The new Spring issue (Vol. 29, No. 1) of Peace Studies, a KCI-listed journal published twice a year by the Peace and Democracy Institute, Korea University, was recently released. The articles are available via Dbpia.

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• Quo Vadis America: The decay of the U.S. and the Advent of the Biden Administration / Won Gon Park
• Identity of the Trump Administration / Yong Soo Park
• The Origin of U.S. National Security Institutions: Politics Among Bureaucracies in the Creation of the National Security Council/ Sungil Jang
• An Analysis on the Universal Basic Income as an Alternative for South Korea’s Dualistic Labor Market and Social Welfare Programs in the Era of COVID-19/  Jiyeoun Song
• Democracy Dividends Deigned to Alleviate Political Inequality / Gwangun Choi
• International Relations, Algeria, and <Papicha> : The Aesthetic Reconstruction of Societal Security/ Seongwon Yoon
• Autocratic Regime Formation by Armed Rebels and Subsequent Regime Stability  / Wonjun Song
• The Political Economy of Regional Hegemony in Asia: An Empirical Analysis of Diplomatic Foundations for China: / Chi-Wook Kim
• Aid NGOs and the Human Rights-Based Approach: Case Studies of Oxfam America and Oxfam Japan/ Junhyup Kim, Young Soo Kim

Thank you all for the submissions.

The Center for Study of Political Leadership (CSPL) has been selected for the 2021 University-Community-Related Media Literacy Program sponsored by the Korea Press Foundation.

This program will be held from August 26 to October 28 under the title “Medium Literacy Education for Prospective New Voters: Our Neighborhood News Together” at Korea University’s Political Science and Economics building. We plan to recruit participants online and offline later.

Major Jeong Man-seop, holder of an MA degree from Korea University’s Department of Political Science and International Relations, won first prize at the 2020 College Student Academic Paper Contest held by the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy.

The title of the winning paper is “The impact of foreign invasion in ‘economic maritime sovereignty’ on the rise of modern piracy: Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria.”

The paper will be published in the journal Maritime Security.

The new Autumn issue (Vol. 28, No. 2) of Peace Studies, a KCI-listed journal published twice a year by the Peace and Democracy Institute, Korea University, was recently released. The articles are available via Dbpia.

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Four graduate students at the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Choi Yu-rim (Ph.D. student), Kang Jun-mo, Kim Seung-yeop, and Heo Min-woo  (master’s students) achieved excellent results at the 2020 Cybersecurity Thesis contest.

Organized by the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology and the Korean Association of World Politics, and sponsored by the National Intelligence Service and the National Security and Technology Institute, the thesis contest is opened to undergraduate and graduate students.

Choi Yu-rim and Heo Min-woo co-wrote a paper on “North Korea’s Cyber Attacks: Suggestion of Cyber-Deterrence Strategy through Punishment” while Kim Seung-yeop and Kang Joon-mo co-wrote a study on “Comprehensive Multilateralism: Alternative to Punishment in the Cyber field”

Choi Yu-rim, Ph.D. student, considered that “this contest was a valuable opportunity to think about creative but realistic policy suggestions, from the first draft to the end, and to share our thoughts as a team”. Heo Min-woo, master’s student added that “In particular, it reminded me of the extent and the role of cyber power in North Korea, which is neglected in South Korea. Although there were some difficulties, I am grateful to everyone who supported me during the writing of the thesis.”

Kang Joon-mo, master’s student, said that “I felt that the cyber field would become more important after the COVID-19 outbreak, and I felt that the individual’s capabilities would gradually turn into the establishment of a multilateralist model”. KimSeung-yeop, master’s student, added that “It was nice to spend a lot of time on literature research and to get access to the latest theories from various perspectives, and based on this, my goal was to develop broader insights in the field. Thanks to everyone who helped me to write the paper”.