Jürgen Rüland spoke at the TRaNS-SIEAS Conference on "Democratizing foreign policymaking in Indonesia and the democratization of ASEAN”

Please find the program below: 

TRaNS-SIEAS Conference Program (as of 17 September 2015)

Assessing ASEAN Communities in 2015

Hosted by Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University (SIEAS)

October 16-17, 2015

Day 1: October 16

9:00-9:30 Registration

9:30-9:45 Welcoming remark

9:45-10:30 Keynote speech by Donald K. Emmerson (Stanford University)

10:30-11:00 Photo session and coffee break

11:00-12:40 Session 1: Making of ASEAN community

• Moderator: Lee, Sun-Jin (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University, former ROK Ambassador to Indonesia) 
• Jürgen Rüland (University of Freiburg), “Democratizing foreign policymaking in Indonesia and the democratization of ASEAN”

• Discussant: Yoon Hwan Shin (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University)

• Anja Jetschtke (University of Göttingen), “The institutional design of the ASEAN communities in the wider context of regional organizations”

• Discussant: Ki-Hyun Bae (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University)

• Kim, Hyung Jong (Yonsei University), “ASEAN community: practicing community?” 

• Discussant: Yong Wook Lee (Korea University) 

12:40-14:10 Lunch

14:10-15:50 Session 2: Politics of community building within and beyond ASEAN 

• Moderator: Kim, Kee Seok (Kangwon University) 
• Ralf Emmers (RSIS, Nanyang Technological University), “Conflict prevention and resolution in Southeast Asia: an assessment of ASEAN as a security community”

• Discussant: Lee, Jaehyon (Asan Institute for Policy Studies)

• Huong Le Thu (ISEAS, National University of Singapore), “The drifting apart maritime and continental Southeast ‘Asias’: the role of great powers’ allure”

• Discussant: Lee, Sun-Jin (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University, former ROK Ambassador to Indonesia)

• Pavin Chachavalpongpun (Kyoto University), “Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship 2015: challenges in the political-security community” 

• Discussant: Yohanes Sulaiman (Indonesian National Defense University) 

15:50-16:20 Coffee break

16:20-18:00 Session 3: Plural communities within ASEAN

• Moderator: Park, Seung Woo (Yeungnam University) 
• Eric Thompson (National University of Singapore), “Attitudes and awareness towards ASEAN 2015”

• Discussant: Park, Seung Woo (Yeungnam University)

• Helen Nesadurai (Monash University, Malaysia), “New modes of governance in Southeast Asia: reassessing the ASEAN Community project”

• Discussant: Kim, Hyung Jong (Yonsei University)

• Simon Creak (University of Melbourne), “Erstwhile friends and eternal enemies: the regional sporting community of the Southeast Asian Games”

• Discussant: Yeo, Woonkyung (Seoul National University) 

Day 2: October 17

9:00-10:30 Session 4: ASEAN Community Building: Assessment

• Moderator: Cho, Hong Sik (Soongsil University) 
• Jörn Dosch (University of Rostock), “The ASEAN Economic Community: deep integration or just political window dressing?”

• Discussant: Ra, Heeryang (Pukyong National University) 

• Lee, Choong Lyol (Korea University), “Building ASEAN Economic Community: A New Way of Cooperation between Developing Countries and Developed Countries”

• Discussant: Oh, Yoonah (Korea Institute for International Economic Policy)

• Matthew Davies (Australian National University), “From here to where? Assessing ASEAN’s ability to meet its commitments to human rights and democracy”

• Discussant: Suh, Jiwon (Institute for East Asian Studies, Sogang University)  

10:30-11:00 Coffee break

11:00-11:30 Conference reflections 

• Moderator : TBC

11:30-11:40 Closing remark

12:00 Lunch and a half-day post-conference tour