EAI MPDI Working Paper No. 9

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Chaesung Chun is the Chair of the Asia Security Research Center at East Asia Institute. He is a professor of the department of political science and international relations at Seoul National University and director of Center for International Studies at Seoul National University. Dr. Chun is also serving as an advisory committee member for the Republic of Korea Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Unification. He received his B.A. and M.A. from Seoul National University, and Ph.D. in international relations from Northwestern University. His research interests include international relations, security studies, South Korean foreign policy, and East Asian security relations. His recent publications include Is Politics Moral? Reinhold Niebuhr’s Transcendental Realism (2012), Theory of East Asian International Relations (2011), and “The Rise of New Powers and the Responding Strategies of Other Countries” (2008).

This working paper will be included in an upcoming EAI publication set to be released in Spring 2016 entitled "Transforming Global Governance with Middle Power Diplomacy: South Korea's Role in the 21st Century." Please check in soon for the latest publication updates.