Tae-Hyung Kim, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor
235 Duns Scotus Hall
716-839-8267
E-mail: tkim@daemen.edu

Education:

Ph. D. in Political Science, University of Kentucky
Major Field: International Relations with emphases on International Security and Conflict, East Asian Politics.
Minor Fields: European Politics, Middle Eastern Politics.

M. A. in Political Science
University of Kentucky

B. A. Political Science (History Minor), 1997, University of Alabama
B. A. Philosophy, Korea University

Research and Teaching Interests:

International Security, East Asian Security, East Asian Politics, American Foreign Policy, Comparative Foreign Policy, National Security Policy, Theories of International Relations, Middle Eastern Politics, South Asian Politics, Third World Politics, European Politics, Comparative Politics

Conference Participation:

Panel Presentation: “Competing Visions and Solutions: South Korea’s Nuclear Development Program” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago (April 27, 2002)

Panel Presentation: “Competing Visions and Solutions: South Korea’s Ballistic Missile Development” International Security and Arms Control/International Security Studies Section, Washington D. C. (October 30, 2004)

Informal Roundtable Presentation: “South Korea’s Rapprochement with China: Choice or Necessity?” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago (April 9, 2005)

Panel Presentation: “South Korea between the US and China: “A Shrimp between Whales” or “The Small but Piquant Pepper”? International Studies Association, San Diego (March 25, 2006)

Discussant: “China and Its Northeast Asian Neighbors” International Studies Association, San Diego (March 25, 2006)

Panel presentation: “Fear the Dragon?: “Rising China” from the Chinese Perspective” International Studies Association – Northeast / Northeastern Political Science Association (ISA-NE/NPSA), Boston (November 9, 2006)--scheduled

Publications:

Kim, Byungki and Tae-Hyung Kim, The US’ Goals of Constructing Multilateral Security Structure in Northeast Asia and South Korea’s Response (in Korean) National Defense Research Report 05-04 (Seoul, Korea: Korean Research Institute for Strategy, 2005): A Project Sponsored by the Ministry of National Defense of South Korea

Kim, Byngki and Tae-Hyung Kim, “The US’ Goals of Constructing Multilateral Security Structure in Northeast Asia and South Korea’s Response,”(in Korean) Jolyak Yongu (Strategic Review) Vol. 36 (Spring 2006)

Memberships:

American Political Science Association

International Studies Association

Korean Political Science Association

Korean Association of International Studies