international politics, international political economy, regional cooperation in East Asia, international organizations
Education
(B.A.) Peking University, 2008
(M.A.) Harvard University, 2010
(Ph.D.) The University of Tokyo, 2017
Experience
Hong Kong Phoenix TV Satellite Co. Ltd, news journalist and editor (2010-2011)
Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat among China, Japan, and Korea, Researcher (2011-2014)
Pusan National University, Graduate School of International Studies, professor (2018.09-2021.06)
Sungkyunkwan University Academy of East Asian Studies, professor ( 2021.07 ~)
Journal Articles
(2024)
Transboundary fine dust pollution in China and Korea: How has international politics impeded environmental negotiations?.
ASIA & THE PACIFIC POLICY STUDIES.
11,
1
(2023)
Sino-Japanese Third-party Market Cooperation: Asymmetries of Economic Diplomacy and Politico-economic Gaps.
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.
25,
1
(2022)
Cooperation on Transboundary Fine Dust: Revisiting Korea’s Prudential Environmental Diplomacy toward China and its Policy Effectiveness.
ASIAN PERSPECTIVE.
47,
3
(2021)
China’s Trilateral Development Cooperation: Contradictions and Dual Identities.
Journal of Global and Area Studies.
5,
2
(2021)
Resilience amid Fluctuations: South Korea and Japan's Security Strategies toward China Revisited.
KOREA OBSERVER.
52,
3
(2021)
The Development of China-Europe Railway Express and Sino-Japanese “Third-party Market Cooperation”.
동북아 문화연구.
1,
68
(2021)
China International Development Cooperation Agency: Establishment, Improvement, and Limitations.
Journal of Global and Area Studies.
5,
1
(2020)
What Makes Good Trilateralism?: Theorising the Utilities of Trilateralism in East Asia.
PACIFIC FOCUS.
35,
3
(2019)
The China-Japan-Korea Trilateral Free Trade Agreement: Why did Trade Negotiations Stall.
PACIFIC FOCUS.
34,
2
(2018)
Institutional Creation or Sovereign Extension? Roles and Functions of Nascent China-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC.
18,
2
(2018)
Proceeding in Hardship: The Trilateralism-Bilateralism Nexus and the Institutional Evolution of China-Japan-South Korea Trilateralism.
PACIFIC REVIEW.
31,
1
(2016)
Growing Activism as Cooperation Facilitator: China-Japan-Korea Trilateralism and Korea’s Middle Power Diplomacy.
The Korean Journal of International Studies.
14,
2
Honors / Awards
Pusan National University Yun Ingu New Faculty Award (2021)
