{"id":60,"date":"2017-12-27T19:41:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T10:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2025-08-10T18:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-10T09:35:14","slug":"ciss","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/ciss","title":{"rendered":"CISS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Center for International Security Studies<\/h1>\n<h2><strong>1. About<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Current research agendas<\/p>\n<h3>1. Nuclear Proliferation<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Conditions determining the success of nonproliferation efforts. Policies to address nuclear proliferation threats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Asymmetric Alliances<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Inner workings of asymmetric alliances. Asymmetric alliances and nuclear restraint. The effect of asymmetric alliances on international political stability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Military Strategy<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Nuclear strategies of new nuclear states.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2. Members<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Director<\/strong>\u00a0: Dong Sun Lee (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University)<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Researchers<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ji Hye Shin (Researcher, Peace &amp; Democracy Institute, Korea University)<\/li>\n<li>Sangsoo Lim (Researcher, Peace &amp; Democracy Institute, Korea University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Research Assistants<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Eunbi Lee (Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>3. Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>March 2024 ~ Present: Woodang Security Studies Colloquium<\/li>\n<li>September 2020 ~ February 2024: Soodang Security Studies Colloquium<\/li>\n<li>May 2023 ~ December 2023: [Ministry of Unification] Organizer of Korea Global Forum 2023<\/li>\n<li>April 2022 ~ August 2022: [Korea Institute for National Unification] \u201cA Survey of Perceptions of Domestic Experts to Identify and Evaluate North Korean Nuclear Challenges\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Part of the Woodang Colloquium Program, the Woodang 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.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>4. Publications<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dong Sun Lee, Sangsoo Lim. 2025.\u00a0\u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART003196559\">Unipolar Hangover and American Offshore Leadership: Systemic Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine and Gaza Wars<\/a><\/span>.\u201d\u00a0<em>The Korean Journal of International Studies<\/em>\u00a023(1): 1-30<\/li>\n<li>Dong Sun Lee, Sunwoo Paek. 2025. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/13691481241284201\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">South Korean Foreign Policy Signalling: The Rise and Fall of Unreciprocated Costly Signals between 2013 and 2023<\/span><\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0<em>British Journal of Politics and International Relations<\/em>\u00a027(1): 91-108.<\/li>\n<li>Dong Sun Lee, Iordanka Alexandrova. 2025. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Nuclear-Alliance-Restraint-Success-and-Failure-in-Countering-Allied-Proliferators\/Lee-Alexandrova\/p\/book\/9781032914015?srsltid=AfmBOoqWVV6yHT3Bzyqg_QCNOKhelajMkCIG91M7KwnhjNrHHZ7so-zh\"><em>Nuclear Alliance Restraint: Success and Failure in Countering Allied Proliferators<\/em> <\/a><\/span>(London and New York: Routledge).<\/li>\n<li>Sangsoo Lim. 2023. \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART003159583\">How Nationalism Strengthens Military Effectiveness: The Case of Japanese Nationalism in the Russo-Japanese War 1904-05<\/a><\/span>.\u201d <em>The Journal of Asiatic Studies<\/em> 67(4): 313-343<\/li>\n<li>Dong Sun Lee, Iordanka Alexandrova. 2024. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/landing\/article.kci?arti_id=ART003148443\">Military Power for a Unified Korea: Strategic Directions and Principles for Building Effective Defense Forces<\/a><\/span>.&#8221; <em>International Journal of Korean Unification Studies<\/em>\u00a033(2): 47-84.<\/li>\n<li>Sangsoo Lim. 2023. \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART003000700\">Stability-Instability Paradox and Korean Peninsula: How Nuclear Deterrence Can Lead to Inter-Korean Limited Conflicts<\/a><\/span>.\u201d <em>Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies<\/em> 30(3): 5-33<\/li>\n<li>Sangsoo Lim. 2023. \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002994170\">The Normative Origins of the Three Non-Nuclear Principles: Opposition to Nuclear Weapons in Japan During the 1950s and 60s<\/a><\/span>.\u201d <em>East Asian Studies<\/em> 42(2): 41-72<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Inwook Kim, Seung Joon Paik. 2023. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002973213\">From Balance of Terror to Balance of Prudence: A Theoretical Analysis for Nuclear Arms Control Between the U.S. and North Korea<\/a><\/span>. <em>Korean Political Science Review<\/em> 57(2): 33-58.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sunwoo Paek, Dong Sun Lee. 2023.<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"NLM_article-title hlFld-title\"><span class=\"NLM_article-title hlFld-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/09592296.2023.2188793\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The American Success to Denuclearise South Korea: Global Bipolarity, Geographical Remoteness, and Nuclear Alliance Restraint<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><em>Diplomacy &amp; Statecraft<\/em> 34(1): 30-56.<\/li>\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Sangsoo<\/span> Lim. 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002913020\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Europe Divided: How Different Threat Perception Towards Russia Inhibits Military Integration In Europe<\/span><\/a>. <em>Journal of Social Science<\/em> 48(3): 141-163.<\/li>\n<li>Dong Sun Lee, Iordanka Alexandrova, Seung Joon Paik et al. 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/y4c7nknj\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Challenges of North Korea\u2019s Nuclear Program and International Cooperation<\/span><\/a>. KINU Research Series 22-16. Korea Institute for National Unification.<\/li>\n<li>Seongwon Gwon, Iordanka Alexandrova. 2022. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002918736\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The End of Intervention: Explaining the Decisions on US Troops Withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq<\/span><\/a>.\u201d <em>The Journal of International Relations<\/em> 25(4): 27-57.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"contribDegrees \">Iordanka Alexandrova,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sunwoo Paek. 2022. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002877428\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Soviet\/Russian Nuclear Strategy, 1950-2020<\/span><\/a>.\u201d <em>Korean Journal of International Relations<\/em> 62(3): 43-82.<\/li>\n<li>Sung-Yoon Chung, Juhwa Park, <span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"contribDegrees corresponding \">Dong Sun Lee<\/span><\/span>, Iordanka Alexandrova, <span class=\"authors\">Seung Joon Paik<\/span>. 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kinu.or.kr\/www\/jsp\/prg\/api\/dlV.jsp?menuIdx=352&amp;category=54&amp;thisPage=1&amp;searchField=&amp;searchText=&amp;biblioId=1550738\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">2022 \ubd81\ud575 \ub3c4\uc804\uc694\uc778 \uc804\ubb38\uac00 \uc778\uc2dd\uc870\uc0ac<\/span><\/a>. KINU Insight 2022-02. Seoul: Korean Institute of National Unification.<\/li>\n<li>Iordanka Alexandrova. Sunwoo Paik. 2022. \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kjis.org\/journal\/view.html?uid=269&amp;pn=lastest&amp;vmd=Full\">The Role of Russia in the Korean Peninsula Peace Regime<\/a><\/span>.\u201d <em>The Korean Journal of International Studies<\/em> 20(1): 149-174.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"authors\">Seung Joon Paik, Soul Park.<\/span> <span class=\"date\">2022.<\/span> &#8220;<span class=\"art_title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01402390.2020.1833188\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Draining the Sea with Discretion: Force Integration and Civilian Displacement during South Korean Counter-insurgency Operations, 1948-1953<\/span><\/a>.&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"serial_title\"><em>Journal of Strategic Studies<\/em> <span class=\"issue-heading\">45: 2022(6-7).<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"contribDegrees corresponding \">Sunwoo Paek. 2022. &#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002823580\">Alliance Dilemma of US Allies in US-China 5G Network War<\/a><\/span>.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"eng\"><em>Journal of Asiatic Studies<\/em> 65(1): 313-339.<\/span><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"contribDegrees corresponding \"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"contribDegrees corresponding \">Dong Sun Lee,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"contribDegrees \">Iordanka Alexandrova. 2021. &#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/irap\/lcz028\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">North Korean Nuclear Strategy: Envisioning Assured Retaliation<\/span><\/a>.&#8221; <em>International Relations of the Asia-Pacific<\/em> 21(3): 371-400.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"contribDegrees corresponding \">Dong Sun Lee, Sunwoo Paek<\/span><\/span>. 2021. &#8220;Arms Race in East Asia.&#8221; <span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b ChMk0b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"ko\" data-phrase-index=\"0\"><em>Peace Studies on the Korean Peninsula in the 21st Century:\u00a0Issues and Prospects<\/em> <\/span><\/span> (Paju: Hanul Academy): 145-171.<\/li>\n<li>Sunwoo Paek. 2021. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002738850\"><span dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">With Whom to Share? Pakistan, North Korea, and Chinese Sensitive Nuclear Assistance<\/span><\/span><\/a>.<span dir=\"ltr\">&#8221; <i>Journal of International and Area Studies<\/i>\u00a028(1): 21-38.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Sunwoo Paek. 2020. <a class=\"j_text_size\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kjis.org\/journal\/view.html?uid=250&amp;&amp;vmd=Full\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Discouraging the Bomb: U.S. Counterproliferation Success against Libya<\/span>.&#8221;<\/a> <em>The Korean Journal of International Studies<\/em> 18(3): 197-214.<\/li>\n<li>Sung Eun Choi, Iordanka Alexandrova. 2020. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kci.go.kr\/kciportal\/ci\/sereArticleSearch\/ciSereArtiView.kci?sereArticleSearchBean.artiId=ART002656205\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Stable Peace between France and Germany: The Role of the United States<\/span><\/a>.&#8221; <em>Journal of International Politics<\/em>\u00a025(2): 253-289.<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"NLM_contrib-group\"><span class=\"contribDegrees corresponding \">Dong Sun Lee, <\/span><span class=\"contribDegrees \"> Iordanka Alexandrova, and <\/span><span class=\"contribDegrees \"> Yihei Zhao<\/span><\/span>. 2020. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/13523260.2020.1755121\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The Chinese Failure to Disarm North Korea: Geographical Proximity, U.S. Unipolarity, and Alliance Restraint<\/span><\/a>.&#8221; <em>Contemporary Security Policy<\/em> 41(4): 587-609.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. &nbsp; 2. Members Director\u00a0: Dong Sun Lee (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University) Researchers Ji Hye Shin (Researcher, Peace &amp; Democracy Institute, Korea University) Sangsoo Lim (Researcher, Peace &amp; Democracy Institute, Korea University) Research Assistants Eunbi Lee (Ph.D Candidate, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Korea University) &nbsp; 3. Projects March 2024\u22ef<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":67,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5577,"href":"https:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/5577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pdi.or.kr\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}