The “Helsinki Process” refers to the process, in which 35 member States of both NATO and the Warsaw Pact have been implementing the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE), also known as the Helsinki Accords, concluded in 1975. This comprehensive Act contains 10 Principles and 3 Baskets – a broad range of measures designed to enhance security and cooperation in Europe. Meanwhile, President Park Geun-hye recently proposed the “Seoul Process” to overcome the “Asian paradox” in her speech to a joint session of the US Congress on May 8th, in which she envisioned a multilateral dialogue process, much like the “Helsinki Process,” by the US and other Northeast Asian countries, even including North Korea, for peace and cooperation in Northeast Asia. This session will deal with similarities and differences between the two processes and their implications for Northeast Asia.

- Moderator
Gareth EVANS (Chancellor, Australian National University / Former Foreign Minister of Australia)

- Participants
Stein TØNNESSON (Former Director, Peace Research Institute Oslo)
“The Helsinki Process and European Security: Implications”
Vasyl MARMAZOV (Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Korea)
“OSCE’s Role and Recent Contributions in Northeast Asia”
G. John IKENBERRY (Albert G. Milbank Professor of Political Science, Princeton University)
“The U.S. and Northeast Asian Multilateral Security Cooperation”
YU, Hyun-Seok (President, Korea Foundation)
“The Park Geun-hye Government and Northeast Asian Trust-Building Process”
WU, Xinbo (Professor of International Relations, Fudan University)
“China, Regional Hegemon or Trust-builder?”

- Rapporteur: SHIN, Yoon Hee (Program Officer, East Asia Foundation)