Robert E. Kelly
Assistant Professor
Department Political Science and Diplomacy, Pusan National University
College of Social Sciences, 30 Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 609-735, KOREA
Blog: www.AsianSecurityBlog.wordpress.com
Guest Blogger 2012, Duck of Minerva: http://DuckOfMinerva.blogspot.com/
Senior Analyst, Wikistrat, http://wikistrat.com/
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
U.S. Foreign Policy & Grand Strategy in Asia
International Financial Institutions (especially the World Bank and IMF)
International Political Economy
Security Theory & Terrorism
Globalization and Global Civil Society
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of Political Science, OhioStateUniversity, March 2005 (M.A., 2002)
Major: International Relations
Second Major: Political Theory
Dissertation: “A Lot More Than the NGOs Seem to Think”: The Impact of Non-Governmental Organizations on the Bretton Woods Institutions: http://etd.ohiolink.edu/view.cgi?osu1110364714
Committee: Chadwick Alger, William Liddle, Alexander Thompson, Richard Ned Lebow
B.A., History and Political Science, MiamiUniversity of Ohio, May 1994, Phi Beta Kappa
PUBLICATIONS
“A ‘Confucian Long Peace’ in Pre-Western East Asia?,” European Journal of International Relations
18/3, 2012: forthco; http://ejt.sagepub.com/content/early/2011/07/15/1354066111409771.abstract
“Korea-EU Relations – Beyond the FTA,” International Relations of the Asia-Pacific 12/1, 2012: 101-32;
http://irap.oxfordjournals.org/content/12/1/101.abstract
“Kim Jong Un’s Ascent is a Unique Negotiating Opportunity,” KNDU Research Institute for National
Security Affairs Forum, 20, March 2012: 1-5; http://www.kndu.ac.kr/rinsa/index.jsp?mid1=00000135&mid2=00000684&mid3=&contents_seq=26353&b_mode=R
“The German-Korean Unification Parallel,” Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 23/4, 2011: 457-72;
http://kida.re.kr/data/kjda/02_Robert%20Kelly.pdf
“Assessing the Impact of Nongovernmental Organizations on International Organizations: The World
Bank and IMF,”International Political Science Review 32/3, 2011: 323-44;
http://ips.sagepub.com/content/32/3/323.abstract?etoc
“The Impact of Arab Spring on North Korea,” KNDU Research Institute for National Security Affairs
Forum, 17, June 2011: 5-8; http://www.kndu.ac.kr/rinsa/
“American Dual Containment in Asia,” Geopolitics, 15/4, 2010: 705-725: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a929908160~frm=titlelink
“North Korea’s Shelling of Yeonpyeong Island: Interpretation and Response,” KNDU Research Institute
for National Security Affairs Forum, 15, November 2010: 1-5; http://www.kndu.ac.kr/rinsa/
“Forging Autonomy in a Tough Neighborhood: Korea’s Foreign Policy Struggle,” 21st Century Political
Science Review, 19/3, 2009: 353-380; http://www.politics21.or.kr/paper4.php
“Portrait of Global Civil Society at the Bretton Woods Institutions: Civil Society Dialogue Participation,
2000-2007,” Korean Journal of International Relations, 48/5, 2008: 51-80; http://www.kaisnet.or.kr/html/sub03_04.asp
“Persistent Dependentist and Developmentalist Understandings of the State in Development Theory,”
Development in Practice, 18/3, 2008: 319-332;
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a793290077
“From Global War on Terror to Containment,” Perspectives on Terrorism, 2/4, 2008: 12-14;
http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/34/html
“Is Terrorism Always Wrong?” Perspectives on Terrorism, 1/1, 2007: 1-7;
http://www.terrorismanalysts.com/pt/index.php/pot/article/view/is-terrorism-always-wrong/html
“Security Theory in the ‘New Regionalism,’” International Studies Review, 9/2, 2007: 197-229;
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118523998/abstract
“One Last Chance in Iraq,” OSU Journal of Politics and International Affairs, 1/1, 2007: 135-146;
http://www.upsoatosu.org//Past_Issues_files/File%202%20of%202_FINAL%20DRAFT%20UPSO%20Journal%20%28Papers%29.pdf (see pp. 135-46)
“From IR to Global Governance Theory: Conceptualizations of NGOs since Rio 1992,” Journal of Civil
Society, 3/1, 2007: 81-99; http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a779683721
“A Micro-View of Global Governance: The Spring and Annual Meetings of the Bretton Woods Institutions,” Transnational Associations 2003/4: 203-06;
http://www.uia.be/sites/uia.be/db/db/x.php?dbcode=ta&sbmt=1&go=s&author=Kelly, Robert E
“Thucydides and Hegemony: Athens and the United States,” with Richard Ned Lebow, Review of International Studies27/4 2001: 593-609;
Book Reviews:
Creating Credibility, David Brown, in Development and Practice, 19/8, 2009: 1079-1080;
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a916013045
Globalization and Its Counter-Forces in Southeast Asia, ed. Terence Chong, in Development in
Practice, 19/3, 2009: 431-432;
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a910279353
International Water Security, eds. Nevelina Pachova, Mikiyasu Nakayama & Libor Jansky, in
Development in Practice, 19/2, 2009: 267-269;
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a908839226
International Governance of War-Torn Territories, by Robert Caplan, in Journal of Conflict
Studies, 28, 2008; http://www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/JCS/contents/contents08.html
World Bank / International Monetary Fund Commissions:
“Portrait of Global Civil Society at the Bretton Woods Institutions, 2000-09,” IMF, 2009
http://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/cs/news/2011/CSO203.htm
“The Impact of NGOs on the Bretton Woods Institutions,” World Bank, 2006
Columns/Editorials:
- (3) CNN-GSP-Zakaria, http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/tag/robert-e-kelly/
- (3) East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/author/robertedwinkelly/
“Do Koreans Want to Go It Alone?,” Korean Herald, November 29, 2011: http://www.koreaherald.com/opinion/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20111128000723
“For Consumers’ Sake, Let the Won Float,” JoongAng Daily, September 27, 2011:
http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2941975
“9/11: The Apocalypse That Wasn’t,” JoongAng Daily, September 20, 2011:
http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2941641
“South Korea Does Not Need Nuclear Weapons – Yet,” Korea Times, June 22, 2011:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/06/137_89394.html
“Unleash the Animal Spirits of Smaller Firms,” Korea Times, June 17, 2011:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/06/137_89098.html
“A Specious Argument over the IMF,” JoongAng Daily, June 11, 2011:
http://joongangdaily.joins.com/article/view.asp?aid=2937412
“Implication of US Budget Deficit for Korean Security,” Korea Times, June 10, 2011:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/06/137_88682.html
“Can an Asian become Chief of the IMF or World Bank?” Korea Times, May 26, 2011:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/05/137_87636.html
“Retrenchment is Coming,” Korea Times, May 16, 2011:
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2011/05/137_87013.html
“Death of a Korean Aid Worker,” Korea Times, June 26, 2009;
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2009/07/137_47504.html
“Stay the Course at the World Bank,” Rhode Island Providence Journal, December 13, 2007, A14;
http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_kelly13_12-13-07_IM81P4J_v16.2a78726.html
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Liberal Imperial Management,” In revision for resubmission to Security Studies
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Confucianism and War,” ‘Was There an Historical East Asian International System?’ Conference
Korean Studies Institute – University of Southern California, Los Angeles, March 4-5, 2011
“A Confucian ‘Long Peace’ in East Asia?: History, Theory, Prospects,” ‘International Conference on Late
Advances in International Security,’ China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, May 29-30, 2010
“Korea-EU Relations Beyond the FTA,” Pusan Nat’l Uni. EU Center Annual Meeting, PNU, May 7, 2010
“Forging Autonomy in a Tough Neighborhood: Korea’s Foreign Policy Struggle,” ‘Sino-US Relations
and the Korean Peninsula’ Conference, Korean Association for International Studies, Seoul, Korea,
September 11, 2009
“American Dual Containment in Asia,” Korean Political Science Association – Biannual Meeting, Seoul,
August 19-21, 2009
“Portrait of Global Civil Society at the Bretton Woods Institutions, 2000-09,” International Monetary
Fund, Washington D.C., August 10, 2009
“IT and the Strategic Context of US-Korean Relations in the Obama Administration,” ‘ICT-based Public
Policy Forum: Toward the Mutual Prosperity of the US and Korea,’ Korean National Information
Agency & American Chamber of Commerce in Korea, Seoul, December 10, 2008
“‘A Lot More Than the NGOs Seem to Think’: The Impact of Non-GovernmentalOrganizations on the Bretton Woods Institutions,” World Bank, Washington, D.C., September 13, 2005
“Liberal Imperial Management and the Future of U.S. Hegemony,” with Brian Rowe, International
Studies Association – Midwest Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, November 7-8, 2003
“Political Culture and Foreign Policy: Rethinking the Melian Dialogue,” with Richard Ned Lebow,
American Political Science Association – Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, September 2-5, 1999
Invited Topical Speaker:
“External Relations of the European Union,” Pusan Nat’l Univ., EU Winter Camp, Dec. 18, 2010
“Introduction to the European Union,” Pusan Nat’l University, EU Summer Camp, June 29, 2009
http://eucenter.pusan.ac.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=seminar2
“Is It Less Costly to Lose in Iraq?,” Columbus (Ohio) Council on World Affairs, March 13, 2007
“The US and United Nations Reform,” Foreign Policy Association, Columbus, March 27, 2006
“Iran and the United States,” Foreign Policy Association, Columbus, February 9, 2006
“The World Bank and IMF in the Era of Globalization,” UN Association-USA November 5, 2005 “NGOs and the United Nations,” United Nations Association-USA, Columbus, Oct. 24-25, 2003
Discussant:
“Denuclearization and Peace Community on the Korean Peninsula,” Ministry of National Defense
& Korean Institute of Defense Analysis, Seoul, October 27, 2011
“Current Status and Future Prospects of the Issues on the Korean Peninsula Post-Cheonan,”
Ministry of Nat’l Defense & Korean Institute of Defense Analysis, Seoul, Sept. 30, 2010
“Resolving Security Threats to World Peace,” Korean Freedom Foundation, Seoul, June 9, 2010
“Multiculturalism in Korea,” Pusan National University, Busan, Korea, May 14, 2010
“Reshaping the Int’l Order & Korean Politics,” Korean Studies Institute, Busan, Kor. May 7, 2010
“Prospects for the Situation of the Korean Peninsula and the North Korean Nuclear Issue in 2010,”
Institute for National Security Studies, Seoul, December 7, 2009
“Changes and Prospects for Security in Northeast Asia,” Changwon Nat’l U., Oct. 22, 2009 Korea
“Politics of Memory between Korea and Japan,” Korean Political Science Association – Biannual
Meeting, Seoul, August 19-21, 2009
“East Asia and China in a Changing Global Order,” Institute of Chinese Studies, Pusan National
University, Busan, Korea, May 14-15, 2009
“The Obama Administration’s Policy toward the Korean Peninsula,” Korean Association of
International Studies, Seoul, April 21, 2009
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, Syracuse University, June 17-30, 2012
Pusan National University Research Grant, 2008-10, 2010-12
Fund for the Humanities and Social Studies atPusan National University 2009-10, 2011-12
Summer Workshop on Teaching about Terrorism, Oklahoma University, July 10-18, 2007
Academic Fellowship on Terrorism, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies & TelAvivUniversity,
Israel, May 26-June 6, 2007
Alumni Grant for Graduate Research and Scholarship (dissertation assistance), Ohio State Univ., 2004
Two Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships (Russian), U.S. Dept. of Education, 1999, 2000
University Fellow, Ohio State University, 1997-1998
Multiple Travel Grants, Ohio State University, 1999-2004 (India, Russia, Wash., D.C., academic travel)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught: international relations theory, globalization/international political economy, international
organization, terrorism, US foreign policy, US politics, contemporary political theory, Middle East
politics, English for social scientists, intro to: peace & conflict, int’l relations, comparative politics
Pusan National University, Excellence in Teaching Award, 2010
Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching Nominee, OhioStateUniversity, 2007
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Nominee, OhioStateUniversity, 2006
Graduate Assistant/Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University, 1998-2007
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & TRAINING
Article/Book Reviewer:
Journal of Common Market Studies,Rowman & Littlefield, International Relations of the Asia-
Pacific, Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Geopolitics, International Political Science Review,
Journal of Civil Society, Korean Journal of Security Affairs, Études Internationales, Sage, Prentice Hall
Invited Participant:
- ‘Asia 21,’ Korea-IMF Conference, Daejeon, Korea, July 12-13, 2010, http://www.asia21.org/
- ‘Economist Bellwether Conference: South Korea,’ The Economist,September 2010 & 2011
http://www.economistconferences.asia/event/bellwether-series-south-korea
Media:
- Interviews:
- BBC World Service: “World Have Your Say,” April 13, 2012, December 20, 2011,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/whys; “Newshour,” November 23, 2010,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00bybp0 (chapter 1, minutes 10:10 – 17:45)
- “Arirang News,” Arirang Network, Busan, South Korea, June 29, 2009
- TBS e-FM: “Primetime,” March 12, 2012 & December 13, 2011,
http://www.tbs.seoul.kr/efm/Primetime/notice.jsp; “Weekend Edition,” December 24, 2011, http://www.tbs.seoul.kr/efm/WeekendEdition/; “This Morning,” June 29, 2011, http://tbsefm.seoul.kr/efm/ThisMorning/highlights.jsp (no. 152)
- Busan e-FM: “Morning Wave,” December 30, 2012, http://www.befm.or.kr/program/morning/ProgramAction.do?cmd=PlayListMgr&prgmId=morning&tab=PRGM_SCRIPT (no. 658); “Let’s Talk,” March 28, April 11, Sept. 5, 2011, April 23, 2012, Busan, http://www.befm.or.kr/program/letstalk/ProgramAction.do?cmd=PlayAgain&prgmId=letstalk (nos. 94, 96, 117)
- Weekly Foreign Affairs Commentator, “Morning Wave,” Busan e-FM 90.5 MHz, Jan-
March, 2010
- Citation:
- Andrew Sullivan, http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/, February 9, March 21, 2012,
- Reuters, “How to Reunite Korea,” Emily Kaiser, December 20, 2011,
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/12/20/korea-north-reunification-idINDEE7BJ03520111220
- Korea Times, “How to Make the Best of the G-20,” Jin-Seo Cho, Novermber 8, 2010,
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/opinon/2010/11/264_75947.html
- Korea Times, “Can Markets Withstand NK Shock?” Jin-Seo Cho, November 29, 2010,
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2010/11/123_77124.html
- Contributor
- BusanHaps magazine, http://www.busanhaps.com/contributor/Robert%20E.%20Kelly
- Japan Security Watch, http://newpacificinstitute.org/jsw/?p=4533;
http://newpacificinstitute.org/jsw/?p=5781
Participant, Economist Intelligence Unit’s Opinion Leaders Panel, 2012
Biennial Speaker Invitee, EU Center, Pusan National University, 2010, 2012
Annual Speaker Invitee, Global Studies Program Lecture Series, Pusan National University, 2009-12
Founding Participant, “Terrorism Research Initiative” & journal Perspectives on Terrorism, 2007-2008
U.S. Army Educator Tour, Fort Jackson, South Carolina, April 18-22, 2006
Professional Intern, Columbus Health Department, Columbus, Ohio, Summer 2001
Field Representative, MartinR. Hoke, M.C. (House of Representatives, 10-OH) and Hoke for
Congress 1996, Cleveland, Ohio, 1996-1997
Professional Intern, Christian Schmidt, MdB (Member of the German Bundestag) and the
CDU/CSU-Fraktion in the German Parliament, Bonn, Germany1995-1996
Internships: Hanns Seidel Foundation, Munich, Germany, Spring 1993
Cowen & Company (brokerage firm), Cleveland, Ohio, Summer 1992
John Boehner, M.C. (House of Representatives, 8-OH), Washington, D.C. Summer 1991
State of Ohio, Washington Office, Washington, D.C., Summer 1991
LANGUAGE SKILLS
German: Excellent: Accredited by the German-American Chamber of Commerce, April 23, 1994
French: Very Good: Transcript available from LavalUniversity (Quebec City, Canada), August 1997
Russian: Average: Certificate in Advanced Russian from MoscowStateUniversity, August 31, 2000
Korean: Basic
Latin: Basic
Classical Greek: Basic
Language Study Abroad: Moscow StateUniversity, Moscow, Russia, Summer 2000
Nevsky Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia, Summer 1999
Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada, Summer 1997
Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France, Summer 1995
Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany, Winter 1994
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität,Munich, Germany, 1992-1993
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg, Germany, Summer 1992
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
International Political Science Association
British International Studies Association
Academic Council on the United Nations System
Korean Political Science Association
Korean Association for International Studies
21st Century Political Science Association
REFERENCES
Chadwick Alger
Mershon Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Emeritus
Mershon Center, Ohio State University, 1501 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio43201-2602
alger.1@osu.edu
(614) 292-5945
RichardNedLebow
JamesO.Freedman Presidential Professor of Government
Department of Government, DartmouthCollege, 6108 Silsby Hall
Hanover, New Hampshire03755-3547
richard.ned.lebow@dartmouth.edu
(603) 646-0763
R. WilliamLiddle
Professor
Department of Political Science, OhioStateUniversity
Columbus, Ohio43210-1373
liddle.2@osu.edu
(614) 292-1356
Alexander Thompson
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science, OhioStateUniversity
Columbus, Ohio43210-1373
thompson.1191@osu.edu
(614) 292-9491
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