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

The World Politics of lnformation: Theory, Issues, and Strategies

Knowledge Order
in East Asia

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

  • “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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