Robert E. Kelly
Associate Professor
Department Political Science and Diplomacy, Pusan National University
College of Social Sciences, 30 Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 609-735, KOREA
rekelly@pnu.edu, w) +82-(0)51-510-2134
Blog: www.AsianSecurityBlog.wordpress.com
Guest Blogger since 2012, Duck of Minerva: http://DuckOfMinerva.org
Senior Analyst, Wikistrat, http://wikistrat.com/
RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS
International Relations Theory
U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia
International Financial Institutions (especially the World Bank and IMF)
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Ohio State University, 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, Miami University of Ohio, May 1994, Phi Beta Kappa
PUBLICATIONS
“The ‘Pivot’ and Its Problems: American Foreign Policy in Northeast Asia,” Pacific Review, 26/?. 2013:
forthcoming
“A ‘Confucian Long Peace’ in Pre-Western East Asia?” European Journal of International Relations
18/3, 2012: 407-30; http://ejt.sagepub.com/content/18/3/407.abstract
“Kim Jong Un’s Balancing Act,” KNDU Research Institute for National Security Affairs Forum, 22,
September 2012: 1-4, http://www.kndu.ac.kr/rinsa/index.jsp?mid1=00000135&mid2=00000684
“Defining IR: Is it Asia’s Turn?” International Relations and Security Network, Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology, July 30, 2012, http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Digital-Library/Special-Feature/Detail?lng=en&id=150816&tabid=1453260368&contextid774=150816&contextid775=150815
“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/index.jsp?mid1=00000135&mid2=00000684
“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/index.jsp?mid1=00000135&mid2=00000684
“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 Studies 27/4 2001: 593-609;
Book Reviews:
American Culture of War, Adrian Lewis, Cercles, December 15, 2012:
http://www.cercles.com/review/r63/Lewis.html
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
Media/Columns/Editorials:
“Parks’ Recreation,” Foreign Affairs, December 18, 2012;
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138553/robert-e-kelly/parks-recreation?page=show
- (3) CNN-GSP-Zakaria, http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/tag/robert-e-kelly/
- (3) East Asia Forum, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/author/robertedwinkelly/
Newsweek Japan, three cover stories on Korea/Northeast Asia, December 2012/January 2013, http://asiansecurityblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/my-newsweek-japan-cover-story-on-koreas-economy-de-concentration-needed/;
“Judging the Iraq Fiasco,” Joong Ang Daily, April 2, 2013,
http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2969438
“Can President Park Liberalize Korea?,” Korea Times, March 29, 2013,
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/03/113_133018.html
“Why did the US Invade Iraq?,” Joong Ang Daily, March 26, 2013,
http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2969119
“Don’t Forget President Lee’s Merits,” Joong Ang Daily, December 13, 2012: http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2963862
“The Battle for the ‘Seoul’ of South Korea’s Economy,” The Diplomat, November 16, 2012, http://thediplomat.com/2012/11/16/apple-samsung-and-s-koreas-growing-pains/2/?all=true
“How Asia Sees America’s Election,” The Diplomat, November 7, 2012, http://thediplomat.com/2012/11/07/how-asia-sees-americas-presidential-election-three-views/3/
“North Korea is Kim-Land,” JoongAng Daily, October 18, 2012, http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2960958
“Is Korea Ready for Foreign Owners?” JoongAng Daily, September 13, 2012: http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2959346
“America’s ‘Exorbitant Privilege,’” JoongAng Daily and Real Clear World, August 27/28, 2012:
http://www.realclearworld.com/2012/08/27/why_a_bankrupt_america_doesnt_retreat_139542.html
“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
article on Liberalism and Empire in revision for resubmission to Security Studies
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Defining the US Pivot to Asia,” MBC East Asia Institute, Busan, S Korea, October 26, 2012
“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-Governmental Organizations 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:
“Unification – the Korea Project,” CSIS, Seoul, January 22, 2013,
“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, 2012-14
Fund for the Humanities and Social Studies at Pusan 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 & Tel Aviv University,
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)
Bundestag Internship Program, University of Bonn, Germany (1994-95)
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, Ohio State University, 2007
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Nominee, Ohio State University, 2006
Graduate Assistant/Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University, 1998-2007
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & TRAINING
Article/Book Reviewer:
European Journal of International Relations, Security Studies, Journal of Common Market Studies, Pacific Affairs, Rowman & Littlefield, Routledge, 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 2010-12
http://www.economistconferences.asia/event/bellwether-series-south-korea
Media:
– TV:
- BBC and al Jazeera: collected at YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaLCR_fe1FTuJZE4H61P373QmzqJTatN6&feature=view_all
- France 24, Monday July 16, 2012, http://www.france24.com/en/20120716-north-korea-army-chief-removed-all-posts-kim-jong-un-ri
– Radio:
- Weekly Political Analyst, Seoul, TBS eFM, Primetime, (2012-13)
http://www.tbsefm.seoul.kr/efm/Primetime/
- BBC World Service: “World Have Your Say,” March 30, 2013, July 16, 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
- Polish Radio, July 16, 2012; http://www.polskieradio.pl/
- 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, August 20, & September 10, 2012, Busan, http://www.befm.or.kr/program/letstalk/ProgramAction.do?cmd=PlayAgain&prgmId=letstalk (nos. 94, 96, 117, 167, 169)
- Weekly Foreign Affairs Commentator, “Morning Wave,” Busan e-FM 90.5 MHz, Jan-
March, 2010
- Media Citations:
– Salon, “Is North Korea All Talk?,” March 13, 2013,
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/13/is_north_korea_all_talk_partner/
- Korea Times, “Park, Parties Rapped for no Compromise,” March 4, 2013,
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/03/116_131501.html
- Kookje News, “American Pivot,” October 28, 2012,
http://www.kookje.co.kr/news2011/asp/newsbody.asp?code=0100&key=20121029.22006200002
- Washington Post, “Welcome to Lenin Disney (NK),” October 16, 2012, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/10/16/welcome-to-lenin- disney-north-koreas-otherworldly-tourism-experience/
– David Frum, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/27/gangnan-style-ctd.html
– Stephen Walt, http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/, June 8, 2012
– Andrew Sullivan, http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/, February 9, March 21, June
4 & 12, 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
Listee, Who’s Who in the World, Marquis, 2013-
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, Martin R. 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, Germany 1995-1996
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 Laval University (Quebec City, Canada), August 1997
Russian: Average: Certificate in Advanced Russian from Moscow State University, August 31, 2000
Korean: Basic
Latin: Basic
Classical Greek: Basic
Language Study Abroad: Moscow State University, 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
David Kang
Professor of International Relations and Business
Department of Political Science
Director, Korean Studies Institute
University of Southern California
900 West 34th Street
Los Angeles, California 90089, USA
+1-1-213-821-4319
Chadwick Alger
Mershon Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Emeritus
Mershon Center, Ohio State University, 1501 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201-2602, USA
+1-614-292-5945
Chul Soon Lee
Professor
Department of Political Science and Diplomacy
Pusan National University
30 Jangjeon-dong, Geumjeong-gu
Busan, 609-735, KOREA
+82-(0)11-9747-9193
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