CHOI Jung Hoon

Assistant Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia-Japan Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University Specialized field：International Politics, Security Issues in Northeast Asia, Area Studies (The Korean Peninsula), International Relations' Theory
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Degree：Ph.D. in International Relations (Ritsumeikan University), 2015 Doctoral Thesis: What Brings about the Tensions between the US and North Korea since the End of the Cold War from the Perspective of the Spiral Model? (1990-2013)
Publications: 1. Why Has the US-DPRK Nuclear Crises been Repeated?, Crane, 2020. 2. NAKATO Sachio & CHOI Jung Hoon, ed., New Horizons of North Korean Studies-A Search for Theoretical Area Studies, Koyo Syobou, 2022. Recent Papers: "North Korea's Advanced Nuclear Weapons and US Extended Deterrence for South Korea: an Assessment based on Nuclear Deterrence Theory", Asia-Japan Institute of Ritsumeikan University, Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan Univ.(Vol. 3), pp. 82-102.
Recent Papers : "North Korea's Advanced Nuclear Wea　pons and US Extended Deterrence for Japan: an Assessment based on Nuclear Deterrence Theory", Asia-Japan Institute of Ritsumeikan University, Journal of the Asia-Japan Research Institute of Ritsumeikan Univ.(Vol. 2), pp. 109-134.
Recent Research Interests: 1. A Comparative Analysis on Nuclear Crises 2. Security Issues in Northeast Asia 3. The History of Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control
Researchers' Essays：What can COVID19 Imply for Nuclear-Armed North Korea?