Edward Kwon
Biographic Data
| ID | 3647899 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edward Kwon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwon |
| SIGNATURE | KWON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northern Kentucky University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2099-0374 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
North Korea's nuclear gambit: Coercion, deterrence, and the escalation‐de‐escalation paradox
North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) development and recent nuclear law permitting preemptive nuclear use have jeopardized US and ROK security. Analyzing possible channels of Pyongyang's nuclear brinkmanship and military provocations through international relations theories—including nuclear coercive diplomacy and the nuclear stability‐instability paradox—and the “escalation to de‐escalation” military strategy reveals concerning trends…
The Strained International Relations between Korea and Japan: Shinzo Abe’s Territorial Claim over Dokdo
This article analyzes how Shinzo Abe employed various strategies to challenge Korean sovereignty over Dokdo on the international stage and to promote Japan’s territorial claims on the islets domestically. Through a series of speeches discussed at Japan’s National Diet among Abe’s cabinet ministers and members of the Diet, this article investigates how and by what policy instruments the Abe cabinet infiltrated and revitalized Japan’s territorial c…
North Korean Nuclear Crisis from Contending Theoretical Perspectives
This article investigates the North Korean nuclear crisis from various contending international relations theoretical perspectives analyzing North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the possibility of regime survival, and various policies for coping with North Korea's nuclear threat. North Korea's nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) programs should guarantee Pyongyang's security enough, but Kim Jong‐un's intentio…
Negotiations on the Denuclearisation of North Korea: A Critical Evaluation of Summit Diplomacy
This article analyzes a series of summit diplomacy efforts by the former United States President Donald Trump, and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, to persuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up the country's nuclear weapons program. Through critical evaluation of the summits between Trump and Kim as well as Moon and Kim, the paper provides several important lessons on how to deal with North Korea. Kim Jong Un's mindset and strategic …
South Korea’s Deterrence Strategy Against North Korea’s WMD
Policies of Last Resort for Dealing With North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programme
This paper analyzes the policy remedies for dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs. After six nuclear tests and three recent successful ICBM tests, North Korea is close to miniaturizing nuclear warheads and establishing a reliable delivery system, thus achieving a much-feared nuclear weapons capability. In defiance of the extraordinarily tough U.N. Security Council resolutions, Pyongyang persists in developing nuclear wea…
C hina's Monetary Power: Internationalization of the R enminbi
This paper sheds light on the C hinese government's recent efforts to internationalize the R enminbi ( RMB ). C hina's standing as the world's second largest economy and its more than $3.9 trillion in foreign exchange reserves could greatly leverage C hina's monetary power. As the U nited S tates has become heavily dependent on C hinese financial support in the wake of the recent financial crisis, C hina has sought to exploit this financial advan…
Invisible Anxiety: Would the Rise of C hina Really Be a Security Threat to the United States
This paper investigates diverse public opinion on the rise of the P eople's R epublic of C hina through a survey conducted in the tri‐state region of I ndiana, K entucky, and O hio. In the midst of a global financial crisis, C hina's financial support to the US economy, as well as its recent modernization of the P eople's L iberation A rmy, echoed a serious public anxiety over a potential military and economic security threat to the United States…
Flashback: Financial Liberalization in Mexico and South Korea
This paper investigates financial liberalization in Mexico and South Korea from a comparative international political economy perspective. Though the two countries have a different political economy background, their experiences with financial repression and liberalization were similar, as was the manner in which they handled the subsequent huge inflow of capital. During the process of financial liberalization, both governments had their policy a…
Negotiations on the Denuclearisation of North Korea: A Critical Evaluation of Summit Diplomacy
This article analyzes a series of summit diplomacy efforts by the former United States President Donald Trump, and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, to persuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up the country's nuclear weapons program. Through critical evaluation of the summits between Trump and Kim as well as Moon and Kim, the paper provides several important lessons on how to deal with North Korea. Kim Jong Un's mindset and strategic …
C hina's Monetary Power: Internationalization of the R enminbi
This paper sheds light on the C hinese government's recent efforts to internationalize the R enminbi ( RMB ). C hina's standing as the world's second largest economy and its more than $3.9 trillion in foreign exchange reserves could greatly leverage C hina's monetary power. As the U nited S tates has become heavily dependent on C hinese financial support in the wake of the recent financial crisis, C hina has sought to exploit this financial advan…
South Korea’s Deterrence Strategy Against North Korea’s WMD
North Korean Nuclear Crisis from Contending Theoretical Perspectives
This article investigates the North Korean nuclear crisis from various contending international relations theoretical perspectives analyzing North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the possibility of regime survival, and various policies for coping with North Korea's nuclear threat. North Korea's nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) programs should guarantee Pyongyang's security enough, but Kim Jong‐un's intentio…
Policies of Last Resort for Dealing With North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programme
This paper analyzes the policy remedies for dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs. After six nuclear tests and three recent successful ICBM tests, North Korea is close to miniaturizing nuclear warheads and establishing a reliable delivery system, thus achieving a much-feared nuclear weapons capability. In defiance of the extraordinarily tough U.N. Security Council resolutions, Pyongyang persists in developing nuclear wea…
Invisible Anxiety: Would the Rise of C hina Really Be a Security Threat to the United States
This paper investigates diverse public opinion on the rise of the P eople's R epublic of C hina through a survey conducted in the tri‐state region of I ndiana, K entucky, and O hio. In the midst of a global financial crisis, C hina's financial support to the US economy, as well as its recent modernization of the P eople's L iberation A rmy, echoed a serious public anxiety over a potential military and economic security threat to the United States…
Flashback: Financial Liberalization in Mexico and South Korea
This paper investigates financial liberalization in Mexico and South Korea from a comparative international political economy perspective. Though the two countries have a different political economy background, their experiences with financial repression and liberalization were similar, as was the manner in which they handled the subsequent huge inflow of capital. During the process of financial liberalization, both governments had their policy a…
C hina's Monetary Power: Internationalization of the R enminbi
This paper sheds light on the C hinese government's recent efforts to internationalize the R enminbi ( RMB ). C hina's standing as the world's second largest economy and its more than $3.9 trillion in foreign exchange reserves could greatly leverage C hina's monetary power. As the U nited S tates has become heavily dependent on C hinese financial support in the wake of the recent financial crisis, C hina has sought to exploit this financial advan…
South Korea’s Deterrence Strategy Against North Korea’s WMD
Policies of Last Resort for Dealing With North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Programme
This paper analyzes the policy remedies for dealing with North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs. After six nuclear tests and three recent successful ICBM tests, North Korea is close to miniaturizing nuclear warheads and establishing a reliable delivery system, thus achieving a much-feared nuclear weapons capability. In defiance of the extraordinarily tough U.N. Security Council resolutions, Pyongyang persists in developing nuclear wea…
North Korean Nuclear Crisis from Contending Theoretical Perspectives
This article investigates the North Korean nuclear crisis from various contending international relations theoretical perspectives analyzing North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the possibility of regime survival, and various policies for coping with North Korea's nuclear threat. North Korea's nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) programs should guarantee Pyongyang's security enough, but Kim Jong‐un's intentio…
Negotiations on the Denuclearisation of North Korea: A Critical Evaluation of Summit Diplomacy
This article analyzes a series of summit diplomacy efforts by the former United States President Donald Trump, and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in, to persuade North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to give up the country's nuclear weapons program. Through critical evaluation of the summits between Trump and Kim as well as Moon and Kim, the paper provides several important lessons on how to deal with North Korea. Kim Jong Un's mindset and strategic …
The Strained International Relations between Korea and Japan: Shinzo Abe’s Territorial Claim over Dokdo
This article analyzes how Shinzo Abe employed various strategies to challenge Korean sovereignty over Dokdo on the international stage and to promote Japan’s territorial claims on the islets domestically. Through a series of speeches discussed at Japan’s National Diet among Abe’s cabinet ministers and members of the Diet, this article investigates how and by what policy instruments the Abe cabinet infiltrated and revitalized Japan’s territorial c…
North Korea's nuclear gambit: Coercion, deterrence, and the escalation‐de‐escalation paradox
North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) development and recent nuclear law permitting preemptive nuclear use have jeopardized US and ROK security. Analyzing possible channels of Pyongyang's nuclear brinkmanship and military provocations through international relations theories—including nuclear coercive diplomacy and the nuclear stability‐instability paradox—and the “escalation to de‐escalation” military strategy reveals concerning trends…
Political science (8 works) · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Law (6 works) · International trade (5 works) · Business (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Nuclear weapon (4 works) · Alliance (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)