This project brought together ten scholars from different countries, such as Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Korea, and the U.S. to discuss the possibility of regional integration in East Asia with a focus on Korea's role and position in this process. The first year of this project, 2009-10, was devoted to research and writing first drafts. During the second year, 2011, a conference was held to discuss research findings.
The academic of the Institute of International Studies, Professor Martin Perez Le-Fort participated by presenting their work: "Tok Do / Takeshima in Context: Historical Legacy, Bilateral Issues, Regional and Territorial Dispute". The results of the research project will be published in a book in the near future.
