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Faculty

Shin, Wookhee
Position Professor
Major field Foreign Policy,
East Asian International Relations
Office 16 #421
Office Phone +82-2-880-6350
Email shinir@snu.ac.kr
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Education

 

 

1980-1984 B.A. (International Relations), Seoul National University, Korea

 

 

1984-1986 M.A. (International Relations), Yale University, USA

1987-1992 Ph.D. (Political Science), Yale University, USA

 

 

Career

 

 

 

 

1990-1992 MacArthur Dissertation Fellow in History and Political Science

 

 

1992-1994 Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University

Lecturer, Sogang University; Hanyang University; Hankook University of Foreign Studies; Ewha Women’s University

1995-1999 Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Seoul National University

1999-2001 Editorial Advisory Committee Member, National Strategy (Sejong Institute)

1999-2004 Associate Professor, Department of International Relations, Seoul National University

2001 Visiting Researcher, Department of Law, Hitotsubashi University, Japan

2002 Visiting Scholar, Department of History, University of Maryland, USA

2003-2005 Chair, Department of International Relations, Seoul National University

2003 Director, Center for International Studies, Seoul National University

2003- Member of the Board of Directors, Korean Political Science Association;

Korea Association of International Studies; Korean Political and Diplomatic History Association

2003- Advisory Committee Member, National Institute of Korean History

2004-2005 Publishing Director, Korean Political and Diplomatic History Association

2004-2007 Policy Advisory Committee Member, Ministry of National Defense; National Security Council, Republic of Korea

2004- Editorial Committee Member, Journal of National Defense Studies (Korea National Defense University)

2005-2009 Professor, Department of International Relations, Seoul National University

2007-2008 Director of External Cooperation, Institute for Peace and Unification Studies, Seoul National University

2007- Editor, Journal of World Politics (Center for International Studies, Seoul National University)

2008-2012 Editorial Member, Committee for Publishing Diplomatic Documents of Modern Korea

2009 Visiting Scholar, SOAS, University of London, England

2010- Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University

2010- Advisory Committee Member, National Assembly Library

2011- Director of International Relations Major, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University

2011-2013 Editorial Committee Member, National History of Republic of Korea (National Institute of Korean History)

2011- Managerial Committee Member, Korean Studies Promotion Service, The Academy of Korean Studies

2012-2013 Steering Committee Member, Center for Diplomatic History Studies, Korea National Diplomatic Academy

2012-2018 Editorial Committee Member, Asia Review (Asia Center, Seoul National University)

2012-2018 Co-researcher of East Asian International Relations Theory, Social Science Korea Project

2013-2014 Editorial board member, International Studies Review (ISA)

2013- Steering Committee Member, American Studies Institute, Seoul National University

2013-2016 Steering Committee Member, Northeast Asia Center, Seoul National University

2013 Visiting Scholar, Department of History, Beijing University, China

2014-2015 Director of Fundamental Research Project, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University

2015 Vice president, Korean Association of International Studies

2015- Member of the Board of Directors, Asia Future Institute

2015- Planning Director, Korean Association of Cold War Studies

2015- Editorial board member, IR Theory and Practice in Asia, Routledge

2016-2018 Editorial board member, The Journal of Northeast Asian History                            (Northeast Asian History Foundation)

2017- Steering Committee Member, Asia Center, Seoul National University

2018- Chair of Planning and Editorial Committee, Research Project on Negotiation Cases, Korea National Diplomatic Academy

2018-2020 Dean, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University

 

 

Honor

 

 

 

 

2018 Excellence in Teaching Award, Seoul National University

 

 

 

 

Research Field

 

 

 

 

Theory of International Relations, Foreign Policy, East Asian International Relations

 

 

 

 

Publication

 

 

 

 

“Dynamics of Patron–Client State Relations in East Asia: External/Geopolitical Sources of State Transformation,” The Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol. 32, No. 2, 1992. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

Dynamics of Patron-Client State Relations: The United States and Korean Political Economy in the Cold War, American Studies Institute, Seoul National University, 1993.

 

 

 

 

“New Phase in Korean-U.S.-Japanese Relations: Cooperation and Conflicts in the Post-Cold War,” Institute for Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University ed., Global Crisis and Korea, (Seoul: Nanam, 1994). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Geopolitical Determinants of Political Economy: The Cold War and South Korean Political Economy,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 18, No. 2, 1994.

 

 

 

 

“Recent Debates on the Problems of Level of Analysis and Level of Unit,” in Daljoong Kim, Sangseop Park and Byeongmoo Hwang (eds.), New Directions in International Relations, (Seoul: Nanam, 1995). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-translated) Jack Snyder, Jegukui sinhwa (Myth of Empire: Domestic Politics and International Ambition), (Seoul: Seoul Press, 1996). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Autonomy and Reciprocity of the State: The Case of U.S.-South Korean Relations in the Cold War,” Journal of International Studies, Vol. 20, 1996. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-edited) Gukje Gwangyeron kangui 1•2 (International Relations Reader Ⅰ•Ⅱ), (Seoul: Hanul Academy, 1997). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“The Relevance Problem of Multilateralism in East Asia,” Korea and World Politics, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1998. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Constructivism in International Relations Theory,” Korean Political Science Review, Vol. 32, No. 2, 1998. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“The Political Economy of Security: South Korea in the Cold War System,” Korea Journal, Vol. 39, No. 4, 1998.

 

 

 

 

“Historical Understanding of U.S. Policy toward East Asia: Colonialism, the Cold War and the Post-Cold War,” American Studies, Vol. 22, 1999. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) “Alliance in Transition: South Korean - U.S. Security Relations in the Détente Period,” Modern Korean Studies Seminar, 1999. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) 21 segi minjok tongile daehan sahoegwahakjeok jeopgeun (Social Scientific Approach on Korea Unification in the 21st Century), (Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2000). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Gukjehwawa segyehwa: Hanguk, Jungguk, Ilbon (Internationalization and Globalization: Korea, China, Japan), (Seoul: Jipmundang, 2000). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) “Alliance in Transition: South Korean-U.S. Security Relations, 1968-1972,” Korea University-Harvard University Joint Seminar, 2000.

 

 

 

 

“Internal Dynamics in South Korean-U.S. Alliance: Seeking a Framework of Analysis,” National Strategies, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2001. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Political Economy of U.S.-Japan Alliance in the Cold War, 1954-1960: The Role of Japan,” in Chung-In Moon and Okonogi Masao eds., Market, State and International System, (Seoul: Ayeon, 2002). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Democratic Peace and U.S. Grand Strategy in the 21st Century,” American Studies, Vol. 25, 2002. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“The Cold War in East Asia: Formation, Consequences and Legacy,” Journal of International Studies, 24, 2001/2002. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-edited) 21segi pyeonghwahak (Peace Studies in the 21st Century), (Seoul: Pulbit, 2002). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Neo-Kantian Peace in East Asia,” Collection of Papers by Visiting Researchers, Japan-Korea Cultural Exchange Foundation, Vol. 9, 2002. [In Japanese]

 

 

 

 

(co-translated) Segye jeongchiron (The Globalization of World Politics), (Seoul: Eulyoo Munhwasa, 2003). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Jeonhwangi migukjeongchiui byeonhwawa jisokseong (American Politics in Transition), (Seoul: Oreum, 2003). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-edited) Dongasia gukje gwangyewa hanguk (East Asian International Relations and Korea), (Seoul: Eulyu Munhwasa, 2003). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Syngman Rhee’s Role Conception and Korean-American Relations in late-1950s,” Korean Journal of Political and Diplomatic History, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2004. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Hyundae gukje gwangye irongwa hanguk (Contemporary International Relations Theory and Korea), (Seoul: Sahoe Pyeongron, 2004). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“The Concept of Sovereignty in Modern Korea,” Journal of World Politics, Vol.25, No.2, 2004. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“From Opportunity to Stalemate: Korean-U.S. Relations and International Politics of the Korean Peninsula in the Détente Period,” Korean Political and Diplomatic History Review, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2005. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Korean-U.S. Conflicts in the Détente Period: Threat Perception as a Propositional Variable,” in Sunghwa Jung, Issues and Tasks of Studying Park Chung Hee Era, (Seoul: Seonin, 2005). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Bukhan chejeui hyeongseonggwa hanbando gukje jeongchi (The Making of North Korean System and International Relations surrounding the Korean Peninsular), (Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2006). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“The Problems of Role Conception and Threat Perception within the Asymmetric Alliances,” Security Studies Review, Vol. 17, No. 1, 2006. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Second Image Diversified: Democratic Peace Theory and Northeast Asia,” Korean Social Science Review, Vol.28, No. 1/2, 2006. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Conflicts in Asymmetric Alliances: Political-Psychological Aspects,” Journal of National Defense Studies, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2007. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Politics of Pressure and Exclusion: Northern Policy and the First Nuclear Crisis,” Korean Journal of Political and Diplomatic History, Vol. 29, No. 1, 2007. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Jeongchihak ihaeui giljabi: gukjejeonchiwa anbo (Guide to Understanding Political Science), (Seoul: Beopmunsa, 2008). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Hanguk gukgejeongchihakui baljeongwa jeonmang (New Perspectives on International Studies in Korea) (Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2008). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“In Pursuit of East Asian International Theory,” Journal of World Politics, Vol.29, No.2, 2008. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-translated) Valerie M. Hudson, Oegyojeongchaekron (Foreign Policy Analysis: Classic and Contemporary Theory), (Seoul: Eulyoo Munhwasa, 2009). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Geundaehangukui sahoegwahak gaenyeom hyeongseongsa (History of Social Science Concepts in Modern Kore

 

 

 

 

(co-edited) Geundaehangukoegyomoonseojip 1•2 (Diplomatic Documents of Modern Korea Ⅰ•Ⅱ), (Seoul: Northeast Asian History Foundation, 2009). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-editied) Gowigwanryodeul, Bookhaekwigireul Malhada (Oral History of the First North Korean Nuclear Crisis), (Seoul: National Instit

 

 

 

 

“US-North Korean Relations and the Peace System in the Korean Peninsula: A Historical Inquiry,” Paper presented at the Center of Korean History Seminar, SOAS, University of London, 2009.

 

 

 

 

“In Pursuit of East Asian International Theory: Focusing on the Theories of International Society and Modified Sovereignty,” Paper presented at the British International Studies Association (BISA) conference, 2009.

 

 

 

 

(co-translated) Barry Buzan and Lene Hansen, Gookjeanboron (The Evolution of International Security Studies), (Seoul, Eulyoo Moonhwasa, 2010). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

Soonweunggwa Jeohangeul Neomoeseo: Rheesyngmangwa Parkchungheeui Daemijeongchaek (Beyond Compliance and Resistance: The Policies of Syngman Rhee and Park Chung Hee toward the United States), (Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2010). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Dongasia Dajahyeopryeokui Jedohwa: Yironjeok Nonuiwa Choojinbangan (Institutionalization of East Asia Multilateralism: Theory and Practice), (Jeju: Jeju Peace Institute, 2010). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored and co-edited) Detangteuwa Parkchunghee (Détente and Park Chung Hee), (Seoul: Nonhyeong, 2011). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-translated) Jonathon Moses and Torbjørn Knutsen, Jeongchihak Yeongoobangbeobron: Jayeonjoouiwa Gooseongjooui (Ways of Knowing: Competing Methodologies in Social and Political Research), (Seoul: Eulyoo Moonhwasa, 2011). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Seouldae myeongpumgangeui 2 (Excellent Lectures in Seoul National University Ⅱ), (Paju: Geulhangari, 2011). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“North Korean-US Relations and the Peace System of the Korean Peninsula: A Historical Inquiry,” Korean Political and Diplomatic History Review, Vol. 33, No. 2, 2012. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“A Theoretical Review of the Prospects for US-China-Japan Relations: Balance-of-Threat/Threat Transition Theories as Integrative Approaches,” Asia Review, Vol. 2, No.1, 2012. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Three Patterns of Bilateral-Multilateral Nexus in East Asia: A Korean Perspective,” Paper presented at the 2nd International Seminar, 'Rising China, East Asia, and Korean Peninsula,' Peking University, 2012.

 

 

 

 

(co-edited) Geundaehangukoegyomoonseojip 3•4•5 (Diplomatic Documents of Modern Korea Ⅲ•Ⅵ•Ⅴ), (Seoul: Northeast Asian History Foundation, 2012). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Prospect of US-China-Japan Trilateral Relationship: Two viewpoints from Historical Inference,” National Strategies, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2013. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Gukjehwangyeongeui byeonhwawa hankukeui mirae (Changes of International Environment and the Future of Korea), (Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2013). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Hanbando tongil (Unification of Korean Peninsula), (Seoul: Neulpum Plus, 2013). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“China`s Participation in the Korean War: The Historical Formation and Continuity of China`s North Korea Policy,” Korea and World Politics, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2014. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“From the Japanese Question to the North Korean Problem: The Korean War and the Threat Transition in Northeast Asia,” Paper presented at the International Studies Association(ISA) annual convention, New Orleans, 2015.

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) “Decision-Making Process of U.S. Removal of North Korea from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List: A Neoclassical Realistic Approach,” Journal of Korean politics, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2015. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) “Decision-Making Process of U.S. Removal of North Korea from the State Sponsors of Terrorism List: A Neoclassical Realistic Approach,” Journal of Korean politics, Vol. 24, No. 2, 2015. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) “The U.S.-Japan Alliance Problem in the Sino-U.S. Rapprochement in 1972,” Korean Political and Diplomatic History Review, Vol. 37, No. 1, 2015. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-edited) Segyejeongchi 22: Global naengjeoneui jiyeokjeok teukseong (World Politics 22: Regional Characteristics of Global Cold War), (Seoul: Sahoipyeongron Academy, 2015). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“From the Japanese Question to the North Korean Problem: The Korean War and the Threat Transition in Northeast Asia,” Korean Political and Diplomatic History Review, Vol. 38, No. 1, 2016. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Second Image Reconsidered: Quest for Unit Complexity in Northeast Asia,” Korean Social Science Journal, Vol. 43, No. 2, 2016.

 

 

 

 

Samgakgwangyeeui gukjejeongchi: Jungguk, ilbongwa hanbando (International politics of triangular relationship: China, Japan and the Korean Peninsula), (Seoul: Seoul National University Press, 2017). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) “South Korea’s Abortive Search for Autonomy: Explaining Park Chung-hee’s Rapprochement with the PLO,” The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Vol. 29, No. 2, 2017.

 

 

 

 

“System, Relations, Complexity/Compound, Triangular Relationship,” Segyejeongchi 26: Bokjapseonggwa Bokhapseongeui Segyejeongchi (World Politics 26: Complex or Compound World Politics), (Seoul: Sahoipyeongron Academy, 2017). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Searching for East Asian Security Theory: Threat Transition and Two-level Security Dilemma,” Korean Social Science Journal, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2018.

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Hangukgukjejeongchihak, mirae baeknyeoneui seolgye (Korean International Politics: Blueprint for a New Century), (Seoul: Sahoipyeongron Academy, 2018). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) 21segi cho hangukeui jeongchioigyo: Dojeongwa gwaje (Politics and International Relations of early 21st Century Korea: Challenges and Tasks), (Seoul: Neulpum Plus, 2018)

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Dongasia jiyeokjilseo iron: Bulwanjeon jugwongwa jiyeokgaldeung (Theory for East Asian Regional Order: Incomplete Sovereignty and Regional Conflicts), (Seoul: Sahoipyeongron Academy, 2018). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Two-Level Security Dilemma of Korea-Japan Relations: The Case of Lee Myungbak Government,” Asia Review, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2018. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Hyeondae hanmigwangyeeui ihae (Understanding of the Contemporary ROK-US Relations), (Seoul: Myeongin munhwasa, 2019). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

(co-authored) Miraegukgaron: Jeongchioigyohakjeok seongchal (Discussions on Future State: Approaches from Political Science and International Relations), (Seoul: Sahoipyeongron Academy, 2019). [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“Transition Theory and the Sino-Japanese War: Japan’s Foreign Policy Objectives towards the Korean Peninsula in the Late 19th Century,” Korean Political and Diplomatic History Review, Vol. 41, No. 1, 2019. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

“The 2015 Comfort Women Agreement and the Two- Level Security Dilemma of Korea-Japan Relations,” Asia Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, 2019. [In Korean].

 

 

 

 

“The 'Korea Clause' Problem: The Korea-Japan Relationship in Korea-US-Japan Relations,” Korea and World Politics, Vol. 35, No. 3, 2019. [In Korean]

 

 

 

 

Hanmiil samgakanbocheje: Hyeongseong, yeonghyang, jeonhwan (Korea-Japan-US Trilateral Security System: Formation, Impact, and Transformation), (Seoul: Sahoipyeongron Academy, 2019). [In Korean]