Underwood International College

Profile

Assistant Professor of International Studies
Chair of Global Citizenship and Cooperation Program, GSIS
Executive committee member of Yonsei Institute for Sinology(YIS)

Education

Ph.D. in International Politics, Fudan University, 2021
M.A. in History, Fudan University, 2013
B.A., in Political Science and Diplomacy, Yonsei University, 2006

Courses and Current Research Areas

Courses taught at Yonsei:

• Introduction to Global Citizenship & Cooperation
• Agenda for Global Citizenship & Cooperation
• Global Systemic Architecher
• Emerging Issues in Global Politics
• Seminar on China & World
• Theoretical Approaches to Global Issues
• Seminar on China & World

Current research areas: U.S.-China Relations in Strategic Domains and its impact on the Korean Peninsula, Hierarchy system in Northeast Asia, Chinese foreign policy on the Korean Peninsula

Selected Publications

Articles:

• “The Biden Doctrine and China's response,” International Area Studies Review, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2022.
• “North Korea in 2021: Pyongyang’s Double Game,” Asian Survey, Vol. 62, Issue 1, 2022, co-author.
• “A Study on the Possibility of Reconciliation between ROK and PRC on the Perception and Policy on North Korea,” Journal of China Area Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2022, in Korean.
• “Analysis and Prospects of Changes in Mutual Understanding between Korea and China,” Korean-Chinese Social Science Studies, Vol. 20, No. 3, 2022, in Korean
• “Analysis of China's strategy on the Korean Peninsula under the U.S.-China Hegemonic Conflict,” International Area Studies Review, Vol. 26, No. 1, 2022, first author, in Korean.
• “Does the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan mean the prelude to the upcoming ‘Biden doctrine’?” Review of Global Politics, No. 75, 2021, in Chinese.

Books & Book chapters:

• China’s New Diplomacy: Comparative Views of Japan, Korea and Taiwan, edited by Tung-Chieh TSAI, Sukhee HAN and Rumi AOYAMA (Wunan Publishing, 2021; in Chinese) Chapter 6 “Biden administration’s policy toward China and China’s response”.
• China’s Neighboring Diplomacy: Comparative Views of Japan, Korea and Taiwan, edited by Tung-Chieh TSAI, Sukhee HAN and Rumi AOYAMA (Wunan Publishing, 2023; in Chinese) Chapter 10 “Characteristics of Biden Doctrine and Changes in Biden's Government's Policy toward China”.