Despite coordinated efforts for the last two decades, the Great Tumen Initiative (GTI) has been criticized for its lackluster achievements. Facing this type of criticism, GTI has attracted new attention because of the dynamic transitions in East Asia, such as the rise of China, expectations for regime change in North Korea, the possibility of multilateral cooperation in East Asia, and peaceful alternatives for East Asian issues. This session invites specialists from relevant parties, GTI delegates, and specialists from the United States and Japan to evaluate the achievement of the GTI and to discuss the future strategy for multilateral cooperation.
- International cooperation for GTI
- Cooperation among Korea-China-Japan-Russia for the regional development in East Asia
- Development strategy for the backward border areas in China and Russia
- GTI and North Korea’s Reform and Liberalization

- Moderator
LEE Su-Hoon (Director, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University)

- Panelists
GONG Keyu (Deputy Director, Center for Asia-Pacific Studies & Center for World and Shanghai Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies)
James MEERNIK (Dean, Toulouse Graduate School, University of North Texas)
ZHU Shu (Officer in Charge, Tumen Secretariat UNDP)
TAGA Hidetoshi (Dean, School of Social Sciences, Waseda University)
HONG Myeon-ki (Research Fellow, Northeast Asian History Foundation)