PROFILE
Seong-ho Sheen, is Professor of International Security and East Asia, and former Dean for Office of International Affairs in SNU. Professor Sheen was a visiting fellow at the East-West Center DC, a CNAPS fellow at the Brookings Institution, an assistant research professor at Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), Honolulu, Hawaii and a research fellow at Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA), Cambridge, Mass, the U.S. He has taught at Univ. Mass Boston. In addition, he advised various government organizations including ROK National Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Unification and Committee on Foreign Affairs and Unification, the ROK National Assembly. His area of interest includes International Security, US Foreign Policy, Northeast Asian Politics and the Korean Peninsula. Professor Sheen received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University and his B.A. from Seoul National University.
EXPERIENCE
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY , Seoul, Korea
2004 – Present
Professor of Int’l Security, Graduate School of Int’l Studies
2023 – Present
Director, Institute of International Affairs, Graduate School of Int’l Studies
2015–2016
Vice President, Office of International Affairs
2010 – 2014
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Int’l Studies
Associate Dean, Office of International Affairs
2006 – 2009
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Int’l Studies
2004 – 2005
Full Time Lecturer, Graduate School of Int’l Studies
THE EAST-WEST CENTER, WASHINGTON, Washington, D.C.
2010
Visiting Fellow
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE, Washington, D.C.
2009
CNAPS Fellow
ASIA PACIPIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES, Honolulu, HI
2002 – 2004
Assistant Research Professor
UMASS BOSTON, Boston, MA
2001 – 2002
Lecturer:
THE INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSIS, Cambridge, MA
2001 – 2002
Research Fellow
THE 1ST ENGINEERING BRIGADE, ROK ARMY, Kyoungki Province, Korea
1994 – 1997
Public Relations Officer (1st Lieutenant)
EDUCATION
2001
THE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACY, TUFTS UNIVERSITY, Medford, MA
Ph.D., M.A.L.D.
1991
SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, Seoul, Korea
B.A.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Comparative Political Economy
- International Political Economy
- Labor Markets
- Social Welfare Policies
- Social and Economic Development
- Political Economy of East Asia
PUBLICATIONS
[Book]
- Korean Peninsula Security: Theories and Practices (in Korean) ed. (Seoul: Institute of In’l Affairs, Seoul National University, 2022)
- North Korean Nuclear Crisis and Peace on the Korean Peninsula ed. (in Korean) with Young Kwan Yoon (Seoul: Hannul, 2008)
[Journal Articles]
- “Japan’s Taiwan Policy in New Era of Alliance Dilemma: Multidimensional Hedging,“ Ying Ying and Seong-ho Sheen, The Korean Journal of International Studies Vol.21, No.3 (December 2023)
- “A Beginning of New Global Partnership? The ROK-US Relations under Biden and Moon”, Journal of International and Area Studies, vol.29, no.1 pp.79-96. 2022 Available from: doi:10.23071/jias.2022.29.1.79
- “US-China Mutual Vulnerability: A South Korean Perspective,” US-China Mutual Vulnerability Perspectives on the Debate, ISSUES & INSIGHTS, VOL. 22, SR 2 | MAY 2022, Pacific Forum
- “Missile Defense Dilemma on the Korean Peninsula: Between North Korean Nuke and US-China Strategic Nuclear Competition,” (in Korean), Journal of International and Area Studies, Summer 2021
- “U.S. Coercive Diplomacy toward Pyongyang: Obama vs. Trump,” The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Vol. 32, No. 4, December 2020, 517－538
- “21st Century US-China Competition and Security Studies in Korean Academics,” (in Korean) Journal of International Area Studies, Summer 2020
- “21st Century US-China Space Competition: Hegemony in Space above Earth,” (in Korean) Journal of International and Area Studies, Spring 2020
- “Military Innovation, Success and Failures: ‘War of Future’ and ‘Future of War’ on the Korean Peninsula,” (in Korean) National Strategy, Vol. 25, No. 3 (Summer 2019), 69-96
- “Global Debate on Lethal Autonomous Weapons and Northeast Asia,” (in Korean) Journal of International Area Studies, Spring 2019
- “Worsening Security Dilemma of US-China Strategic Nuclear Competition: Looking through Theory of Nuclear Deterrence and Security Dilemma by Robert Jervis,” (in Korean) National Strategy, Vol. 24, No. 2 (Spring 2018), 5-30
- “Between a Rock and a Rocket Man: South Korea’s Anxiety” Global Asia (Winter 2017)
- “Trump and New Administration’s Foreign Policy (in Korean),” Diplomacy, No. 120 (January 2017), 11-30.
- “Obama Administration’s Cyber Security Policy and Challenges (in Korean),” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Winter 2016), 61-96.
- “Asymmetry of Deterrence: Nuclear Triade, Nuclear Strategy, and US-China Military Competition (in Korean),” Kukga Junryak Vol. 22, No. 4 (Winter 2016), 65-91.
- “US-China and Korea’s Diplomatic Strategy (in Korean),” Diplomacy, No. 115 (October 2015), 5-18.
- “Low Birth and Super Aging of Korea and It’s Implication for National Defense (in Korean),” Journal of National Defense Studies, Vol. 58, No. 3 (September 2015), 1-27.
- “Dilemma of South Korea’s Trust Diplomacy and Unification Policy,” International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2 (December 2014), 97-122
- “19th Century Europe’s Great Power Politics and US-China New Model of Major Country Relations (in Korean)” The Korean Journal of International Relationship, Vol. 54, No.3. (September 2014), 7-41.
- “South Korea’s Unification Diplomacy with the US and China (in Korean)”, Diplomacy, No. 107 (April 2014).
- “The Park Geun Hye Administration’s Four Power Diplomacy,” Korean Observations on Foreign Relations, Vol 15, No. 1 (December 2013), 20-46.
- “US China Policy under Obama (in Korean)” Strategic Studies, Vol. 20, No. 3 (July 2013), 31-64.
- “Northeast Asia’s Aging Population and Regional Security: Demographic Peace?”Asian Survey Vol. 53, No. 2 (March/April 2013), 292-318.
- “Park Geun-Hye Administration and Four Power Diplomacy (in Korean)” Foreign Relations, No.105 (April 2013), 15-26.
- “US Rebalancing Strategy in Northeast Asia and Its Implications for ROK’s Military Policy (in Korean)” Strategic Studies, Vol. 20, No. 1 (March 2013), 153-191.
- “From Transformation to Complexity: US Foreign Policy Reform of Bush and Obama Administration (in Korean)” Journal of International Politics Vol. 17, No. 2 (Fall 2012), 47-78.
- “The Korea-US Relationship: Looking Ahead to the Next 100 years” Korean Observations on Foreign Relations, Vol. 14, No. 1 (August 2012), 69-92.
- “US ‘All-in’ in Asia Policy (in Korean)” Strategic Studies Vol. 19, No. 2 (July 2012), 153-186.
- “The Kim Jong-Un Regime and North Korea’s Nuclear Program” Journal of Foreign Affairs and National Security, Vol. 8, No. 1 (June 2012), 41-76.
- “ROK-US Relations, Looking Ahead Next 100 Years (in Korean)” Foreign Relations, No. 100 (January 2012), 43-53.
- “Proactive Deterrence and Coercive Diplomacy: Dealing with North Korea’s Military Provocation (In Korean)” The Studies of International Affairs, Vol.11, No.4 (Winter 2011), 31-57.
- “Nuclear Sovereignty vs Nuclear Security: Renewing the ROK-US Atomic Energy Agreement” The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Vol. 23, No.24 (June 2011), 273-288.
- “Middle East Peace Process and the United States (in Korean)” Review of International and Area Studies, Vol. 19, No. 4 (Winter 2010)
- “North Korea’s Nuclear and Long Range Missile Development and Its Implication for Northeast Asia (in Korean)” Strategic Studies Vol. XVII, No. 1 (March 2010)
- “To Be or Not To Be: South Korea’s East Asia Security Strategy and Dilemma of Unification” The International Spectator (Spring 2009)
- “Bush and Obama: Two Approaches to Nuclear Terrorism (in Korean)” Kukga Junryak Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring 2009)
- “Inter-Korean Relations without the US-ROK Alliance” Korea’s Future Strategies Vol. 5, (Spring 2008)
- “South Korea’s National Security Strategy: Peace and Prosperity Policy of People’s Participatory Government (in Korean)” Kukga Junryak Vol. 14, No. 1 (Spring 2008)
- “21st Century Information Revolution and Network Terrorism: Limits of Scale-Free
- Network Terror?” (in Korean) Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Oct. 2006)
- “Northeast Asian Power Politics and New Peace Standard: Demographic Peace” (in Korean) Journal of International Peace Vol. 3, No. 1 (June 2006)
- “Preempting Proliferation of WMD: Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and its Challenges” Korean Journal of Defense Analysis (Vol. XVI, No.2, Fall 2004)
- “Grudging Partner: South Korea” Asian Affairs: An American Review Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer 2003)
- “U.S. Strategy of Engagement during the Cold War and Its Implication for Sunshine Policy” Korean Journal of Defense Analysis Vol. XIV, No. 1, (Spring 2002)
[Book Chapters]
- “ROK-US Relations under the Biden Administration” Sahashi Ryo, Suzuki Kazuto Ed. Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy and His Vision, University of Tokyo Press (in Japanese), February 2022
- “21st Century International Relations and Empowering Korean Diplomacy (in Korean)” in Youngkwan Yoon ed. Korean Diplomacy 2020: The Way Forward (Seoul: Nulpum Plus, 2013), 169-246.
- “The US Complex Diplomacy Strategy in the 21st Century (in Korean)” in Youngsun Ha and Sangbae Kim ed. Complex World Politics: Strategies, Principles, and a New Order (Seoul: Han-Ul, 2012), 34-64.
- “Demographic Challenges to South Korea’s Security: Aging and Decreasing Populations” in Kyung Kwan Kim, Gi-Wook Shin, and David Straub ed. Beyond North Korea: Future Challenges to South Korea’s Security (Stanford: APARC, 2011), 219-246.
- “Out of America, into the dragon’s arms: South Korea, a Northeast Asian Balancer?” in Kevin J. Cooney and Yoichiro Sato ed. The Rise of China and International Security: America and Asia Respond (New York: Routledge, 2009)
- “Strategic Thought toward Asia in the Roh Moo-hyun Era” in Gilbert Rozman and In-Taek Hyun and Shin-wha Lee ed. South Korean Strategic Thought toward Asia (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
- “Military Index and Arms Competition”(in Korean) in Young-sun Ha ed. East Asian Community: Myth & Reality (Seoul: East Asia Institute, 2008)
- “Transformation of Modern Global Security Order and East Asia (in Korean)” Young-Sun Ha and Kon Namkung ed. Transformation of Global Politics (Seoul: Eulyu Publishing Co. in Korean)
- “Information Revolution and Global Terror Network (in Korean)” Young-Sun Ha and Sang-Bae Kim ed, Network Knowledge State (Seoul: Eulyu Publishing Co., 2006)
- “North Korean Nuclear Crisis and Coercive Diplomacy” Young-Sun Ha ed. North Korean Nuclear Crisis and Peace on the Korean Peninsula (Seoul: EAI, 2006, in Korean)
- “Japan-South Korea Relations: Slowly Lifting the Burden of History?” Yoichiro Sato and Satu Limaye ed. Japan in A Dynamic Asia: coping with the New Security Challenges (New York: Lexington Books, 2006)
MEDIA
[IIA ROUNDTABLE] 바이든 위기? 레이스는 이제 시작!
[EAI동아시아연구원] 핵 군비경쟁과 인구 절벽, 한국 2022 국방백서 이대로 좋은가?
[China Lecture Series] 33강 미국 내 상황을 통해 본 미중관계의 미래
[서울대 국제학연구소-화정평화재단] 한미동맹&정전 70년 기념 국제세미나
[IIA ROUNDTABLE] 바이든 위기? 레이스는 이제 시작!
[EAI동아시아연구원] 핵 군비경쟁과 인구 절벽, 한국 2022 국방백서 이대로 좋은가?
[China Lecture Series] 33강 미국 내 상황을 통해 본 미중관계의 미래
[서울대 국제학연구소-화정평화재단] 한미동맹&정전 70년 기념 국제세미나
