Curriculum Vitae
The Global Politics of Information (GPI)
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Curriculum 
Vitae (in English)

Research Agenda

Standards Competition
in the Information Age

 Information Revolution
and Power Transformation

The World Politics
of Networks

Knowledge Order
in East Asia

Soft Power and
National Strategies

Essays

Syllabus

Website Link

Bibliography
 

| Personal | Education | Experience | Books | Journal Articles | Book Chapters |

Personal Information

Education

  • M.A. in Political Science, Department of International Relations, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea (1989 - 1991)
    • Subfields: Concentrating on International Relations Theories and Security Studies in East Asia
    • Thesis: "U.S. Nuclear Policy in the Korean War: Strategic, Diplomatic, and Technological Constrains (in Korean)," (Seoul National University, 1991)
  • B.A. in Political Science, Department of International Relations, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, (1985 - 1988)
    • Subfields: Concentrating on Security Studies in East Asia
    • Thesis: "Triadic Security Cooperation between the United States, Japan, and Korea: an Evolutionary Perspective (in Korean)," (Seoul National University, 1988)

Experience

  • Research Fellow, Global Research Institutes (GRI), Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
    • (March-June 2001)
  • Administrative Assistant, Department of International Relations, Seoul National University
    • Taking charge of teaching and administrative coordination (June 1993 - June 1994)

  • Research Assistant, Center for International Studies, Seoul National University
    • Working for research projects, such as New Atomic Agreement between Japan and the U.S. in 1988; The Northern  Policy of South Korean Government; Encyclopedia on Soviet-Eastern Europe, and so forth. (March - December 1989 & Jan - May 1993).

Books
  • Soft Power and a New Conceptualization of Power in the 21st Century: Search for the Theory of  Network Power, (in Korean), (Seoul: Hanul Academy, 2009)
     
  • Knowledge Order and East Asia: The Transformation  of World Politics in the Information Age, (in Korean), (Seoul: Hanul Academy, 2008)
     
  • The Anatomy of the Internet, (in Korean), (Seoul: Hanul Academy, 2007)
     
  • Standards Competition in the Information Age: Wintelism and the Japanese Computer Industry (in Korean), (Seoul: Hanul Academy, 2007)
     
  • Network Knowledge State: The Transformation of Global Politics in the 21st Century (in Korean) co-edited with Young Sun Ha, (Seoul: Eulyoo, 2006)

Journal Articles

  • "Critical Understanding of the Concept of Smart Power: A Perspective of Middle-Power's Network Power,," (in Korean), The Korean Journal of International Relations, 49(4), (Fall, 2009), pp.7-33
     
  • “Questing for the Network Theory of World Politics: Beyond Three Assumptions in the Realist Theory of International Politics,” (in Korean), The Korean Journal of International Relations, 48(4), (Winter 2008), pp.35-61
     
  • “The World Politics of Network Power: Beyond the Traditional Theories of Power in International Politics,” (in Korean), Korean Political Science Review, 42(4), (Winter 2008), pp.397-408
     
  • “Impacts of the Development of Information Technology on the Socio-political Transformation: the Internet and Candlelight Vigils in South Korea,” (in Korean), The Horizon of Knowledge, 4, (2008), pp.75-95
     
  • “World Politics of Knowledge Networks,” (in Korean), Journal of World Politics, 29(1), (Spring/Summer 2008), pp.7-47
     
  • “Information Revolution and the Transformation of Security Environment: Implications for the Korean Armed Forces,” (in Korean), Korean Social Science, 29, (2007), pp.27-60
     
  • “Soft Power of ‘the Korean Wave’ and East Asian Cultural Networks,” (in Korean), Journal of World Politics, 28(1), (Spring/Summer 2007), pp.190-233
     
  • “Domestic Origins of the Global Knowledge Hegemony: A Conceptualization of the American-style Network State,” (in Korean), Korean Political Science Review, 41(2), (Summer 2007), pp.245-269
     
  • “Searching for the Network Knowledge State: A Conceptualization of State Transformation in the Information Age,” (in Korean), The Korean Journal of International Relations, 46(3), (Fall 2006), pp.7-29
     
  • “The Global Politics of Siliwood: Cultural Empire and National Strategies in the Information Age,” National Strategy, 12(2), (Summer 2006), pp.5-34
     
  • “Empire in the Information Age,” (in Korean), Journal of World Politics, 26(1), (Spring/Summer 2005), pp.93-120
     
  • “Technology, Knowledge, and Technoledge: Conceptual Foundation for Exploring the Information Revolution from the Perspective of International Relations,” (in Korean), The Korean Journal of International Relations, 45(1), (Spring 2005), pp.57-82
     
  • “Open Source Software and the Global Politics of Standards Competition: The Case of Linux,” (in Korean), Korean Political Science Review, 39(1), (Spring 2005), pp.365-387
     
  • “The Global Political Economy of TRON: The Frustration of Japanese Computer Standards and a Origin of Ubiquitous Discourse,” (in Korean), The Korean Journal of International Relations, 44(3), (Fall 2004), pp.101-123
     
  • “Knowledge Structure in the Information Age: Beyond the Conceptualization by Susan Strange,” (in Korean), Korean Political Science Review, 38(3), (Fall 2004), pp.255-276
     
  • “National Strategies of Knowledge/Network: The Case of Diplomatic Areas,” (in Korean), National Strategy, 10(1), (Spring 2004), pp.167-94
     
  • “Information Technology and International Relations Theories: Searching for a Constitutive Understanding of Technology and Global Politics in the Information Age,” (in Korean), The Korean Journal of International Relations, 43(4), (2003), pp.33-58
     
  • “Linguistic Nationalism of Korea in the Information Age: Political Economy of the ‘Movement to Save Hangul,’” (in Korean), Korean Political Science Review, 37(1), (Spring 2003), pp.409-29
     
  • “Diplomacy in the Information Age: A Conceptual Approach,” (in Korean), Korean Political Science Review, 36(3), (Autumn 2002), pp.269-88
     
  • “The Global Political Economy of Intellectual Property Rights: The Case of U.S.-Japan Disputes on Microprocessor,” (in Korean), The Korean Journal of International Relations, 42(2), (2002), pp.111-30
     
  • “The Political Economy of Global Standards: A Theoretical Understanding of U.S.-Japan Competition in the Computer Industry,” (in Korean), National Strategy, 8(2), (Summer 2004), pp.113-35
     
  • “Hardware Institutions for Software Technologies: The Japanese Model of Industrial Development in the Personal Computer Industry,” Journal of International and Area Studies, 9(1), (June 2002), pp.17-36
     
  • “Explaining the Resurgence of U.S. Competitiveness: The Rise of Wintelism,” (with Jeffrey A. Hart), The Information Society  (February 2002), pp.1-12
     
  • “Governance in the Information Age: The Decentralized Modes of Governing and the Adjustment of the State,” (in Korean), Korean Political Science Review, 35(4), (Winter 2001), pp.359-76

Book Chapters

  • “Governance of East Asian Information Industries: The Case of Linux,” (in Korean), Korean Forum for Governance Studies, (ed.), East Asian Governance, (Daekyung, 2009)
     
  • "Structural Transformation of Knowledge Order and East Asia," (in Korean), Sangbae Kim, (ed.), Knowledge Order and East Asia: The Transformation  of World Politics in the Information Age , (Seoul: Hanul Academy, 2008), pp.23-79
     
  • "Quantitative Understanding of Knowledge Order in the Information Age," (in Korean), Sangbae Kim, (ed.), Knowledge Order and East Asia: The Transformation  of World Politics in the Information Age, (in Korean), (Seoul: Hanul Academy, 2008), pp.80-149
     
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  • “Information Revolution and World Politics,” (in Korean), Korean Political Science Association, (ed.), A Guidebook for Understanding Politics, vol.6, (Bupmoon-sa, 2008), pp.329-364
     
  • “Soft Power Politics of Digital ‘Korean Wave’: A Perspective of East Asian Cultural Networks,” (in Korean), Yul Sohn, (ed.), Weaving East Asia with Soft Power: Creating Regionality and ‘Seoul Concensus’, (Chisikmadang, 2007), pp.365-413
     
  • “World Politics of Informatization: The Transformation of Global Knowledge Order and Korea’s IT Strategies,” (in Korean),  Young Sun Ha and Gon Nahmgoong, (eds.), Transformation of World Politics, (Eulyoo, 2007), pp.325-347
     
  • “East Asian Regionalism and the Future of IT Cooperation,” (in Korean), Yul Sohn, (ed.), East Asia and Regionalism: Perception, Visions, and Strategies for the Region, (Chisikmadang, 2006), pp.271-311
     
  • “East Asian Cooperation for Information Technologies and Korea’s Strategies,” (in Korean),  Sung-chul Kim, (ed.), Korean’s National Strategies 2020: Economic Cooperation in Northeast Asia, (Sejong Institute, 2005), pp.155-183
     
  • “e-Government and Digital Politics,” (in Korean), KISDI, (ed.), Information Society and Informatization Policy, (Bubyoung-sa, 2005), p.137-177
     
  • “Is Regulation Necessary in Cyberspace,” (in Korean), Chang-ho Kim, (ed.), Happy Jeans: Is a ‘Pleasant’ Lift a ‘Good’ Life? (Woongjin House, 2005), pp.50-65 
     
  • “Discussing the Charming State,” (in Korean), Peace Forum 21, (ed.),  Building the Charming State: Future Strategies for Soft Power, (21-century Peace Institute, 2005), pp.353-370
     
  • “Mobile Communications and Political Transformation,” (in Korean), Bong-ho Lee and Dong-ju Kim, (eds.), Information, Telecommunications, and Changing Korea, (Communication Books, 2005), pp.353-368
     
  • “The Transformation of Global Political Order in the Information Age,” (in Korean), Hyunk-baek Lim, (ed.), Vision and Tasks of  Korean Politics in the 21-century, (Mineum-sa, 2005), pp.331-368
     
  • “Culture Industry and Information Culture,” (in Korean), Young-sun Ha, (ed.), Grand Strategies for 21-century Korea: Beyond ‘Rich Nation, Strong Army’ toward Knowledge State, (Pulbit, 2004), pp.149-160
     
  • “The Software Industry and the State’s Role: The Case of Korean Language Wordprocessor,” (in Korean), in Sung Gul Hong, (ed.), The State and Industrial Competitiveness: The Political Economy of Development in the Information and Telecommunications Industries, (Seoul: Kookmin University Press, 2004), pp.283-328
     
  • “Global Standards and Korea’s Strategies,” (in Korean), 2003 Future Strategy Forum, (Institute for IT Strategies, 2003), pp.43-51
     
  • “Social Participation of the Digital Generation,” (in Korean), National Informatization White Book, (National Computerization Agency, 2003), vol.1, part.3, chap.3, pp.160-165
     
  • “Future Strategies in Cyberspace: The Case of Internet Governance,” (in Korean), in Young Kwan Yoon and Seok Jin Lew, (eds.), Challenges of Informatization and Korea: Six Issues and Future Strategies, (Seoul: Hanwool, 2003), pp.170-218
     
  • “Responding to Informatization: Searching for the Korean-style Strategies for Informatization,” (in Korean), Globalization Strategies for Leaping toward the 21-century, (Sejong Institute, 2002), pp.143-163
     
  • “Information Technology and Governance: Theoretical Explanations of the Rising Mode of Decentralized Governance,” (in Korean), in Seok Joon Kim, et al., The Politics of Governance,  (Seoul: Beobmoonsa, 2002), pp.311-36
     
  • “The Global Political Economy of Wintelism: A New Mode of Power and Governance in the Global Computer Industry,” (with Jeffrey A. Hart) in James N. Rosenau and J.P. Singh (eds.), Information Technologies and Global Politics: The Changing Scope of Power and Governance (Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2002), pp.143-68  
     
  • “The International Political Economy of Information Technology Competition: Searching for a New Conceptualization,” (in Korean), in Korean Association of Political Science, (ed.), The Information Society and Politics (Seould: Orum, 2001), pp.305-30
     
  • “Technological Capacity as Fitness: An Evolutionary Model of Change in the International Political Economy,” (with Jeffrey A. Hart) in William R. Thompson (ed.), Evolutionary Interpretations of World Politics (New York: Routledge, 2001), pp.285-314
     
  • “Power in the Information Age,” (with Jeffrey A. Hart) in Jose V. Ciprut (ed.), Of Fears and Foes: Security and Insecurity in an Evolving Global Political Economy, (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2000), pp.35-58

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