LAUNCH: Challenges to the Rules Based Order: Agendas for Australia-ROK Cooperation

LAUNCH: Challenges to the Rules Based Order: Agendas for Australia-ROK Cooperation

Asialink is pleased to invite you to the launch of Challenges to the Rules Based Order: Agendas for Australia-ROK Cooperation, supported by the Korea Foundation and the ANU Korea Institute.

About the report
 

'Challenges to the Rules Based Order: Agendas for Australia-ROK Cooperation' is a major policy-oriented research report on the opportunities for the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Australia to collaborate on the advancement of the regional and international rules-based order (RBO) and the institutional architecture underpinning it.

As two middle powers, the ROK and Australia have mutual interests in the promotion of a set of open and inclusive rules and a system of institutions for the mediation of interstate relations in the region. However, the existing RBO and the institutions that undergird it are progressively being challenged by the dynamics of great power rivalry and the increasingly competitive regional order; the COVID-19 pandemic has also revealed serious shortcomings in global governance frameworks. The growing fragility of the RBO cannot be addressed unilaterally. It is incumbent upon likeminded middle powers in the region to find practical ways to develop a more open and inclusive RBO and promote a transition to a multipolar world.

Conducted by Dr Lauren Richardson, the project has explored the potential for enhancing ROK-Australia collaboration on the development of the regional and global rules and architecture. In doing so, it aims to establish a comprehensive framework for how the two countries can coordinate bilaterally and multilaterally to achieve a more open and inclusive RBO. This framework will provide a roadmap for:

• Elevating the ROK-Australia bilateral relationship through greater institutional closeness
• Enhancing the role of Seoul and Canberra in the international system
• Encouraging the United States-their mutual ally-to deepen its engagement with regional governance and rulemaking.

Welcome and introduction: Martine Letts FAIIA HonLLD, CEO, Asialink

Moderator: Professor Tony Milner, Professorial Fellow and International Director, Asialink

Panelists:

Dr Lauren Richardson

Head Researcher, Asialink

Lecturer in International Relations, Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, ANU 

Dongkeun Lee

PhD candidate, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, ANU

AsPr Ruth Barraclough

Vice President, Asian Studies Association of Australia 

Associate Professor, School of Culture, History & Language, ANU

Please note, refreshments will be served from 6pm. Formal proceedings will commence at 6.30pm.

For event queries, please contact grace.corcoran@asialink.unimelb.edu.au