Soodang/Woodang Colloquium

[Soodang Security Studies Colloquium #15] When War Goes South: Violence Against Civilians During the Early Korean War

2022.01.07

Date and Time: December 17, 2021 / 5PM Presenter: Seung Joon Paik (Researcher, Peace & Democracy Institute, Korea University) Discussant: Nam Kyu Kim(Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations) Organized by: Peace & Democracy Institute, Department of Political Science and International Relations On December 17, 2021, Korea University’s Peace & Democracy Institute held the 15th Soodang Security Studies Colloquium. Dr. Seung Joon Paik of PDI participated as a presenter, and Professor Nam Kyu Kim of the Department of Political Science and International Relations of Korea University participated as a debater. In Colloquium, the author released the first draft <When War Goes South: Violence Against Civilians During the Early Korean War>. Many conventional conflicts and violence against civilians who are noncombatants between them have been noted in many previous studies.  But despite all this academic interest, existing studies have looked at the interstate comparison of violence and the change in the substate,⋯

[Soodang Distinguished Speaker Colloquium #12] How Overseas Opportunities Shape Political Preferences: A Field Experiment on International Migration

2022.03.22

Presenter : Nikhar Gaikwad (Columbia University) Date and time : Friday, December 10, 2021. 9 am Contact : jamessuh3823@korea.ac.kr Organized by: Peace & Democracy Institute, Department of Political Science and International Relations Professor Gaikwad works at Columbia University on political economy, including immigration, trade, and identity politics. The paper explores how the economic experience of migrant workers affects political attitudes. The sample used in the study was about 380 subjects of overseas labor employment programs living in Mizoram state, India. Half of the 380 people who were randomly drawn benefited from the job application program. The paper analyzes the impact of the economic experience of ‘benefit from the employment support program’ on ‘attitude to distribution policy’. In this paper, Professor Gaikwad found that individuals who acquired economic opportunities had less support for distribution policies.

[Soodang Distinguished Speaker Colloquium #11] Social Influence and Online Political Expression: Developing a Hybrid, Real-time Research Design

2021.12.27

Date: 2021.12.03 (Fri), 16:30 (GMT+9) Presenter: Andrew Guess (Princeton University) Sponsor: Korea University Department of Political Science & International Relations, Peace and Democracy Institute On December 3rd, 2021, KU Political Science Department and the Peace and Democracy Institute had the honor of inviting Professor Andrew Guess from Princeton for our regular Soodang Colloquium.   An English abstract is currently underway. We thank you for your patience and continued interest.

[Soodang Security Studies Colloquium #14] The Competition for Technological supremacy between the U.S. and China and the Strategies of East Asian Countries

2021.11.27

Date and Time: November 26, 2021 / 5PM Presenter: Sun Woo Paek (Korea University DIS) Discussant: Iordanka Alexandrova (Korea University PDI) Organized by: Peace & Democracy Institute, Department of Political Science and International Relations   On November 26, 2021, Korea University’s Peace&Democracy Institute held the 14th Soodang Security Colloquium. Sun Woo Paek, a research professor at Korea University’s Graduate School of International Studies, participated in the colloquium as a presenter, and Iordanka Alexandrova, a research professor at Korea University’s Peace&Democracy Institute, participated as a debater. In Colloquium, the author published the draft “The Competition for Technological supremacy between the U.S. and China and the Response Strategy of East Asian Countries.” Recently, the U.S. and China are in a fierce battle over their status as future technology hegemony. The competition for technological supremacy determines which country’s technology becomes the standard of technology in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which results in the⋯

[Soodang Distinguished Speaker Colloquium #10] The Political Consequences of Green Policies: Evidence from Italy

2021.12.27

Date: 2021.11.26 (Fri), 17:00 (GMT+9) Presenter: Yotam Margalit (Tel Aviv University) Sponsor: Korea University Department of Political Science & International Relations, Peace and Democracy Institute On November 26th, 2021, KU Political Science Department and the Peace and Democracy Institute had the honor of inviting Professor Yotam Margalit from Tel Aviv University for our regular Soodang Colloquium.   An English abstract is currently underway. We thank you for your patience and continued interest.

[Soodang Security Studies Colloquium #13] Deter Together or Deter Separately?: Time Horizons and Peace Time Alliance Cohesion of the US-Japan and US-ROK Alliances

2021.10.27

• Date and Time: October 22, 2021 / 5PM • Presenter: Do Young Lee (IGCC, UC San Diego) • Discussant: Tongfi Kim (Brussels School of Governance) • Organized by: Peace & Democracy Institute, Department of Political Science and International Relations   On October 22, 2021, Korea University’s Peace & Democracy Institute held the 13th Soodang Security Colloquium. Dr. Do Young Lee of UC San Diego participated as a presenter and Professor Tongfi Kim of Brussels School of Governance participated as a debater. At Colloquium, Dr. Lee released his first draft, “Deter Together or Data Separately?: Time Horizon and Peace Time Alliance Cohesion of the US-Japan and US-ROK Alliance.” There are times when allies respond closely to each other in peacetime, and there are often disagreements between allies. This study focused on the ‘peacetime alliance cohesion’ that reached an agreement between the allies on specific plans and goals for joint threats in peacetime. Alliance cohesion⋯

[Soodang Distinguished Speaker Colloquium #9] Painful Words: The Effect of Battlefield Activity on Conflict Negotiation Behavior

2021.10.27

Date: 2021.10.22 (FRI) 09:00 Presenter: Eric Min(University of California – Los Angeles) Sponsor: PDI, Korea University This article was originally written in Korean. An English abstract translation is in progress. We thank you for your patience and interest.

[Soodang Security Studies Colloquium #12] Is the use of force effective during U.N. peacekeeping operations?

2021.10.08

 Date and time: September 17, 2021 (Friday) / 5PM Presenter: Kyoung Seok Ha (Korea University) Discussant: Seung Joon Paik (Korea University) Organized by: Peace & Democracy Institute, Department of Political Science and International Relations       On September 17, 2021, Korea University’s Peace & Democracy Institute held the 12th Soodang Security Colloquium. Dr. Ha of Korea University’s Ilmin International Relations Institute participated as a presenter, and Dr. Paik of Korea University’s Peace & Democracy Research Institute participated as a debater. In colloquium, Dr. Ha announced, <Is the use of force effective during U.N. peacekeeping operations (PKO)?>. The United Nations Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) is one of the most powerful means of providing security to countries that are unable to transition from conflict to peace early through political and peacebuilding support. However, existing academic discussions focused on the justification and effectiveness of armed intervention at the regional or single state level, pointing to the failure of⋯

[Soodang Distinguished Speaker Colloquium #8] Foreign Pressure and Public Opinion in Target States

2021.09.13

• Date: 2021.09.10 (FRI) 09:00 • Presenter: Matthew Winters (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) • Sponsor: PDI & Korea University   This article was originally written in Korean. An English abstract translation is in progress. We thank you for your patience and interest.

[Soodang Security Studies Colloquium #11] Building Unified Korea’s Military Power

2021.08.30

• Date and Time: August 13, 2021 / 5PM • Presenters: Dong Sun Lee (Political Science and International Relations, Korea University) / Iordanka Alexandrova (Peace & Democracy Institute, Korea University) • Discussant: Woo Sun Choi (Korea National Diplomatic Academy) • Organized by: Peace & Democracy Institute, Department of Political Science and International Relations   On August 13, 2021, Korea University’s Institute of Peace and Democracy held the 11th Soodang Security Colloquium. Dong Sun Lee, a professor of PSIR at Korea University, and Alexandrova, a senior researcher at Korea University’s Peace & Democracy Institute, participated as presenters, and Woo Sun Choi, a professor of the Korea National Diplomatic Academy participated as debaters. At Colloquium, Professor Lee and Dr. Alexandrova announced their draft <Building Unified Korea’s Military Power>. Unification of the two Koreas will have a positive impact on regional security by eliminating the security dilemma of the two Koreas and resolving⋯