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CISS

Center for International Security Studies

1. About

The Center for International Security Studies (CISS) focuses on research related to military security threats and policy instruments. CISS aims to produce high quality social science research publications and to cultivate outstanding scholars in the field.

Current research agendas

1. Nuclear Proliferation

  • Conditions determining the success of nonproliferation efforts. Policies to address nuclear proliferation threats.

2. Asymmetric Alliances

  • Inner workings of asymmetric alliances. Asymmetric alliances and nuclear restraint. The effect of asymmetric alliances on international political stability.

3. Military Strategy

  • Nuclear strategies of new nuclear states.

 

2. Members

Director : Dong Sun Lee (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University)

Researchers

  • Ji Hye Shin (Researcher, Peace & Democracy Institute, Korea University)
  • Sangsoo Lim (Researcher, Peace & Democracy Institute, Korea University)

Research Assistants

  • Eunbi Lee (Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University)

 

3. Projects

  • May 2023 ~ Present: [Ministry of Unification] Organizer of Korea Global Forum 2023
  • April 2022 ~ August 2022: [Korea Institute for National Unification] “A Survey of Perceptions of Domestic Experts to Identify and Evaluate North Korean Nuclear Challenges”
  • September 2020 ~ Present: Soodang Security Studies Colloquium

Part of the Soodang Colloquium Program, the Soodang Security Studies Colloquium provides an opportunity for junior scholars to receive constructive feedback on their ongoing research and interact with established experts in the field of international security.

2023 Schedule

4. Publications