Northeast Asia hosts three of the most dynamic world economies: China, Japan and South Korea. It constitutes a natural crossroads of cultures and traditions, and is characterized today by an extraordinary ability for technological innovation and global business. One of the most important tactical players in today’s geopolitics, Russia, faces that area with its eastern offshoots. As growing military tensions around Taiwan as well as economic and technological rivalry between China and the United States threaten peace and stability in East Asia, the regional power balance shifts in Beijing's favor. In the meantime, the Korean Peninsula remains a bone of contention among its powerful neighbors. The old system of bloc alliances persists in the multipolar world of the 21st century and keeps Korea divided.

Opening Moderator: Mr. Jacques Marion, Co-chairman, UPF Europe & Middle East
Welcoming Remarks:
Dr. Katsumi Otsuka, Chairman, UPF Europe & Middle East

Moderator: Dr. Beatrice Bischof, Foreign Affairs Association, Munich, Germany
Speakers:
Hon. Yoshiaki Harada, Member of Parliament, Japan
Hon. Glyn Ford, former Member of the European Parliament, United Kingdom
Hon. Nina Novakova, Member of Parliament, Czech Republic
Dr. Yevgeny Kim (Kim Young Woong), Leading Researcher, Center for Korean Studies, Institute of the Far East, Russian Academy of Sciences (IFES), Russia