Korea and the Indo-Pacific Policy Forum

Emily Mosley is the National Operations Manager of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Her work involves organizing and coordinating events, stakeholder engagement, project management, and external engagement. In her previous position as the Cyber, Technology & Security Program Coordinator at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Emily collaborated closely with researchers, guiding them through the publication process of advanced research projects. She took a prominent role in overseeing intricate initiatives, including government workshops and stakeholder engagement events. Additionally, she worked as the HR & Operations Lead of Orgro, a US-based consulting firm, where she oversaw government contracts and managed proposals for infrastructure projects. Emily is the recipient of the George H.W. Bush Daily Point of Light Award and The Congressional Gold Medal for her activism and work advocating for civic participation. She moved to Australia after receiving the Gilman Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State. In April 2022 Emily engaged in the Senate Select Committee on Foreign Interference through Social Media Hearing, where she provided counsel to government officials, offering insights into policy regulations aimed at safeguarding equitable and secure elections from the influence of social media corporations. Emily graduated magna cum laude from the George Washington University, earning a Bachelor of Arts in International Affairs. Her specialized studies encompassed Security Policy & Arabic, and a minor in Political Science.

Dr Adam Bartley is a specialist in the area of U.S. foreign policy and regional Indo-Pacific security. He is the author of two manuscripts examining U.S. foreign policy and China and has contributed to articles examining whole of government applications to Indo-Pacific strategy in the United States. In his current role, Dr Bartley is a post-doctoral fellow at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and program manager of the AI Trilateral Experts Group. He was a 2022 Fulbright Scholar, sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and has held fellowships at the Elliot School for International Affairs, the George Washington University, and the Pacific Forum in Hawaii. He is also managing editor for Australia Institute of International Affairs’ Australian Outlook.

Dongkeun is a PhD candidate at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre (SDSC), The Australian National University, and a reservist officer of the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN). Before Dongkeun joined SDSC as a PhD candidate in February 2022, he served 3 years at the ROKN as an intelligence officer. During his active-duty service, his posting was mainly military diplomacy positions including foreign liaison officer at the ROKN Headquarters. Dongkeun has a multinational background. He holds a Bachelor of Arts (Politics & International Relations and Asian Studies) degree from the University of Auckland, New Zealand and a Master of Global Affairs & Policy degree from Yonsei University, South Korea. His thesis covers the changing maritime security environment in the Indo-Pacific since the rise of China. Dongkeun especially focuses on the geopolitics of the region while investigating the sea power strategies of regional countries, including the U.S., China, Australia, Japan, India, and South Korea. To assess their sea power strategies, Dongkeun analyses the strategies and the roles of their navies. Dongkeun’s main research interest is maritime security and geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific region. By investigating the strategy and role of the navies in the region, Dongkeun is hoped to increase the understanding of the future maritime security and geopolitical environment in the Indo-Pacific region.

Paul Chamberlain is a PhD candidate at the Australian National University, located at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs. Paul previously worked for the Government of Canada in a variety of Defence, Security, and Intelligence positions. The bulk of his career has been spent in the Defence Policy field within the Department of National Defence. Before joining ANU, his previous posting was Policy Advisor to the Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) where he was responsible for providing advice on domestic and international issues and maintaining the strategic direction of RCN global activities. Paul’s research topic is on naval statecraft in East Asia. His work seeks to analyse and explain how the navies of non-great powers can be used as a tool of statecraft in order to influence the regional order, with case studies of Australia, Japan, and Singapore.

Lauren Richardson is a Lecturer in the Department of International Relations. Previously she taught Northeast Asian Relations at the University of Edinburgh. Her research focuses on the role of non-state actors in shaping diplomatic interactions in Northeast Asia, particularly Japan-Korea relations. Her publications have focused on the South Korean anti-nuclear movement; the role of Buddhists in Sino-Japanese rapprochement (with G A. Scott);Japan’s evolving defence posture; and the ascension of “comfort women” in South Korean memory of Japanese imperialism (forthcoming). She is currently completing a book manuscript provisionally entitled Reshaping Japan-Korea Relations: Transnational Advocacy Networks and the Politics of Redress. Dr Richardson obtained Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Asian Studies from Monash University and spent several years studying Japanese and Korean language as part of these programs. She then completed a Master’s in Political Science at Keio University in Tokyo, where she wrote a dissertation in Japanese on the “history problems” in Japan-ROK relations. Her PhD at ANU entailed one year of field work in both Japan and South Korea. She has been a visiting fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs and Keio University, a recipient of the Prime Minister’s Australia-Asia Award (2011), and a participant in the US-Korea NextGen Scholars Program (2015-16) and the German Marshall Fund’s Young Strategist Forum (2019). She is currently a member of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (AUS-CSCAP) and a Board Member of the ANU Korea Institute.

Sang Hyun Lee graduated from the Department of International Relations at Seoul National University and received a Ph.D. from Department of Political Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. He is currently President of the Sejong Institute, chairman of the Planning and Coordination Division of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council, board member of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management-Korea (INMM-K), and board member of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament. He served as a researcher at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, Director-General for Policy Planning at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, a guest researcher at the Stockholm Institute for Security and Development Policy (ISDP) in Sweden, and a visiting researcher at the Stimson Center in Washington, DC. His main research interests include international politics and security, Korea-U.S. relations, inter-Korean relations, nuclear security and nonproliferation, and East Asian security issues. His recent publications include: Cyber Security: Politics, Governance and Conflict in Cyberspace (co-translation, authored by Damien Van Puyvelde and Aaron F. Brantly, 2023), Biden Administration's Foreign Policy and the Korean Peninsula (2022, co-authored), New Global Order and South Korea's Foreign Policy Strategy (2021, co-authored), “Prospects for the Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy” (2021), South Korea’s Foreign Policy in the Era of U.S.-China Strategic Competition (2020, co-authored), and so on.

Dr. Hyon Joo Yoo is a professor in the department of political science at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, Korea. Yoo was a tenured faculty member in the department of political science at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX, a Northeast Asia fellow at the East West Center, Washington, DC, an East Asia Institute (EAI) Fellow, a Korea Foundation Fellow, a POSCO fellow at the East West Center, Honolulu, HI and an Abe fellow of the Social Science Research Council, New York, NY. Her research interests include the U.S. alliance, East Asian security, China’s foreign policy, Korean politics, and international relations theory.

Professor Emeritus Naren Chitty A.M. is Professor of International Communication in the Department of International Studies: Languages & Cultures. He is the Inaugural Director of the Soft Power Analysis and Resource Centre (SPARC) and was the Inaugural Associate Dean (International) of the Faculty of Arts. He was appointed Foundation Chair in International Communication in 2006. SPARC was inaugurated in 2011 and has so far attracted $1,120,000 in HERDC 3 International B research funding. The 1st. edition of The Routledge Handbook of Soft Power edited by Naren Chitty, Li Ji, Gary D. Rawnsley and Craig Hayden was released in 2017. A 2nd. edition is forthcoming. This includes his chapter "An experiential theory of attraction-based influence: unintended and intended". Naren is the Series Editor of Anthem Studies in Soft Power and Public Diplomacy that was launched in 2018. He began his academic career in 1989, introducing masters (1991), doctoral (1992) and undergraduate (2003) degrees in International Communication at Macquarie University. The Master of Arts in International Communication was the first such program in Australia. He headed the Media department and International Communication department until 2003 and 2008 respectively. He led the development of the Master of International Public Diplomacy, the first in Australia. He was the Deputy Dean and Associate Dean of Higher Degree Research and Internationalisation in the late Division of Society, Culture, Media and Philosophy until 2008, serving as Dean on many occasion including for two semester-long periods. Naren launched The Journal of International Communication in 1992 and continues to be its Editor-in-Chief. He served as the Secretary General of the International Association for Media & Communication Research (IAMCR) from 1996 to 2000. Prior to joining Macquarie University, Naren had a distinguished career as a diplomat in Washington DC, policy planner in the area of national television and deputy director of an NGO in community development. He was also a director of Independent Television Network (ITN) in Colombo. He started as a UNDP Young Professional in a perspective planning program in a Ministry of Planning and Economic Affairs. He was also a freelance newspaper columnist and an architect's design assistant. Naren has a PhD in International Relations and an MA in International Communication, both from the School of International Service of the American University in Washington D.C. His undergraduate studies in communication (TV, radio and print production, media studies, sociology, psychology, history), were completed at the University of Westminster in London. His doctoral committee consisted of Professor Nicholoas Onuf and the late Professor Gary Weaver of American University and the late Professor Marshall Singer of the University of Pittsburgh. He has an Advanced Certificate in Television Documentary Production from SFB in Berlin. He was awarded the Order of Australia on Australia Day 2009 'for services to education particularly in the field of international communication as a researcher and academic and to a range of professional associations'. Naren has supervised to successful completion three dozen Higher Degree Research students as Principal Supervisor and a dozen Higher Degree Research students as Associate Supervisor. He currently supervises in the area of soft power and public diplomacy.

Prof. Jae-Hoon Jung has served for tenured academic and management positions and taught at several universities in Australia and Korea over the last 30 years, including Griffith University (1991-2009 and 2013~2017), The University of Queensland (2009-2012; 2018~ ), Korea University (1997-1998), Seoul National University of Education, and so on. Prof. Jung currently holds the following positions and appointments: Co-Director, Korean Studies Centre at the University of Queensland (2019 ~ ) President, Queensland Korea Business Council (QKBC), Australia (2010 ~) Member, The President Advisory Council of Democratic and Peaceful Unification, The Republic of Korea (2008-2025) Prof. Jung has published numerous books, chapters, monographs and journal papers and he has presented more than 60 papers at the various conferences in 1983-2023. He has undertaken more than 20 major research and community related projects. He has received many prizes and awards including Honour Award from the President of the Republic of Korea. Prof. Jung has given numerous public speeches and media interviews in 1991-2023, including the recent interview with YTN TV (https://youtu.be/BU4crTXpo_w).

Sarah Keith is Senior Lecturer in Media and Music at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Her research spans East Asian popular culture, intercultural and international media, and the music industries. Recent research has explored coverage of Korean popular music in Western media; online fan platforms; and K-pop fandom and multicultural understanding in Australia, supported by a grant from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Australia–Korea Foundation.

Paul Lucas is a non-executive director and consultant. A practising Solicitor, he is also a Nationally Accredited Mediator and qualified arbitrator. He is a qualified Urban Planner. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Company Directors; and lectures in Governance in Master’s level courses; he consults to and advises Boards and CEO’s on dispute resolution and in the non-profit area on Constitutional, rules and disciplinary matters. He has been called on to Chair contentious meetings for organisations facing internal and external conflict. He has held Board positions with and consulted to public and private sector transport and infrastructure related corporations including Airservices Australia, Powerlink (electricity transmission) and was Chair of the $5.4B Queensland Cross River Rail (tunnel PPP) Delivery Authority – Queensland’s largest ever infrastructure project. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Queensland electricity distribution company, Energy Queensland Ltd – with some $26 Billion in assets and a Director of the Central Highlands Development Corporation. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Queensland privately owned airline Skytrans Pty Ltd. Passionate about Indigenous matters, he is a Board member at the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health one of Australia’s largest Indigenous-controlled multi-disciplinary health services; and Kokatha Aboriginal Corporation a Native Tile Corporation – in remote South Australia covering areas including Olympic Dam and Woomera. In late 2020, he was appointed as an Independent Director of the PKKP Aboriginal Corporation in the Pilbara – whose Juukan Gorge caves were destroyed by Rio Tinto. He is a Consultant with National Law Firm, Holding Redlich & a qualified urban planner. He lectures at a postgraduate level (Uni of Qld) in Strategic Metropolitan and Transport & Infrastructure Planning. He also has a Cert IV in Workplace Training & Assessment. He conducts training in/for many parts of South-East and South-West Asia, Africa and the Pacific in his capacity as a Governance, Infrastructure and Public Policy Consultant principally for and on behalf of Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade programs. He is State President of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. He was Deputy Premier for 4 years and a Minister in the Queensland State Government for 11 years. His Ministerial responsibilities included Infrastructure & Planning; Transport & Main Roads; Local Government; Energy; Health; and Attorney-General. He was involved in many large transport infrastructure projects in South-East Queensland including: the Springfield Rail Line; Varsity Lakes Extension; Salisbury-Kuraby Duplication; Inner-Northern Busway; Northern Busway; Boggo Road Busway; Eastern Busway; Tugun Bypass; AirportLink; & Gateway Upgrade Project. He was also Minister responsible for the South-East Qld Regional Plan. He was responsible for managing the State’s relationship with the Federal Government and Local Government on many of these projects.

Dr Adam Bartley is a specialist in the area of U.S. foreign policy and regional Indo-Pacific security. He is the author of two manuscripts examining U.S. foreign policy and China and has contributed to articles examining whole of government applications to Indo-Pacific strategy in the United States. In his current role, Dr Bartley is a post-doctoral fellow at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and program manager of the AI Trilateral Experts Group. He was a 2022 Fulbright Scholar, sponsored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and has held fellowships at the Elliot School for International Affairs, the George Washington University, and the Pacific Forum in Hawaii. He is also managing editor for Australia Institute of International Affairs’ Australian Outlook.