{"id":18687,"date":"2025-05-19T01:32:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T01:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/?p=18687"},"modified":"2025-05-19T01:32:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T01:32:23","slug":"20th-jeju-forum-middle-east-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/20th-jeju-forum-middle-east-session\/","title":{"rendered":"20th Jeju Forum Middle East Session: The Second Trump Administration and the Middle East &#8211; Prospects for Peace and the Role of Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18688\" src=\"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f39___4_-768x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f39___4_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f39___4_-768x768-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f39___4_-768x768-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f39___4_-768x768-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f39___4_-768x768-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f39___4_-768x768-177x177.jpg 177w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/f39___4_-768x768-380x380.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 99vw, 768px\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><strong><strong>Date:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>May 28th, Wednesday, 2025, 17:10 &#8211; 18:40<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>Samda Hall (3F), Jeju ICC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"af3f7b5a-b3ec-4a17-b5f0-5a3b3ee3ce53\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full break-words light\">\n<hr \/>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"512\">Opening speech: Chang-mo Kim (Korea-Arab Society)<br \/>\nWelcome speech: Abdullah Saif al-Nuaimi (Ambassador of the UAE to Korea)<br \/>\nCongratulatory speech: Kwang-yong Chung (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)<br \/>\nModerator: Adel Abdel Ghafar (Fellow, Middle East Council on Global Affairs)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"512\">Presenters:<br \/>\nYoung-sam Ma (Former Korean Representative to Palestine &amp; Ambassador of Korea to Israel)<br \/>\nAntoine Azzam (Ambassador of Lebanon to Korea)<br \/>\nAbdullah Baabood (Professor-Chair of the State of Qatar for Islamic Area Studies, Waseda Univ.)<br \/>\nGi Yeon Koo (SNUAC)<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"512\">The Trump administration\u2019s Middle East policy during his first term focused on a transactional approach, as seen in the Abraham Accords, the \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign on Iran, and the partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. In the second term, this orientation is expected to continue, emphasizing peace agreements, energy security, and counterterrorism efforts while minimizing direct military action. This discussion will explore the potential expansion of the Abraham Accords and the future of the Gaza Strip. It will also examine the role of South Korea, a key U.S. ally and a member of the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date:\u00a0May 28th, Wednesday, 2025, 17:10 &#8211; 18:40 Location: Samda Hall (3F), Jeju ICC Opening speech: Chang-mo Kim (Korea-Arab Society) Welcome speech: Abdullah Saif al-Nuaimi (Ambassador of the UAE to Korea) Congratulatory speech: Kwang-yong Chung (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Moderator: Adel Abdel Ghafar (Fellow, Middle East Council on Global Affairs) Presenters: Young-sam Ma (Former Korean Representative to Palestine &amp; Ambassador of Korea to Israel) Antoine Azzam (Ambassador of Lebanon to Korea) Abdullah Baabood (Professor-Chair of the State of Qatar for Islamic Area Studies, Waseda Univ.) Gi Yeon Koo (SNUAC) The Trump administration\u2019s Middle East policy during his first term focused on a transactional approach, as seen in the Abraham Accords, the \u201cmaximum pressure\u201d campaign on Iran, and the partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria. In the second term, this orientation is expected to continue, emphasizing peace agreements, energy security, and&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18688,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18689,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18687\/revisions\/18689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}