23
September 2025
In-Person Event
Thirty-Ninth International Security Conference: Challenges and Opportunities for the ROK-US Alliance

This event will be in-person only.

 

 

Inquiries: [email protected].

Thirty-Ninth International Security Conference: Challenges and Opportunities for the ROK-US Alliance

In-Person Event
Hudson Institute
September 23, 2025
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US and ROK troops take part in a joint bridging drill near the Southern Han River in Yeoju, South Korea, on August 27, 2025. (Getty Images)
23
September 2025
In-Person Event

This event will be in-person only.

 

 

Inquiries: [email protected].

Speakers:
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Dr. Hyun In-Taek

Former Minister of Unification, Republic of Korea

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General Byung-kwan Kim (Ret.)

Cochairman, Council on Korea-US Security Studies

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General Byung Hyuk Choi (Ret.)

Vice President, Council on Korea-US Security Studies

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Lt. Gen. Bernard Champoux (Ret.)

Founding Member, Board of Directors, Korean Defense Veterans Association (KDVA)

Dr. Sam Yeol Jang

Secretary General, Council on Korea-US Security Studies

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Markus Garlauskas

Director, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative, Atlantic Council

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Colonel Dave Maxell (Ret.)

Vice President, Center for Asia Pacific Security

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Prof. Park Ihn-hwi

Division of International Studies, Ewha Womans University

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Colonel Gittipong Paruchabutr (Ret.)

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council

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Dr. Taewoo Kim

Head of Nuclear Security Studies, Korea Institute for Military Affairs

Dr. Huh Nam-Sung

Professor Emeritus, Korea National Defense University

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Dr. Jay Jinseop Jang

Director, Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Moderators:
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Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

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James J. Przystup

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

Join Hudson for a conference featuring expert discussions on the United States–South Korea alliance and Indo-Pacific security, hosted by Lieutenant General Bernie Champoux (Ret.) and General Kim Byung-Kwan (Ret.).

This conference, jointly presented by Hudson Institute, the Council on Korea-US Security Studies (COKUSS), and the Korean Defense Veterans Association (KDVA), will feature two panels. Panel I will analyze the changing security dynamics on the Korean Peninsula, including nuclear threats, and the modernization of the ROK-US alliance in a multipolar world. Panel II will give a historical review of the Korean War on its seventy-fifth anniversary and identify lessons security officials on the Korean Peninsula can learn from the Russia-Ukraine War.

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