15
August 2024
Past Event
One Year after Camp David: How Durable Are Trilateral Ties?

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One Year after Camp David: How Durable Are Trilateral Ties?

Past Event
Hudson Institute
August 15, 2024
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, United States President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio arrive for a joint news conference on August 18, 2023, in Camp David, Maryland. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, United States President Joe Biden, and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio arrive for a joint news conference on August 18, 2023, in Camp David, Maryland. (Chip Somodevilla via Getty Images)
15
August 2024
Past Event

Event will also air live on this page.

 

Inquiries: msnow@hudson.org

Speakers:
Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper
Dr. Mira Rapp-Hooper

Senior Director for East Asia and Oceania, White House National Security Council

patrick-cronin
Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

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Myong-hyun Go

Director, Hybrid Threat Research Center, Institute for National Security Strategy (Virtual)

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Koichiro Matsumoto

Managing Director of Research and Programs, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), and Former Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister of Japan

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Tetsuo Kotani

Senior Fellow, Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA)

Riley Walters
Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

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James J. Przystup

Senior Fellow, Japan Chair

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United States–Japan–South Korea relations have surpassed all expectations. On the sidelines of the November 2022 East Asia Summit in Cambodia, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, and US President Joe Biden issued the Phnom Penh Statement, in which they pledged to align “their collective efforts in pursuit of a free and open Indo-Pacific that is inclusive, resilient, and secure.” In August 2023, President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida joined President Biden at a historic summit at Camp David. But a year after the first-ever standalone trilateral summit at the presidential retreat in Maryland, there are new questions about whether these three partners can maintain their momentum in the face of numerous global, regional, and domestic challenges.

Join Hudson Institute Asia-Pacific Security Chair Patrick Cronin and an expert panel as they consider the opportunities and problems confronting the future of the three nations’ cooperation. What are the shared interests that will propel further joint efforts? What obstacles stand in the way? Will cooperation survive possible changes in leadership?

This event was made possible in part by support from the Korea Foundation.

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