Korea in Global Affairs Initiative, AU SIS

Ji-Young Lee is the founder and faculty lead of the SIS Korea in Global Affairs Initiative. The initiative is committed to conducting cutting-edge research that delves into South Korea’s critical role in an increasingly complex and interconnected global landscape.

Our research is centered around four key pillars:

– Economic Security
– Historical International Relations & the Korean Peninsula
– Korea-China Relations
– Korea-Japan Relations

For more information, please visit here.

The International History & Korean Peninsula Speaker Series

Ayşe Zarakol’s Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders, in conversation with Amitav Acharya and Yang Zhang (co-sponsored, SIS Historical International Studies research cluster and the UNESCO Chair), January 2023

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“How North Korean Propaganda Interprets Sanctions, Threats and Diplomacy” – Meredith Shaw (University of Tokyo) with Junki Nakahara (AU), April 2022

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Conversation with Evelyn Goh (ANU) on her book with Barry Buzan, Rethinking Sino-Japanese Alienation, November 2021

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“Japan-Korea Relations in a Changing Asia” – Sohn Yul (Yonsei University and EAI) and Nishino Junya (Keio University), November 2021

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Hendrik Spruyt’s The World Imagined in conversation with Antje Wiener (University of Hamburg), Jessica G. Auchter (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga), and Patrick Thaddeus Jackson (AU), April 2021

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“The Future of US Alliances in Asia” – Andrew Yeo (CUA), Iain Henry (ANU) and Yukyung Yeo (Kyung Hee University), February 2021