On Tuesday, September 145, the Sejong Institute held the 2026 NATO-IP4 ​ Expert Roundtable under the theme "The Future of NATO-IP4 Cooperation and ROK-NATO Defense Industry Partnership 2.0: Prospects and Challenges​." 

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The meeting proceeded as follows:​

Opening Remarks: Jungsup Kim, President, Sejong Institute

Session 1. The Future of NATO-IP4 Cooperation

Speaker: Hae-Won Jun, Professor, Korea National Diplomatic Academy

                   Yongmin Kim, Director, Paradigm Shift and Human Security Institute 

Discussant: Inhwan Oh, Senior Research Fellow, East Asia Institute

               Sang Hyun Lee, Senior Emeritus Fellow, Sejong Institute 

Session 2. Prospects and Challenges of ROK-NATO Defense Industry Partnership 2.0 

Speaker: Chan Yang, Senior Research Fellow, Defense Policy Research Center, Korea Defense Industry Association 

            Woo Yeal Paik, Professor, Yonsei University 

Discussant: Hanbyeol Sohn, Professor, Korea National Defense University 

               Bee Yun Jo, Research Fellow, Sejong Institute