Session 1: The Changing Security Environment Chapter 1: The Northeast Asian Security Environment amid Leadership Changes/ Alan Romberg Chapter 2: China's Growing Maritime/Naval Interests and East Asian Security/ Kim, Taeho Chapter 3: America's New Defense Strategy and Its Implications for East Asia and the Korean Peninsular/ Michael McDevitt Chapter 4: Japan's Maritime Strategy and East Asian Security/ Lee, Hong-Pyo Session 2: The Continuing North Korean Military Threat Chapter 5: North Korean Threat and Military Provocations to South Korea under Kim Jung Un's Regime/ Lee, Choon-Kun Chapter 6: North Korean Calculus in the Maritime Environment: Coverty versus Overt Provocations/ Eric Thompson Chapter 7: Ways to Strengthen ROK-US Naval Cooperation to Deter Provocations by North Korea/ Jung, Ho-Sub Chapter 8: The Transfer of Wartime Operational Control in 2015 and Measures to Enhance the ROK-US Navies Combined Operational Capabilities/ Bruce Klingner