Title: Evolving Korea-NATO Relations: Global, Indo-Pacific and Korean Perspectives
Time: April 27th (Thur.), 9 a.m.
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Guest Speaker: Dr. Wooyeal Paik
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Studies, Yonsei University, South Korea
Short Bio
Wooyeal PAIK is an associate professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies,
deputy director, at Yonsei Institute of North Korean Studies, and Director, the Center for International
Relations, Aerospace Strategy & Technology Institute at Yonsei University, Seoul. He is also a visiting
fellow at Institut de recherche stratégique de l’École militaire (IRSEM), Paris and adjunct professor at
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels. Prof. PAIK received a B.A. in political science from Yonsei
University, an M.Phil. in public and social administration from the City University of Hong Kong, and a
M.A. and a Ph.D. in political science from UCLA. His recent research focuses on the interactions
between domestic politics and international politics from global strategic perspectives as well as
the convergence of Indo-Pacific and Euro-Atlantic regions as well as key security dimensions (military,
political, economic, technological, and environmental). More specific topics are NATO-AP4 relations
and Korea-Europe defense industrial cooperation, China-Europe relations, and French foreign policy.
He also tries to create a new field, politics of things to include forest and technology, while advising
and/or working with multiple government branches such as the Korean MOFA, National Assembly, Navy,
Air Force, NSO, and Forest Service. (Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/wypaik)
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