Profile
Name
Kim, Tae-Hyung
Major Field
International Politics, South Asian Security, Northeast Asian Security
Education
Ph. D. in Political Science, May, 2005, University of Kentucky
Major Field : International Relations with emphases on International Security and Conflict, East Asian Politics.
Minor Fields : European Politics, Middle Eastern Politics.
M. A. in Political Science, Spring 2001, University of Kentucky
B. A. in Philosophy, 1993, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
Current Positions
69th President, The Korean Association of International Studies (2025)
Professor, Soongsil University, Department of Political Science, Fall 2018-
Associate Professor, Soongsil University, Department of Political Science, Fall 2012-Spring 2018
Assistant Professor, Soongsil University, Department of Political Science, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Assistant Professor, Daemen College, Department of History and Government, Fall 2006-Spring 2011
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky, Department of Political Science, Fall 2005-Spring 2006
Past Positions
Korean Association of International Studies(KAIS) Experiences
2025, President
2019, 2023, Vice President
2021-2023, Chair of Committee of National Defense and Security
2020, Auditor
2018, General Secretary
2016, Member of Board of Research Directors
Other Experiences
2021, Chair of Research Committee of Korean Political Science Association
2021, Vice Dean of Social Science College at Soongsil University
2015-Present, Editorial Board Member of Korean Journal of Security Affairs
2020-Present, Editorial Board Member of Journal of Asiatic Studies
2021-Present, Editorial Board Member of Maritime Security
2018-2021, Advisor of Arms Control Department of Ministry of National Defense
2019, Auditor of Korean Political Science Association
2017-2018, Auditor of Korean Association for Political and Diplomatic History
2016-2017, Member of Editorial Committee of American Studies Association of Korea
Selected Publications
Books
Understanding Indo-Pakistan Conflict: The Nuclear Development and the Changing Security Strategy of the Two Countries (Seogang University Press, 2019) (in Korean). (2024)
Papers
“How to Establish the Strategic Forces Command? Lessons from Strategic Forces Command Experiences of India and Pakistan,” Journal of National Defense Studies, Vol. 67, No. 3 (September 2024) (in Korean)
“The Intensifying Global Stability/Instability Paradox and Lessons from the Indo-Pakistan Nuclear Rivalry Case,” Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol. 64, No. 1(2024) (in Korean)
“Are India’s “Great Power” Diplomacy Compatible with Hindu Nationalist Policy?” 21st Century Political Science Review, Vol. 34, No. 1 (Mar 2024) (in Korean)
“A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Tactical Nuclear Weapons and the Nuclear Command and Control Between Pakistan and North Korea,” Journal of National Defense Studies, Vol. 66, No. 3 (September 2023) (in Korean) (First author).
“The US-China-Russia Nuclear Trilemma and the Changing Global Nuclear Order,” Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol. 63, No. 2(2023) (in Korean).
“Ukraine-Russia War and a Nuclear Crisis: How Dangerous It Could Be?” The Korean Journal of Security Affairs, Vol. 27, No. 1 (June 2022).
“The Development of Indo-Pakistan Rivalry and the Role of the US During the Cold War: The 3rd In-Pa War the Nixon Foreign Policy,” Journal of National Defense Studies, Vol. 65, No. 1 (March 2022) (in Korean).
“The Current Topography of Nuclear Weapons and International Politics,” Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol. 62, No. 1 (2022) (in Korean).
“The Ever Intensifying Sino-US Rivalry and the Choice of Europe,” Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 60, No. 2 (August 2021) (in Korean).
“A Dilemma between Domestic Identity Policies and Diplomatic Strategy: The Case of Modi’s Hindu Nationalist Domestic Policy and Its Collision with China’s Aggressive Foreign Policy,” National Security and Strategy, Vol. 20, No. 4 (2020) (in Korean).
“North Korea’s Nuclear and Missile Development and Crisis Stability in the Korean Peninsula: Lessons, Pitfalls, and Workable Strategy” Korean Journal of Security Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 1 (June 2020).
“The Indo-Pacific Strategy and the Change of US Military Strategy,” Journal of National Defense Studies, Vol. 63, No. 1 (March 2020) (in Korean).
“The Application and Development of the Future Joint Forces Concept to the Korean Armed Forces: The Development of the Multi-Domain Operations(MDO) of the US and the Role of the Air-Space Power,” The Korean Journal of Air and Space, Vol. 6 (November 2018) (in Korean).
“Crisis Stability and Escalation Control Challenges in South Asia: Pakistan's Nuclear Development Efforts and Beyond,” The Korean Journal of Security Affairs, Vol. 22, No. 2 (December 2017).
“The Strategic Rivalry between the US and China from the Arms Control Perspective,” Review of International and Area Studies, Vol. 26, No. 4 (December 2017) (in Korean).
“Great-Power Rivalry and the Nuclear Development of Weak States: The Cases of the Two Koreas,” Journal of Peace and Unification, Vo. 6, No. 2 (Fall 2016), 23-46, (Co-author).
“North Korea's Nuclear Ambition: Is Nuclear Reversal Too Late?” The Korean Journal of Security Affairs, Vol. 21, No. 1 (June 2016).
“A Comparative Analysis of the Realist Alliance Theory Between Pre-Qin China and the Modern US,” Korean Journal of International Relations, Vol. 55, No. 3 (August 2015) (in Korean) (Co-author).
“Balancing or Bandwagoning? Alliance Choices of Baekje and Silla,” Korean Political Science Review, Vol. 48, No. 6 (December 2014) (in Korean) (Co-author).
“1914 vs. 2014: Is East Asia in 2014 Repetition of Europe in 1914?” Eurasian Review (July 2014), (in Korean).
