Diplomacy Panel - Adaptation or Transformation? - 2025 Van Fleet Policy Forum

Diplomacy Panel - Adaptation or Transformation? - 2025 Van Fleet Policy Forum

Author: The Korea Society December 1, 2025 Duration: 47:20

Recorded November 14, 2025 - The Van Fleet Policy Forum is The Korea Society's flagship policy event. Through panel discussions, keynote remarks, and networking opportunities, the forum convenes senior thought leaders from the US and Korea for dynamic, informative, and analytical discussions on security, diplomacy, geoeconomics, and alliance history.

This year's conference was held in The Atlantic Council's office in Washington D.C. and produced in partnership with the Indo-Pacific Security Initiative in The Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. The 2025 Van Fleet Policy Forum was made possible by the generous support of The Kim Koo Foundation as well as The Korea Society's individual and corporate members.

Diplomacy Panel - Adaptation or Transformation?

Moderator: Ambassador (Ret.) Kathleen Stephens, Korea Society Board Chair
Ambassador (Ret.) Kim Hyoung-zhin, Former Republic of Korea Ambassador to the European Union and Deputy National Security Advisor
Ambassador (Ret.) Philip Goldberg, Former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea

For more information, please visit the link below:
https://www.koreasociety.org/policy-and-corporate-programs/2060-us-korea-cooperation-across-domains-and-through-history


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