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SEMINAR: Political Science and International Relations Seminar Series 2015: Beyond Middle Power Diplomacy: MIKTA as an International Norm-�Setter

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Perth USAsia Centre CEO Gordon Flake will discuss the progress of and prospects for the MIKTA grouping of Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey, and Australia. The convening of the MIKTA Foreign Ministers on the sideline of the G20 in Brisbane this past November marked the fourth such meeting since the initiative was launched in 2013. Questions remain about the relationship between MIKTA and the G20, likely next steps for MIKTA beyond the three joint statements issued to date, and broader implications for the construct of middle-power diplomacy. Gordon will also review the second volume of the Perth USAsia Centre's "Smart Power" series, "MIKTA Narratives: Prosperity, Persuasion, and Projection."

L. Gordon Flake is the founding CEO of the Perth USAsia Centre, a position he assumed in January of 2014. He was previously Executive Director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, a Senior Fellow and Associate Director of the Program on Conflict Resolution at The Atlantic Council of the United States and prior to that Director for Research and Academic Affairs at the Korea Economic Institute of America. Mr Flake is editor of the companion volumes One Step Back? Reassessing and Ideal Security State for Northeast Asia 2025 (Mansfield Foundation, March 2011) and Toward an Ideal Security State for Northeast Asia 2025 (Mansfield Foundation, September 2010) co-editor with Park Roh-byug of the book New Political Realities in Seoul: Working toward a Common Approach to Strengthen U.S.-Korean Relations (Mansfield Foundation, March 2008) and co-editor with Scott Snyder of the book Paved with Good Intentions: the NGO Experience in North Korea (Praeger, 2003). He has authored numerous book chapters on policy issues in Asia and is a regular contributor to the press on Asia issues. He serves on the Board of the United States Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia-Pacific (USCSCAP) as co-Vice Chair of the Board of the U.S. Committee for Human Rights in North Korea the Advisory Council of the Korea Economic Institute of America, and on the International Advisory Board of the David M. Kennedy Center at Brigham Young University. Mr Flake was born in Rehoboth, New Mexico. He received his BA degree in Korean with a minor in international relations from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. He completed his MA at the David M. Kennedy Center for International and Area Studies, also at B.Y.U. He speaks both fluent Korean and Laotian.
Speaker(s) Gordon Flake CEO, Perth USAsia Centre
Location Social Sciences Room 2.63
Contact Kelly Gerard <[email protected]> : 6488 7249
Start Thu, 05 Mar 2015 12:00
End Thu, 05 Mar 2015 13:00
Submitted by Emily Buckland <[email protected]>
Last Updated Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:15
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