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The Political Economy and Law of International Trade: Between Free Trade Ideals and Mercantilist Bias, 2nd Edition, Seoul: Parkyoungsa (2021) (in Korean) Link
One Belt One Road Initiative vs. Indo-Pacific Strategy: Evaluations and Prospects (edited with Suk Kyoon Kim and Hyun Soo Kim), Seoul: Oerum (2018) (in Korean) Link
Democracy: Is It One Size Fits All? (edited with Youngpyong Kim, Byungsun Choi, Sooho Bae, Minchang Lee, Hyuckwoo Lee, and Seoyoung Kim), Seoul: Gagyanal (2019, in Korean) Link
East Asian Maritime Issues Revisited (edited with Suk-joon Yoon, Young-suk Kim, and Young-kil Park), Seoul: Nanok (2017) (in Korean) Link
The Korean Government and Public Policies in a Development Nexus: Sustaining Development and Tackling Policy Changes – Volume 2 (edited with Jongwon Choi and Huck-ju Kwon), New York: Springer (2017) Link
The Korean Government and Public Policies in a Development Nexus – Volume 1 (edited with Huck-ju Kwon), New York: Springer (2013) Link
Island Disputes and Maritime Regime Building in East Asia: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, New York: Springer (2009) Link
Asia’s New Institutional Architecture: Evolving Structures for Managing Trade, Financial, and Security Relations (edited with Vinod K. Aggarwal), New York: Springer (2007) Link
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (in English)
“Securitizing High Technology Industries: South Korea-Japan Dispute over Materials-Parts-Equipment Products,” Business and Politics, First View (2024), pp. 1-17 (SSCI) Link
“China’s Dream for Chip Supremacy: Seeing through the Lens of Panel Display-Related IC Patents,” Business and Politics, Vol. 25 No. 2 (2023), pp. 117-132 (with Eunji Choung) (SSCI) Link
“Is China Responsible for Its Maritime Militia’s Internationally Wrongful Acts? The Attribution of the Conduct of a Parastatal Entity to the State,” Business and Politics, Vol. 24 No. 3 (2022), pp. 277-291 (with Sujin Yoo) (SSCI) Link
“When Text Mining Meets WTO’s Trade Policy Review: The Cases of South Korea, Japan, and China,” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 28 No. 1 (2021), pp. 163-178 (with Gaeun Lee and Eunhee Kim) Link
“Who Embraces Technical Barriers to Trade? The Case of European REACH Regulations,” World Trade Review, Vol. 20 No. 1 (2021), pp. 25-39 (with Yoojin Cha) (SSCI) Link
“The Hegemonic Competition in the Indo-Pacific Region and the Making of South Korea as a Middle Sea Power,” Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Vol. 32 No. 1 (2020), pp. 1-17 (SSCI) Link
“South Korea’s Renewable Energy Policy: Coming Together or Drifting Apart?” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2018), pp. 61-85 (with RyuGyung Park) Link
“Linking the Death Penalty to Trade: Bureaucratic Politics among European Institutions,” East and West Studies, Vol. 30 No. 3 (2018), pp. 67-99 (with Yejune Jung) Link
“East Asian Way of Linking the Environment to Trade in Free Trade Agreements,” Journal of Environment & Development, Vol. 27 No. 4 (2018), pp. 382-414 (with Seo Young Kim) (SSCI) Link
“Japan and the Identity Politics of East Asian Maritime Disputes,” Korean Social Science Journal, Vol. 44 No. 1 (2017), pp. 33-46 Link
“The Origin and Evolution of the Crisis in Offshore Plant Industry in South Korea: Goal Ambiguity and Governmental Politics,”Korean Journal of Policy Studies, Vol. 32 No. 1 (2017), pp. 71-97 (with Jungyeon Park) Link
“Belling the Chinese Dragon at Sea: Western Theories and Asian Realities,” Ocean Development & International Law, Vol. 48 No. 1 (2017), pp. 52-68 (SSCI) Link
“Trade at Risk: Challenges to East Asia’s Export-Oriented Model,” Global Asia, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016), pp. 22-29 (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) Link
“Varieties of East Asian Developmentalist Trade Policy: The Trade Liberalization-Industrial Policy Nexus in Thailand and South Korea,” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 21 No. 2 (2014), pp. 1-25 (with Seok-Bin Hong) Link
“Linking Domestic Decisionmaking and International Bargaining Results: Beef and Automobile Negotiations between South Korea and the United States,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Vol. 13 No. 1 (2013), pp. 65-93 (with Whasun Jho) (SSCI) Link
“Same Bed, Different Dreams: Prospects and Challenges for ASEAN+‘X’ Forums,” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 19 No. 1 (2012), pp. 79-96 Link
“Securitizing Trade: The Case of the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2011), pp. 433-460 (with Yul Sohn) (SSCI) Link
“The U.S. Approaches to the Trade-Security Nexus in East Asia: From Securitization to Re-securitization,” Asian Perspective, Vol. 35 No. 1 (2011), pp. 37-57 (SSCI) Link
“Embracing Free Trade Agreements, Korean Style: From Developmental Mercantilism to Developmental Liberalism,” Korean Journal of Policy Studies, Vol. 25 No. 3 (2010), pp. 101-123 Link
“The Senkaku/Diaoyu Dispute and Sino-Japanese Political Economic Relations: Cold Politics and Hot Economics?” The Pacific Review, Vol. 22 No. 2 (2009), pp. 205-232 (SSCI) Link
“Forming a Cross-Regional Partnership: The South Korea-Chile FTA and Its Implications,” Pacific Affairs, Vol. 80 No. 2 (2007), pp. 259-278 (with Sung-hoon Park).(SSCI) Link
“The Evolution of Regionalism in East Asia,” Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 7 N. 3 (2007), pp. 360-369 (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) (SSCI) Link
“Shifting Ground: Is It Finally Time for Economic and Security Regionalism?” Global Asia, Vol. 1 No. 1 (2006), pp. 28-41 (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) Link
“Beyond Network Power? The Dynamics of Formal Economic Integration in Northeast Asia,” The Pacific Review, Vol. 18 No. 2 (2005), pp. 189-216 (with Vinod. K. Aggarwal) (SSCI) Link
“The Evolution of APEC and ASEM: Implications of the New East Asian Bilateralism,” The European Journal of East Asian Studies, Vol. 4 No. 2 (2005), pp. 233-261 (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) Link
“Economic Interdependence and the Dokdo/Takeshima Dispute between South Korea and Japan,” Harvard Asia Quarterly, Vol. 9 No. 4 (2005), pp. 24-35 Link
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles (in Korean)
“Diffusing and Internalizing Multilateral Environmental Norms through Free Trade Agreements: The Case of KORUS FTA and IUU Fishing of South Korea,” Review of International and Area Studies, Vol. 30 No. 3 (2021), pp. 131-165 (with Jung Hyun Han) Link
“Japan’s Decision to Release Fukushima’s Wastewater into the Ocean and Its Impact on the Environment: Lessons from South Korea’s Reponses to the WTO Dispute over Its Ban on Japanese Fishery Imports,” Journal of Governance Studies, Vol. 16 No. 3 (2021), pp. 197-224 (with Hye Bin Seo and Jung Hyun Han) Link
“The Trade-Security Nexus and South Korea-Japan Trade Dispute: The Application of GATT Article 21 Security Exceptions,” Korean Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol. 24 (2021), pp. 212-237 Link
“Inter-Korean Maritime Cooperation under the Peace Regime on the Korean Peninsula: Joint Development of Fisheries, Shipping, and Offshore Oil Fields,” International Development and Cooperation Review, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2019), pp. 1-16 Link
“The New Rivalry between the United States and China: Competing Strategies for the Points, Lines, and Planes at Sea,” Review of International and Area Studies, Vol. 25 No. 3 (2016), pp. 37-65 Link
“South Korea’s Adoption of and Adaptation to Bancassurance: Coercion, Emulation, Bureaucratic Autonomy, and Policy Advocacy Coalition,” Korean Society and Public Administration, Vol. 26 No. 2 (2015), pp. 249-278 (with In Oh Kim and Ah Rum Chang) Link
“A Study on the Maritime Policy Research in 2013-2014: Maritime Piracy, Maritime Terrorism, Search and Rescue at Sea, and Boat Migrants and Refugees,” East and West Studies, Vol. 27 No. 2 (2015), pp. 33-60 Link
“A Comparison of City-County Consolidation Processes of Jeonju-Wanju and Chungju-Chungwon Districts in South Korea: What Can We Learn from Policy Brokers?” Korean Public Administration Review, Vol. 48 No. 3 (2014), pp. 413-436 (with Danbee Lee) Link
“The International Anti-Ocean Dumping Regime and South Korea: Policy Diffusion, Policy Learning and the Ambiguity-Conflict Matrix,” Korean Policy Studies Review, Vol. 23 No. 2 (2014), pp. 145-171 (with Danbi Seo) Link
“A Meta-Analysis of Maritime Policy Research in Korea,” East and West Studies, Vol. 24 No. 4 (2013), pp. 33-60 Link
“South Korea’s Feed-in Tariff Program and Its Implications for New Industrial Policy: Policy Design, Implementation, and Learning,” The Korean Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 22 No. 1 (2013), pp. 1-27 Link
“Southeast Asian Perspectives on the Future of Capitalism: Between Neoliberal Socialization and the Expansion of Asian Values,” Review of International and Area Studies, Vol. 21 No. 3 (2012), pp. 93-127 Link
“Changes and Continuities in the European Capitals of Culture Program: Focusing on the Goal Ambiguity-Conflict Matrix,” Korean Society and Public Administration, Vol. 23 No. 1 (2012), pp. 107-141 (with In-oh Kim) Link
“A Comparative Study on Supporting Policy for New Economic Growth Engine in the U.S., Germany, Japan and Korea: Focusing on Policy Convergence and Path Dependency,” Korean Policy Studies Review, Vol. 20 No. 4 (2011), pp. 401-446 (with Nan-Young Kim) Link
“Sustainable Maritime Regime Building in Northeast Asia: Lessons from South Korea’s Maritime Policy,” Review of International Area Studies, Vol. 20 No. 2 (2011), pp. 1-36 Link
Selected Chapters in Edited Volumes
“China’s One Belt One Road Initiative vs. America’s Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy,” in Min Gyo Koo, Suk Kyoon Kim, and Hyun Soo Kim, eds., One Belt One Road Initiative vs. Indo-Pacific Strategy: Evaluations and Prospects, Seoul: Oerum (2018) (in Korean)
“East Asian Maritime Issues: Evaluations and Prospects,” in Min Gyo Koo, Suk-joon Yoon, Young-suk Kim, and Young-kil Park, eds., East Asian Maritime Issues Revisited, Seoul: Nanok (2017) (in Korean)
“South Korea’s Policy Responses to the Changing Trade Environment in the Post-Uruguay Round Period,” in Jongwon Choi, Huck-ju Kwon, and Min Gyo Koo, eds., The Korean Government and Public Policies in a Development Nexus: Sustaining Development and Tackling Policy Changes, New York: Springer (2017)
“Designing Trade Institutions for Asia,” (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) in Saadia M. Pekkanen, ed., Asian Designs: Governance in the Contemporary World Order, Ithaca: Cornell University Press (2016)
“The Past, Present, and Future of East Asian Maritime Disputes,” in Ramon Pacheco Pardo and Jeffrey Reeves, eds., Security in East Asia: Traditional and Non-Traditional Issues in the 21st Century, Singapore: World Scientific (2015)
“Trade Institutions in Asia,” (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) in Saadia M. Pekkanen, John Ravenhill, and Rosemary Foot, eds., The Oxford Handbook of the International Relations of Asia, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press (2014)
“The Lonely Islands that Have Never Been Left Alone,” in Sham Sieger, ed., Comprehensive Security in Northeast Asia I: Maritime Security, Seoul: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Korea Office (2013)
“Security Implications of Free Trade Agreements for South Korea,” in T. J. Pempel, ed., The Economy-Security Nexus in Northeast Asia, London and New York: Routledge (2013)
“South Korea’s FTAs: Moving from an Emulative to a Competitive Strategy,” in Mireya Solís, Barbara Stallings and Saori N. Katada, eds., Competitive Regionalism: FTA Diffusion in the Pacific Rim, New York: Palgrave (2009)
“Asia’s New Institutional Architecture: Evolving Structures for Managing Trade, Financial, and Security Relations,” (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) in Vinod K. Aggarwal and Min Gyo Koo, eds., Asia’s New Institutional Architecture: Evolving Structures for Managing Trade, Financial, and Security Relations, New York: Springer (2007)
“The Past, Present, and Future of Asia’s Institutional Architecture,” (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) in Vinod K. Aggarwal and Min Gyo Koo, eds., Asia’s New Institutional Architecture: Evolving Structures for Managing Trade, Financial, and Security Relations, New York: Springer (2007)
“Northeast Asia’s Economic and Security Regionalism: Withering or Blossoming?” (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) in Gi-Wook Shin and Daniel C. Sneider, eds., Cross Currents: Regionalism and Nationalism in Northeast Asia, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press (2007)
“From Multilateralism to Bilateralism? A Shift in South Korea’s Trade Strategy,” in Vinod K. Aggarwal and Shujiro Urata, eds., Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: Origins, Evolution, and Implications, New York: Routledge (2006)
“The Evolution and Implications of Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific,” (with Vinod K. Aggarwal) in Vinod K. Aggarwal and Shujiro Urata, eds., Bilateral Trade Agreements in the Asia-Pacific: Origins, Evolution, and Implications, New York: Routledge (2006)
Selected Policy Briefs and Conference Papers (English only)
“The Making of the ROK Navy as an Aircraft Carrier Power: The Lessons from the British Royal Navy,” paper presented at the 15th International Sea Power Symposium, Busan, Korea (September 1–2, 2021)
“The Making of South Korea as a Middle Sea Power,” paper presented at the seminar on The Maneuvering a World of Great Powers, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (October 26, 2019)
“Maritime Regime Building in East Asia: What to Do and What Not to Do,” presented at the 6th International Joint Seminar on Maritime Cooperation and Prospect in the Surrounding Areas of the Korean Peninsula, Inha University, Incheon, Korea (October 18, 2019)
“Maritime Regime Building in Asia: Implications for South Korea and India,” paper presented at the 5th Yonsei IEWS-India ORF Dialogue, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (October 17, 2019)
“The Point-Line-Plane Strategy of the ROK Navy and the Making of South Korea as a Middle Sea Power,” paper presented at the 14th International Sea Power Symposium, Seoul, Korea (September 3, 2019)
“Industrial Policy and Green Goods: South Korea’s Renewable Energy Policy,” paper presented at the seminar on Key Issues in the Current Global Economy, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (April 5, 2019)
“Book Review: Japan and East Asian Integration: Trade and Domestic Politics by Jemma Kim”, International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, Vol. 18 No. 3 (2018), pp. 477-483.
“Legal and Strategic Implications of ROK-PRC Maritime Delimitation Talks,” EAI Issue Briefing (with Young Kil Park) (June 23, 2016)
“Policy Recommendations for South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy: Maritime Security Policy,” EAI Middle Power Diplomacy Initiative Policy Recommendation 5 (March 2015)
“East Asian Maritime Disputes and South Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy,” EAI MPDI Working Paper No. 7 (November 2014)
“New Maritime Rivalry between the U.S. and China and Korea’s Maritime Security Policy,” IFANS BRIEF 2013-271 (October 23, 2013)
“East Asian Regionalism at a Crossroad: A Plethora of Agreements to Disagree?” paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA (April 4, 2013)
“Trade-Environment Nexus in East Asia: Between Global and Regional Governance,” paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA (April 4, 2013)
“Troubled Waters? Seeking a New Maritime Order in East Asia,” EAI Commentary, No. 21 (August 17, 2011)
“Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The Future of the East Asian Maritime Order,” EAI Issue Briefing, No. MASI 2010-08 (December 27, 2010)
“The East Asian Economics-Security Nexus Revisited: From Securitization to Resecuritization?” paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, Philadelphia, PA (March 27, 2010)
“Embracing Asia, South Korean Style: Preferential Trading Arrangements as Instruments of Foreign Policy,” EAI Issue Briefing, No. MASI 2009-08 (November 11, 2009)
“The Economics-Security Nexus in East Asia,” paper presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, MA (August 30, 2008)
“South Korea’s Multi-Track FTA Strategy: Moving from Reactive to Proactive,” paper presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA (September 1, 2006)
“Cold Politics But Hot Economics? The Senkaku/Diaoyu Dispute and Sino-Japanese Economic Partnership,” paper presented at a conference entitled “China’s Rise: Domestic and External Issues,” Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH (May 13-14, 2006)
“Northeast Asia’s Economic and Security Regionalism: Withering or Blossoming?” paper presented at a conference entitled “Cross Currents: Regionalism and Nationalism in Northeast Asia,” The Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University (May 11-12, 2006)
“Asia’s New Institutional Architecture: Explaining Shifting Trends in Trade and Security Relations,” paper to be presented at the 47th Annual International Studies Association Convention, San Diego, CA (March 24, 2006) (with Vinod K. Aggarwal)
“Liberal Peace and Scramble for the Rocks: The Dokdo/Takeshima, Senkaku/Diaoyu, and Paracel and Spratly Islands Disputes,” paper presented at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C. (September 2, 2005)
“Lonely Bamboo? The Island Dispute between South Korea and Japan,” paper presented at the Western Political Science Association, Oakland, CA (March 18, 2005)
“The Evolution of APEC and ASEM,” paper presented at the 46th Annual International Studies Association Convention, Honolulu, HI (March 5, 2005) (with Vinod K. Aggarwal)
“Two Tales of Territorial Disputes in East Asia,” paper presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL (September 5, 2004)
“The Dynamics of Formal Economic Integration in East Asia,” paper presented at the Yonsei-Berkeley Workshop on Network Capitalism in East Asia, Berkeley, CA (February 22, 2004) (with Vinod K. Aggarwal)
“Conceptualizing Northeast Asia’s Economic Integration Process,” paper presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA (August 29, 2003) (with Vinod K. Aggarwal)