The nuclear profiles of countries in East Asia are diverse. There are countries in East Asian with up-to-date nuclear technology, a country with a strong desire for nuclear weapons, and a country keeping up its nuclear technology against another country’s possession of nuclear weapons. East Asian countries have kept focusing on nuclear technology for their own security and economic development. North Korea has asserted its nuclear development program is for national security, and it cannot give up the technology. Northeast Asia without a multilateral security system must now seriously take proper steps for nuclear non-proliferation. This session will mainly discuss the non-proliferation issue.
- Is East Asia without nuclear weapons possible? How can it be achieved?
- Is a nuclear weapon-free East Asia Possible?
- Are the Six-Party Talks still useful? What are the other options?
- What does the recent nuclear situation in Japan imply for the future of nuclear energy?

- Moderator
Peter HAYES (Director, the Nautilus Institute for Security & Sustainability)

- Panelists
Gareth John EVANS (Chancellor, Australian National University)
KIM Bong-hyun (Deputy Minister for Multilateral and Global Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, R.O.K.)
- ABE Nobuyasu (Director, Center for the Promotion of Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Japan Institute of International Affairs)
- CHOI Kang (Professor, Institute of Foreign Affairs & National Security)
- PAN Zenqiang (Professor, Institute for Strategic Studies, National Defense University)