Korean Dream, a ground-breaking values-based peacebuilding approach to the Korean reunification. Mr. Seo is an ROK Presidential Award recipient for his work on peaceful unification in 2018.

Mr. Jeremy Graham, Director of Strategic Planning, Global Peace Foundation

Mr. Jeremy Graham is the Director of Strategic Planning at Global Peace Foundation International Headquarters where he focuses on strategic alignment and developing the organization’s long-term programs, infrastructure, and operations. Mr. Graham graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and went through intensive Ranger training. He served throughout the Pacific Rim and South Asia. He recently retired from the Army and lives in Washington DC with his wife and three children.

Mr. Sukhbaatar Jamiyankhorloo, Member, State Great Hural (Parliament) of Mongolia

Mr. Sukhbaatar Jamiyankhorloo is member of the Parliament of Mongolia, a lawyer by education and profession. Mr. Jamiyankhorloo received law BA and LLM at the School of Law, the National University of Mongolia. He acquired experience in legislation processes when working as an assistant to a member of Parliament in 1999-2001. He was a legal policy advisor to the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party caucus at the Parliament from 2001-2006. In 2006-2008 he served as secretary and member of the General Election Commission of Mongolia. Mr. Sukhbaatar was appointed as first deputy chief at the cabinet secretariat in 2006-2008. Previously, he served as member of Parliament and Chairman of the Standing Committee on State Structures from 2008-2023, and as senior advisor in 2019-2020 to the Chairman of the Mongolia Parliament. Mr. Sukhbaatar was re-elected and serves as member of Parliament in 2020.

Hon. Myoung-su Lee, Member, Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee, National Assembly of the Republic of Korea

Hon. Myoung-su Lee is a four-term Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea representing Asan city’s Gap District since 2008. He is currently a member of the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee of the National Assembly. Prior to this, Hon. Lee held the positions of Chairman of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee, President of the Korea-Azerbaijan Friendship Association of the National Assembly, and Chairman of the Human Resource Recruitment Committee of the Liberty Korea Party. He holds a BS, MS, and Ph.D. in Public Administration from Sungkyunkwan University.

10:00 AM: Session II “A Free and Unified Korea: Catalyst for Northeast Asia Peace and Development”

Moderator: Mr. Yeqing Li, Senior Fellow for Northeast Asia Peace and Development

Mr. Yeqing (Victor) Li is a Senior Fellow on Northeast Asia at the Global Peace Foundation. He directs the Office of Strategic Partnership and coordinates an International Advisory Council for regional and global peace and development. He is also the Founding President of the China Society, former non-resident Senior Fellow of the Center for China and Globalization, former consultant at the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group, Co-Founder and President of the Global Young Leaders Academy. He earned his BA in Sociology from Peking University and an MBA from Georgetown University.

H.E. Ambassador Jargalsaikhan Enkhsaikhan, Chairman, Blue Banner; Former Mongolian Ambassador to UN

Dr. Baysakh Jamsran, Director, Institute of International Studies of the Mongolia Academy of Sciences; Former Dean, School of International Relations of the Mongolia National University

Dr. Jai-poong Ryu, Founder and President, One Korea Foundation

Dr. Jin Shin, President, Institute for Peace Affairs; Chairman of the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy and Director of the National Strategy Institute, Chungnam National University

Dr. Jin Shin is the President of the Institute for Peace Affairs, a professor in the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy, and the Director of the National Strategy Institute at Chungnam National University in the Republic of Korea. He has served as a visiting scholar at Columbia University and Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Shin is the recipient of numerous academic awards including the Fulbright Scholarship and Research Award. A researcher and an educator for over 20 years, he focuses on publishing North Korea international relations issues contributing to the peaceful unification of the two Koreas. In preparation for the Korean reunification, the Ministry of Unification has asked the Institute for Peace Affairs to co-build reunification educational programs for all educators in Korea.

Dr. Kyung-young Chung, Adjunct Professor at Graduate School of International Studies, Hanyang University; Former Policy Advisor for National Security Office, Blue House

Dr. Kyung-young Chung has been an Adjunct Professor at Hanyang Graduate School of International Studies since 2016. He is Director of the Diplomacy and Security Center, Action to Korea United Professors Association. He received Ph.D. in International Politics from University of Maryland, Master Degrees from USC, and US Army Command and General Staff College. He graduated from Korea Military Academy. Dr. Chung was Policy Advisor for Presidential National Security Office and Policy Practitioner, Joint Chiefs of Staff and ROK-US Combined Forces Command, along with frontline troop commander. He taught North Korean military strategy and international security at Korean National Defense University and the Catholic University from 2002 to 2015. Dr. Chung is the authors of The Transition of Wartime Operational Control and National Security (2022), Peace Creation: ROK-U.S. Alliance and Peace Making (2020), and South Korea: The Korean War, Armistice Structure, and A Peace Regime in 2020, and A Vision for a Unified Korea and International Cooperation, ed. (2022).

Mr. Baeksan Kim, President, Global Peace Institute

Mr. Baek-san Kim is the President of the Global Peace Institute, an academic research institute that studies proposals and strategies for world peace and unification of the Korean peninsula. The institute regularly participates in international forums and seminars with the Global Peace Foundation, and builds a network of scholars and experts. Mr. Kim is also the co-representative of Korea’s largest civic activist group, Action for Korea United. and serves as editor of an NGO press with the longest history of relations with NGOs in Korea. Through this, he sponsored the compilation of the 25-year history of the Korean civic movement. He is also serving as secretary general of the Preparatory Committee for the establishment of the Korean Dream History Foundation to establish the thought and vision of the Korean unification movement based on the history and founding spirit of Korea.

Col. David Maxwell (Ret), Senior Fellow, Global Peace Foundation; Vice President, Center for Asia Pacific Strategy

Col. David Maxwell is a retired US Army Special Forces Colonel and has spent more than 30 years in Asia as a practitioner and specializes in Northeast Asian Security Affairs and irregular, unconventional, and political warfare. He is the Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and the Global Peace Foundation where he focuses on a free and unified Korea. He is a member of the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights In North Korea and is the editor of the Small Wars Journal.

Dr. Emanuel Pastreich, Founder and President, Asia Institute; Senior Fellow, Global Peace Foundation

Dr. Emanuel Pastreich is a senior fellow at Global Peace Foundation who is active in Washington D.C., Seoul and Tokyo, and president of the Asia Institute, a think tank that is committed to promoting cooperation in Asia in response to climate change, the impact of technology on society, the rapidly shifting nature of international relations, and the spread of a culture of anti-intellectualism. He also serves as a researcher at Yale University’s Council on East Asian Studies and senior associate at the Center for China and Globalization in Beijing. Pastreich ran for president of the United States in 2020. He published numerous books in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other languages, including A Republic of Korea that Koreans do not know, designated as a national security book by the ROK Ministry of Defence. Fluent in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, Pastreich has an BA from Yale College, an MA from University of Tokyo, and a PhD from Harvard University.

Dr. Hao Su, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Diplomacy and Founding Director of Center for Strategic and Peace Studies, China Foreign Affairs University

Dr. Hao Su is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Diplomacy and founding director of the Center for Strategic and Peace Studies at the China Foreign Affairs University. He was Chairman of the Diplomacy Department, Director of the China’s Foreign Relations Section, General Secretary of the East Asian Studies Center, and Director of the Center for Asia-Pacific Studies within this university. He is also affiliated with some institutions in China, such as, President of Beijing Geopolitical Strategy and Development Association, member of Chinese Committee for Council of Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (CSCAP) and Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC); board members of China Association of Arms Control and Disarmament, Pacific Society of China, China Association of Asian-African Development Exchange, and the China Association of China-ASEAN.

Dr. Kirill Babaev, Director, Institute of China and Contemporary Asia (former Institute of Far Eastern Studies) of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. Kirill Babaev, Doctor of Philology, Professor, has served as Director of the Institute of China and Contemporary Asia since 2021. Previously, he worked as Deputy Director of the Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Dean of International Relations Faculty of the Financial University. He is a prominent specialist in international relations, oriental studies, linguistics and cultural anthropology. Prof. Babaev is author of 11 scientific monographs and numerous articles in Russia and beyond.

Dr. Vladimir Ivanov, Non-resident Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

Dr. Vladimir Ivanov is an Adjunct Senior Fellow with Henry L. Stimson Center. Based in Moscow, Ivanov leads programmatic activities aimed at promoting better understanding between Russia and other countries to avoid inadvertent conflict escalation and enhance policy alignment on issues of common concern. Prior to joining the Stimson Center, Ivanov served as Director of the Russia and United States Program at the EastWest Institute (EWI) and Director of the EWI Moscow Office. In these capacities, he led recent U.S.-Russia non-governmental expert dialogues on military cooperation and strategic stability and coordinated Track 2 efforts in combatting terrorism and narcotrafficking, particularly in Afghanistan. Ivanov graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) and also holds a Ph.D. in history from MGIMO. He started his professional career as a professor of public relations at MGIMO, later becoming a journalist and a public relations manager for Fleishman-Hillard, Inc. and Sibirsky Aluminium Group in Moscow.

Dr. Markandey Rai, President, Foreign Affairs Committee, Indian Council for International Cooperation; Chairman, Global Peace Foundation India

Dr. Markandey Rai is President of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Indian Council for International Cooperation and the Chancellor of the IGTAMS University, India. He is a former senior advisor of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme after his retirement as the Chief of the U.N, former Chairperson of the Joint Advisory Committee, which advises UN offices at Nairobi on administrative issues. He has served UN-HABITAT in various roles for seventeen years and was elected President of the Nairobi Staff Union from 2000-2003. Dr. Rai has served on the boards of academic, cultural, and social bodies in different countries and in January 2006 he was the recipient of the Hindu Rattan Award. In 2009 he addressed the EU presidency seminar at the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm and Global Parliamentarians on Habitat conference in Washington, DC. Dr. Rai is a member of Global Peace Foundation’s Global Leadership Council and serves as President of Global Peace and Development Service Alliance.

11:20 AM Session III “Lessons from Mongolia’s Peaceful Transition for Northeast Asia Peace and Development”

Moderator: Dr. Nanjin Dorjsuren, Founding Director, Mongolian Institute of Northeast Asian Security and Strategy

Moderator: Dr. Nanjin Dorjsuren is the Founding Director of the Mongolian Institute of Northeast Asian Security and Strategy and former Chief of the Center for International Security Studies at the Institute of Strategic Studies of Mongolia. He received his Bachelor’s degree in international relations from the School of International Relations at the National University of Mongolia, Master’s degree in Policy Science from Ritsumeikan University in Japan, and Master of China Studies from Zhejiang University in China. Also he received his PhD in international relations from the University of Humanities of Mongolia. His primary field of study includes Korean peninsula issues, China and Japan. He was one of the main organizers of Ulaanbaatar Dialogue for Northeast Asian Security, initiated by the Mongolian President.

Dr. Mendee Jargalsaikhan, Deputy Director and Dean, Institute for Strategic Studies Mongolia

Dr. Mendee Jargalsaikhan graduated from the Mongolian National Defense University and received his MAs from the US Naval Postgraduate School and the University of British Columbia. He obtained his PhD in political science from the University of British Columbia. Mendee served as political science and language instructor at the National Defense University, the Chief of the Foreign Cooperation Department of the Ministry of Defense, Defense Attaché at the Embassy of Mongolia in Washington, DC, senior expert at the Institute for Strategic Studies and Deputy Director of the Institute for Defense Analysis. He was the first Senior National Representative at the US Central Command in Tampa, Florida, the Asia Studies Visiting Fellow at the East West Center in Washington, and Post Graduate Research Fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.

Dr. Elena Boykova, Senior Researcher, Institute of Oriental Studies at the Russian Academy of Sciences

Dr. Elena Boykova is a senior researcher at the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Dr. Boykova specializes in modern history and cultural development of Mongolia, Russian-Mongolian relations, Mongolia’s foreign policy, and North-East Asia security. She graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and holds a Ph.D. (Hist.) from the Institute for Oriental Studies, RAS. She is the author of three books, more than 100 articles in Russian, Mongolian, English and Japanese, and editor-in-chief of more than 10 books. She is a member of the International Association for Mongol Studies, of the Permanent International Altaistic Conference, of the Mongolia Society (USA), of the China-Mongolia-Russia Think Tank “China-Mongolia-Russia Economic Corridor,” and a member of the Presidium of the Russian Society of Mongolists. She has an honorary doctorate degree from the Institute of International Studies of the Academy of Sciences of Mongolia.

Mr. Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute

Mr. Doug Bandow is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and former Special Assistant to U.S. President Ronald Reagan. He previously was affiliated with the Heritage Foundation. He writes weekly columns for the American Conservative online and Antiwar.com. Previously a columnist for Forbes online, a nationally syndicated columnist with Copley News Service, and editor of the monthly political magazine Inquiry, he has been widely published in such periodicals as Foreign Policy, Orbis, National Interest, Foreign Affairs online, and Fortune, as well as leading newspapers including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post. He has written several books, including Foreign Follies: America’s New Global Empire and Tripwire: Korea and U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World. He is co-author of The Korean Conundrum: America’s Troubled Relationship with North and South Korea. He received his B.S. in Economics from Florida State University in 1976 and his J.D. from Stanford University in 1979.

Mr. David Caprara, Strategic Advisor, Global Peace Foundation

Mr. David Caprara serves as Strategic Advisor and former International Vice President with the Global Peace Foundation, developing strategic partnerships with national and regional entities, think tank initiatives and Global Peace Leadership Conferences. He has served over the past decade as a nonresident fellow with the Brookings Institution. Caprara served as senior executive in two US administrations, as deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and director of VISTA Volunteers at the Corporation for National and Community Service. He advanced multi-stakeholder support for the launch of the Global Peace and Development Service Alliance in Africa and Asia further advancing the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

Dr. Danning Wang, Professor at the School of International Education, China Women’s University; Fellow, Charhar Institute

Dr. Danning Wang is a Research Fellow at Charhar Institute, a top think tank for China’s foreign affairs policy. She is also the founder and chairwoman of Belt and Road Culture Exchange Foundation for Women, a non-government and non-profit organization based in Hong Kong specialized in promoting gender equality and women empowerment among the countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiatives.

Amb. Ashok Sajjanhar, President, Institute of Global Studies; Executive Council Member, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; Former Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan

Ambassador Ashok Sajjanhar is a career diplomat who served as Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia, as well as senior diplomatic assignments in Washington, Moscow, Brussels, Geneva, Bangkok, Teheran, and Dhaka. Ambassador Sajjanhar was Deputy Chief of Mission as well as Deputy Permanent Representative of India to UN-ESCAP during his assignment in Bangkok and also served as Deputy Chief of Mission to the European Union, Belgium, and Luxemburg. He is currently a member of the Executive Council of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and a Distinguished Fellow at the Ananta Aspen Centre. Ambassador Sajjanhar was decorated by the Government of Kazakhstan with the Kazakh President’s Medal in 2011 and with the National Award by the Government of Latvia for strengthening and expanding bilateral ties and friendship. A keen proponent of Indian culture, he was the Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Cultural Centre in Moscow and the Indian Foreign Service Institute in New Delhi.

1:30 PM Session IV “Role of Economy and Tourism for Northeast Asia Peace and Development”

Moderator: Mr. John Hancock Dickson, Senior Advisor on Economy and Government Relations, Global Peace Foundation; President, World Trade Partnership

Moderator: Mr. John Dickson is a Senior Advisor on Economy and Government Relations at the Global Peace Foundation and president of World Trade Partnership. He has founded World Trade Centers in Okinawa and Afghanistan, and advised on others, most recently Georgetown, Guyana. Mr. Dickson was the founding chairman of the World Trade Centers Association’s Committee on Peace and Stability through Trade, organizing initiatives highlighting the contribution of the private sector to peace and stability. He serves on the steering committee of the UN’s Alliance of NGOs for South South Cooperation and serves on the boards of several significant civil society organizations, including the Latin American Presidential Mission. Mr. Dickson is a co-founder and chairman of the Global Young Leaders Academy.

Dr. Nanjin Dorjsuren, Founding Director, Mongolian Institute of Northeast Asian Security and Strategy

Dr. Nanjin Dorjsuren is the Founding Director of the Mongolian Institute of Northeast Asian Security and Strategy and former Chief of the Center for International Security Studies at the Institute of Strategic Studies of Mongolia. He received his Bachelor’s degree in international relations from the School of International Relations at the National University of Mongolia, Master’s degree in Policy Science from Ritsumeikan University in Japan, and Master of China Studies from Zhejiang University in China. Also he received his PhD in international relations from the University of Humanities of Mongolia. His primary field of study includes Korean peninsula issues, China and Japan. He was one of the main organizers of Ulaanbaatar Dialogue for Northeast Asian Security, initiated by the Mongolian President.

Dr. Lkhagvasuren Lkhagvaa, Founder and Executive Director, Northeast Asian Environmental and Agricultural Research Center

Dr. Lkhagvasuren Lkhagva is the Founder and Executive Director of the Northeast Asian Environmental and Agricultural Research Center, an NGO located in Dornod Province, the easternmost province of Mongolia. His research focuses on the development of modern agricultural approaches that will enable nomadic pastoralist families to live sustainably into the 21st century. He has successfully managed and implemented various development projects in Eastern Mongolia and frequently collaborates on research projects with domestic and international partners. Prior to his current role, he managed environmental reclamation projects for the petroleum industry in Mongolia and served as an ecology specialist for the German Agency for International Cooperation GmBH and the World Wildlife Fund. He also serves as an advisor to the Governor of Dornod Province. Lkhagvasuren is fluent in Mongolian, Russian, German, and English.

Dr. Chong-soo Park, Former Chairman, The Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation

Dr. Chong-soo Park is former chairman of the Presidential Committee on Northern Economic Cooperation. He previously served as president of the Northeast Asian Community Culture Foundation. Dr. Park brings rich international research and experience to this exploration of the future of the Korean peninsula. He has been a Research Fellow at the Korea University Institute of Russia-CIS Studies and has served as minister in the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Moscow. He has been a visiting professor at Saint Petersburg State University, where he earlier earned his PhD in International Economics, and he has been an adjunct professor at Sogang University in Republic of Korea. Dr. Park is the author of many books including Finding Answers in the North: A New Northern Policy toward a G7, Unified Korea and Understanding of Modern Russia-North Korea Relations: Seeking to Transition from Patron-Client Relationship to Partnership (2021).

Dr. Claire Sae-won Kim, President, Korea Culture and Tourism Institute

Dr. Claire Sae-won Kim, President, Korea Culture and Tourism Institute (KCTI) (2022.11-present); Ph.D. in International Commerce, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University; MSc. in Technology Management, The State University of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook; M.A. in Political Science, Graduate School of Public Policy, Korea University; B.A. in French Language and Literature, Korea University; [Professional Appointments], Associate Professor, Global Humanities and Management Convergence Program, The Catholic University of Korea (2013-2022); Invited Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Korea University (2007-2012); Director of Public Relations Office, Korea University (2005-2006); Deputy Director of Editorial Office/Bureau Chief and Permanent correspondent covering Europe and Middle East Affairs, The DONG-A ILBO (DongA Daily Group) (1984-2005)

Dr. Pil-hyun Koo, Professor of Technology Management and International Finance and Director of University Industry Cooperation Center, Pyongyang University of Science and Technology; Former Director of Hyundai Motor Group, Korea

Prof. Pil-hyun Koo is an expert in international finance and Official Development Aid project management with over 25 years experience in USA, Rwanda, Egypt and Europe, especially France, UK, Germany, and South Korea. He is currently a professor for Technology Management and International Finance at PUST University and the director of its University-Industry Cooperation Center based in Seoul. Koo is also a board member of the Northeast Asian Community Culture Foundation, an adjunct professor in business management at SungKyunKwan University, Seoul. He taught multi-disciplinary courses including international exchange programs with European and Asian universities. Professor Koo has been the director of the treasury department and the head of international finance and investor relations for the Hyundai Motor Group. Prior to Hyundai, he held senior positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers (London and Detroit) and Standard and Poor’s (Paris and London). Pil-Hyun is currently developing ODA and UICC projects in Mongolia.

Mr. Mark Tokola, Vice President, Korea Economic Institute of America; Former Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassies in the Republic of Korea and Mongolia

Mr. Mark Tokola is Vice President of the Korea Economic Institute of America. Previously, he served as a U.S. Senior Foreign Service Officer during a 38-year career with the U.S. Department of State. His last posting was as Minister-Counselor for Political Affairs at U.S. Embassy London. He served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the American Embassies in Seoul, Ulaanbaatar, and Reykjavik. Among his other postings were two tours at the U.S. Mission to the European Union in Brussels. He was Director of the Iraq Transition Assistance Office (ITAO) in Baghdad from 2007-2008. Mr. Tokola received the State Department’s Superior Honor Award for his work on implementing the Dayton Peace Accords while serving as Political Counselor in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1997-1999.

Dr. Huiyao Wang, Founder and President, Center for China and Globalization

Dr. Henry Huiyao Wang is the Founder and President of Center for China and Globalization; Counselor of China State Council; Vice Chairman, China Association for International Economic Cooperation under Ministry of Commerce, Director of Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs; a Steering Committee Member of Paris Peace Forum and an Advisory Board Member of Duke Kunshan University. Once served as an official in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade. He pursued PhD studies at University of Western Ontario and University of Manchester and was a Senior Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School and a Visiting Fellow at Brookings Institution.

Dr. Leonid Petrov, Professor and Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific, the Australian National University

Dr. Leonid A. Petrov is a Senior Lecturer and Dean at the International College of Management in Sydney. He graduated from St. Petersburg State University, where he majored in Korean History and Language. In 2002, he obtained a PhD in History from the Australian National University. Between 2003 and 2012, Dr. Petrov worked at the Academy of Korean Studies in Seongnam, Intercultural Institute of California in San Francisco, Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris, and the University of Sydney. He was involved in projects sponsored by the Australian Research Council: North Korea’s Quiet Transformation, Northeast Asia and the Korean War: Legacies of Hot and Cold Wars in Contemporary Constructions of the Region, and Historical Conflict and Reconciliation in East Asia. Dr. Petrov is a visiting Fellow at the College of Asia and the Pacific of the Australian National University, where he teaches subjects related to North Korean economy, politics, and culture.

Dr. Louis D’Amore, President, International Institute for Peace Through Tourism

Dr. Louis D’Amore is Founder and President of the International Institute for Peace through Tourism (IIPT). He has been instrumental in promoting the travel and tourism industry as the world’s first ‘Global Peace Industry’ since the founding of IIPT in 1986. His concept of ‘Peace through Tourism’ includes peace with nature and accordingly, he has been a pioneer in socially and environmentally responsible tourism since conducting the world’s first comprehensive study on the future of tourism in the mid-1970’s and subsequently in 1993 developing the world’s first “Code of Ethics and Guidelines for Sustainable Tourism.” In 1992, as part of celebrations of Canada’s 125th birthday as a nation, Dr. D’Amore conceived and implemented “Peace Parks across Canada” resulting in 350 Peace Parks across Canada. There are currently more than 450 IIPT Peace Parks in regions throughout the world.

3:30 PM Mongolia Youth Leadership Forum “Moral and Innovative Entrepreneurship”

Moderator: Mr. Erdenebulgan Ochirbat, Chief Executive Officer, Mongol Daatgal JSC; Deputy Head, Network of Mongolian Volunteer Organizations

Mr. David Caprara, Strategic Advisor, Global Peace Foundation

Dr. Mabel Lu Miao, Founder and Secretary General, Global Young Leader Dialogue

Dr. Mabel Lu Miao is the Co-founder and Secretary General of the Center for China and Globalization, Founder and Secretary General of Global Young Leaders Dialogue program, Deputy Director General of the Alliance of Global Talent Organizations, Deputy Director-General of the International Writing Center of Beijing Normal University, and Secretary General of the Policy Advisory Committee of Western Returned Scholars Association. Dr. Miao was received by the King of Belgium at his palace as the only young global leader from Northeast Asia. Selected as a 2020 Young Leader for the Munich Security Conference, she was the only Chinese participant at the Munich Security Conference Special Edition 2021. Dr. Miao Co-Chaired the Think20 Task Force (2021 G20). and holds a Ph.D in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Studies from Beijing Normal University; visiting fellow at New York and Harvard Universities; post-doctoral fellow of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and a Lien Fellow at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Ms. Hyun-min Cho, Social Entrepreneur, CEO of YULRIA Co. Ltd.

Ms. Yulria Hyun-min Cho is the Chief Executive Officer of YULRIA, a Korean corporation. She operates environmental preliminary social enterprises in Seoul and conducts environmental education. Her specialization is in global start-ups, women enterprise, and manufacturing. Previously, Ms. Cho operated a vocational training center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia under the brand DO I DO, and taught upcycle-related leather handicraft techniques for six years.

Mr. Timofey Ivanov, Demand Planning Analyst, Electronics Manufacturing & Distribution CIS

Mr. Timofey Ivanov is a Demand Planner at the Russian branch of a global electronics manufacturing company. Timofey graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations in 2016 and also holds a master’s degree in strategic supply chain planning obtained at the Higher School of Economics in 2018. As a Demand Planner, Timofey conducts economic research, analyses market trends and the company’s product portfolio structure. His focus is to correctly predict the sales volume of industrial and domestic electrical equipment across the Commonwealth of Independent States. His forecast and information are used by manufacturers, distribution centers, and transport teams worldwide. Prior to dedicating himself to demand planning, Timofey served as a supply chain coordinator on projects involving teams from China, Singapore, Turkey, France, Hungary, Canada, US. Being far from high-level politics, Timofey sees his mission in building trust and comprehension between teams of different cultures at the business level.

Dr. Lkhagvasuren Lkhagva, Founder and Executive Director of Northeast Asian Environmental and Agricultural Research Center

Mrs. Nomin Batdagva, Volunteer member, MyClub online community

Mr.Micah Kearns, Freelance graphic designer, illustrator, marketing manager, packaging designer, and copywriter

Participant Bios

Hon. Choong-hwan Kim, Co-Chair, Action for Korea United

Hon. Choong-hwan Kim is co-chair of Action for Korea United, Secretary General of the Parliamentarian’s Society, former two-term member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, and Chairman of the Committee of Foreign Affairs and Unification. He received his doctoral degree of Public Administration at the University of Seoul. In 2009, he was awarded the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award in Parliamentary Legislation and Policy. He also served as Head of Gangdong-Gu Office in Seoul. He currently serves as Chairman of Peace and Unification Institute and as Standing Leader of Action for Korea United. He is active in ongoing citizen-led movements for Korean unification.

Dr. Chan-Il Ahn, Co-Chair, Action for Korea United

Dr. Chan-Il Ahn is President of the World Institute for North Korea Studies. Dr. Chan-Il Ahn serves as a Co-Chair of Action for Korea United. He earned his PhD in Political Science from Konkuk University in Korea, becoming the first North Korean defector to receive a PhD in Korea. Currently, he serves the World Institute for North Korea Studies as a Director and the World North Korean Defectors Coalition as President. He also works with the Ministry of National Defense as an advisor for national defense policies and is an advisory member of the National Human Rights Commission of Korea.

Dr. Tai-jong Na, Professor, Chungnam National University

Dr. Tai-jong Na is currently a professor on security issues at the Korean Veterans Association, vice president of the Action for Korea United Faculty Association, and vice director of the National Strategic Research Institute at Chungnam National University. Dr. Na obtained a master’s degree from the Chonnam National University Graduate School in 1997, and a Ph.D. from Chungnam National University Graduate School in 2012. He has previously served as a visiting professor at Chungnam National University and a visiting professor at Hanbat University.

Er. Ram Rohan Panta, Regional Representative-South Asia; Field Representative for Nepal & India, Global Peace Foundation

Er. Ram Rohan Panta is Regional Representative – South Asia of the Global Peace Foundation; an organization building partnerships and implementing values-based approaches to development and peace. He is a social, environment, tech and youth activist. Er. Panta plays an active leadership role in NGOs working with children’s education, youth rights and peace building. He has been organizing youth focused conferences since 2015 including international youth culture exchange programs to promote peace, environment & tourism. Ram is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology.

Ms. Yo Kawanaka, Senior Researcher, The Asia Institute

Ms. Yo Kawanaka is a senior researcher at the Asia Institute and a consultant at Global Peace Foundation. Ms. Kawanaka has recently published a book describing the spiritual and civilizational crisis faced by contemporary Japan, A Japan woven together by desire and insanity. She started her activism for world peace in response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster which brought into question many of the assumptions she had had about how the world should work. She detected the drift towards world war in 2012 and has written extensively about how we must find true peace, not simply a comfortable life for those who are privileged. Yo is also a journalist, essayist, and peace activist. She traveled to Ukraine early on to pursue peace and has visited Korea repeatedly to work with the Asia Institute on initiatives for peace in the region.

Mr. Ganbat Gonchigsuren, Chairman, Global Peace Foundation Mongolia

Mr. Ganbat Gonchigsuren is the Founder and Chairman of GPF Mongolia. An activist and leader, Mr. Ganbat has spearheaded multiple community development initiatives, projects, and organizations throughout his career. Since 2014 he has been directing Youth for Regional Peace and Prosperity (Y4RP), a leading youth social entrepreneurship annual project contest that is also creating awareness among young people about the importance of peace and security in Northeast Asia. Some 22 universities, 136 teams, and 346 university students have participated to date. Mr. Ganbat has also been piloting the “Community-driven Street Development Project” in Darkhan city since 2013. Previously, Mr. Ganbat served as a member of the Darkhan-Uul Province Assembly, Chairman of the Auditing Committee of the Darkhan City Urban Planning and Development Policy Committee, and Chairman of the Board of the Darkhan Industrial Technology Park. He holds an MA in Political Science, Public Administration.

Dr. Baasanjav Lkhagvaa, General Coordinator, Mongolia Forum on Korea Unification

Dr. Baasanjav Lkhagvaa is the President of the Mongolia Forum on Korea Unification and author of “Here comes United Korea”. He was born in Chandmani soum of Khovd province in 1947. He graduated from National University, Mongolia in 1970 and graduated from University of Kim-Il Sung in Pyongyang in 1975. In 1995, he became a Ph.D in Mongolian Academy of Science specializing in Korean Unification. He previously worked in Mongolian Embassy in Pyongyang and Seoul as a diplomat; a visiting professor in Osaka University, Japan and Dankook University, South Korea; as a first head of Department of Korean Studies in National University of Mongolia and, as a researcher-consultant in Strategy Research Institute.

Mr. Shuai Liang, China Director, Global Young Leaders Academy

Mr. Shuai Liang has played many co-executive roles in regional and world organizational programs. Shuai was the director of the China portfolio for Global Young Leaders Academy, as well as an executive committee member with the China Society, both based in Washington DC. During his time in the United States, Mr. Liang earned a MS of Technology Engineering Management. He also founded the Chinese Student Union(CSU). In his spare time, Shuai is a father in training of a 4-year old son, a proud coach of U16 soccer goalies and carries an AFC license.

Mr. Chenhui Ding, China Representative, IAVE

Mr. ChenHui Ding is the China National Representative of the International Association for Volunteer Effort. He also serves as Executive Deputy Director for VOLK Social Work Institute. His long-standing commitment to the development and practice of social work and volunteering led him to take on national and global leadership responsibilities. Among others, these include the National Leadership for Volunteering Report, UNV, and the Volunteering for Sustainable Development in Olympic Cities Report.