Global Transformation | Taejae Future Consensus Institute

[Interview] "The success or failure of the think tank depends on the communication capabilities" James G. McGann

Future Consensus Institute| 2021.06.24

Future Consensus Institute is conducting research on the development and role of think tank as one of the innovative tasks for Koreas entry into the first class country this year. In the progress, we interviewed James G....

[Video Clip] U.S.-ROK Global Cooperation Seminar

Future Consensus Institute| 2021.06.04

U.S.-ROK Global Cooperation Seminar: Strengthening the Global Rapid Response System for Pandemics On May 14, a week before the ROK-U.S. summit, Yeosijae co-hosted a webinar entitled Strengthening the Global Rapid...

U.S.-ROK Global Cooperation Seminar: Strengthening the Global Rapid Response System for Pandemics

Anna Titenok (Yeosijae SD)| 2021.05.21

On May 14 Yeosijae co-hosted a webinar entitled Strengthening the Global Rapid Response System for Pandemics in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic Korea with the aim to prepare for future...

Facilitating an “Orderly Return to Normal”: Establishing a New Global Pandemic Response System

Byoung-Jo Chun (COO & Chief Economist, Yeosijae)| 2021.04.23

- Urgent action is needed to support vaccination programs in developing countries - We need to establish an international fund to develop vaccines as global public goods - South Korea and the US should spearhead the...

[Global Future Dialogue Highlights ①] International order after COVID-19

Future Consensus Institute| 2021.03.29

For the past year, Future Consensus Institute (Yeosijae) has held online seminars with world-renowned scholars to anticipate the new international order and prepare for a better future. We compiled the nine webinar...

[Global Future Dialogue ⑨: A Conversation with Professor Kishore Mahbubani] “You cannot treat a tiger (China) like a cat.”

Jaeyoung Lee (Yeosijae Advisor)· Anna Titenok (Yeosijae SD)| 2021.02.22

- The China Challenge and the Future of Asia Speaker: Kishore Mahbubani Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, former Ambassador of Singapore to the...

[Outlook 2021 ③ / CFR President Richard Haass] “It will be difficult for the U.S. to regain its global leadership... Power is in many more hands today.”

Won-Soo Kim (Yeosijae International Advisory Board Chair)∙Sul-Mi Park(SD)| 2021.02.01

- 2021 will be the beginning of a slow, difficult, and incomplete recovery - COVID-19 and renewing multilateralism should be our priorities A fresh new year filled with uncertainties is upon us, and our world...

[Outlook 2021 ② / EAI Chairman Young-Sun Ha] “Rebuilding world order… South Korea should become the ‘link’ between ‘great’ and ‘small’ powers.”

Se-Hee Hwang (Director of Future Planning Department)·Sul-Mi Park (SD)| 2021.02.01

- South Korea needs to be actively involved in the process of developing a new international order to secure its position in the new world - Four major foreign policy challenges facing South Korea: U.S.-China relations,...

[The Biden Era: South Korea’s Strategy ③] March and April will be the key months to facilitate US-DPRK dialogue

Seong-Ryoul Cho (Senior Advisor, Institute for National Security Strategy)| 2020.12.28

North Korea will not give up denuclearization talks Turning Tokyo and Beijing Olympics into an opportunity to foster peace in Northeast Asia Four years of Trump has changed many things. Amongst them, U.S. policy...

[The Biden Era: South Korea’s Strategy ②] There is No South Korea in Washington’s Inner Circle

Young-Jun Kim (Professor, Korea National Defense University·National Security Advisory Board Member, the Republic of Korea President’s Office)| 2020.12.16

Taking Lessons from the Cultural Amity between Israel/Japan and the U.S. The Two Faces of America Four years of Trump have caused a big change in America; it marked the end of U.S. global leadership and the...

[The Biden Era: South Korea’s Strategy ①] Trump lost a battle, but not a war

Young-Jun Kim (Professor, Korea National Defense University·National Security Advisory Board Member, the Republic of Korea President’s Office)| 2020.12.10

What South Koreans Think of America Versus Real America Four years of Trump have left deep scars on America; it marked the end of U.S. global leadership and the beginning of a divided America. President-elect Joe...

[Global Future Dialogue ⑧: A Conversation with Professor Esther Duflo] Good Economics for Post-COVID-19 World

Anna Titenok (SD)| 2020.12.09

The growth is not important, per se. What is important is welfare. On December 2, Yeosijae hosted a webinar with MIT professor and co-winner of Nobel Prize in economics, Prof. Esther Duflo, to discuss...

[Interview / Frank Jannuzi] “Biden will be patient, but will not be passive and inactive on North Korea”

Se-Hee Hwang (Director of the Future Planning Department)| 2020.11.25

- Interview with Frank Jannuzi (President and CEO of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation) - (The Korean Peninsula issue) is like a three-legged race....it requires a carefully coordinated process where both the U.S....

Tapping into the Star Market to sharpen South Korea’s competitive edge

Byeong-Seo Jeon (Director of China Economy and Finance Research Institute)| 2020.11.24

- South Korea-China Financial Cooperation in the Age of Science and Technology Innovation cf. Star market: Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board Just eight months after President Xi...

[Global Future Dialogue ⑥] A Conversation with Professor Charles Kupchan: America’s Isolationism and the New World Order

Ji-Young Yim (SD)| 2020.11.03

The 2020 U.S. presidential election is just a few days away. The next inauguration will be held on January 20, 2021, and consequently, the new president will come up with foreign policies for the next four years after...