Er‐win Tan
Biographic Data
| ID | 4885360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Er‐win Tan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Er‐win |
| FAMILY NAME | Tan |
| SIGNATURE | TAN E W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hankuk University of Foreign Studies |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2998-2186 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Minilateralism and Trilateral Cooperation in Northeast Asia
This article examines the evolving dynamics of minilateralism and trilateral cooperation in Northeast Asia, and assesses their implications for regional security and order-building. It traces the development of minilateral frameworks in the region since the end of the Cold War, focusing in particular on two key trilateral cases: security cooperation between the United States, Japan, and South Korea, and functional cooperation between China, Japan…
Defining the intension and extension of nations’ sovereignty in the age of generative AI
Middle powers and minilateralism against hybrid threats in the Indo-Pacific
Asian middle powers are adopting strategies to address emerging hybrid warfare threats by building a web of partnerships with capable and advanced states. This shows an inflection point in the foreign behaviours of Asian states, which have been largely regarded as hedgers between the US and China. To demonstrate the relationship between hybrid threats and complex alignment, this study focuses on three second-tier Indo-Pacific states: South Korea,…
Cyberwarfare and the Weaponization of Information in US–China 21st‐Century Geostrategic Rivalry
Sino–US geostrategic rivalry has carried over into cyberspace and is reflected in how both the United States and China view the internet as a battleground for the propagation of information warfare in their bids to increase global influence at the expense of the other. Both the United States and China have harnessed cyberspace in order to propagate their worldview to a global audience, whilst countering and rebutting the other's information narra…
Russia and the Korean Peninsula
The potential role of Russia as an intermediary in inter-Korean relations has been under-studied inasmuch as regional attempts to bring about the denuclearisation of North Korea are concerned. Although Russia had previously taken a less active role during the Six Party Talks, it is apparent President Putin has sought a Russian Pivot to Northeast Asia, with a particular interest in consolidating Russian interests on the Korean Peninsula. Russian i…
The US-North Korean asymmetrical security dilemma
The bulk of literature on the security dilemma has examined the phenomenon within the context of rivalry between great powers of roughly equal strength (for instance, the United States-Soviet nuclear arms race). Yet no study has examined the implications of power asymmetry between a strong power and a weak one when they are facing the security dilemma in their interaction. This manuscript shall examine how the asymmetry of interaction in the Unit…
North Korea's Nuclear and Human Rights Conundrum
North Korea's continued commitment to its nuclear weapons program and its concurrent violation of the basic norms of human rights underscores a particularly intractable stalemate insofar as South Korea's goal of unification is concerned. The simple truth is that the topic of unification will invariably entail some form of the South's absorption of the North. Thus, any meaningful discussion on the goal of Korean unification has to consider the con…
Revisiting the 1983 Rangoon Bombing Covert Action in North Korea's Foreign Relations
The assassination attempt on South Korean (ROK) President Chun Doo Hwan during a state visit to Rangoon, Burma (now known as Yangon, Myanmar) in 1983 illustrates the willingness of the North Korean state to engage in state terror not only against its own citizens, but also against the ROK. The authors examine the North Korean state’s adoption of covert operations tactics and terrorist activity in an attempt to undermine the ROK, even when its act…
Exploiting Sino-US Geostrategic Competition
The mainstream literature on weak status quo states’ diplomacy tends to identify their regional security roles in terms of dealing with non-traditional security issues. This article argues that such a limited approach is not sufficient to explain the current security dynamics in the Asia-Pacific. This article reviews the literature on weak status quo states’ influence on regional order. It then identifies a security environment in which they are …
Van Jackson, Rival Reputations
The Potential Role of South-East Asia in North Korea's Economic Reforms
The process of engaging the Democratic People's Republic of Korea stands at a crossroads that presents challenges as well as opportunities. We believe that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can indirectly help to facilitate North Korean reforms in three ways: (i) Political: via ASEAN's ability to function as a neutral facilitator of dialogue; (ii) Economic: as models of economic reform for North Korea (particularly based on the e…
Middle powers and minilateralism against hybrid threats in the Indo-Pacific
Asian middle powers are adopting strategies to address emerging hybrid warfare threats by building a web of partnerships with capable and advanced states. This shows an inflection point in the foreign behaviours of Asian states, which have been largely regarded as hedgers between the US and China. To demonstrate the relationship between hybrid threats and complex alignment, this study focuses on three second-tier Indo-Pacific states: South Korea,…
Cyberwarfare and the Weaponization of Information in US–China 21st‐Century Geostrategic Rivalry
Sino–US geostrategic rivalry has carried over into cyberspace and is reflected in how both the United States and China view the internet as a battleground for the propagation of information warfare in their bids to increase global influence at the expense of the other. Both the United States and China have harnessed cyberspace in order to propagate their worldview to a global audience, whilst countering and rebutting the other's information narra…
Van Jackson, Rival Reputations
The Potential Role of South-East Asia in North Korea's Economic Reforms
The process of engaging the Democratic People's Republic of Korea stands at a crossroads that presents challenges as well as opportunities. We believe that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) can indirectly help to facilitate North Korean reforms in three ways: (i) Political: via ASEAN's ability to function as a neutral facilitator of dialogue; (ii) Economic: as models of economic reform for North Korea (particularly based on the e…
Exploiting Sino-US Geostrategic Competition
The mainstream literature on weak status quo states’ diplomacy tends to identify their regional security roles in terms of dealing with non-traditional security issues. This article argues that such a limited approach is not sufficient to explain the current security dynamics in the Asia-Pacific. This article reviews the literature on weak status quo states’ influence on regional order. It then identifies a security environment in which they are …
Revisiting the 1983 Rangoon Bombing Covert Action in North Korea's Foreign Relations
The assassination attempt on South Korean (ROK) President Chun Doo Hwan during a state visit to Rangoon, Burma (now known as Yangon, Myanmar) in 1983 illustrates the willingness of the North Korean state to engage in state terror not only against its own citizens, but also against the ROK. The authors examine the North Korean state’s adoption of covert operations tactics and terrorist activity in an attempt to undermine the ROK, even when its act…
The US-North Korean asymmetrical security dilemma
The bulk of literature on the security dilemma has examined the phenomenon within the context of rivalry between great powers of roughly equal strength (for instance, the United States-Soviet nuclear arms race). Yet no study has examined the implications of power asymmetry between a strong power and a weak one when they are facing the security dilemma in their interaction. This manuscript shall examine how the asymmetry of interaction in the Unit…
North Korea's Nuclear and Human Rights Conundrum
North Korea's continued commitment to its nuclear weapons program and its concurrent violation of the basic norms of human rights underscores a particularly intractable stalemate insofar as South Korea's goal of unification is concerned. The simple truth is that the topic of unification will invariably entail some form of the South's absorption of the North. Thus, any meaningful discussion on the goal of Korean unification has to consider the con…
Russia and the Korean Peninsula
The potential role of Russia as an intermediary in inter-Korean relations has been under-studied inasmuch as regional attempts to bring about the denuclearisation of North Korea are concerned. Although Russia had previously taken a less active role during the Six Party Talks, it is apparent President Putin has sought a Russian Pivot to Northeast Asia, with a particular interest in consolidating Russian interests on the Korean Peninsula. Russian i…
Cyberwarfare and the Weaponization of Information in US–China 21st‐Century Geostrategic Rivalry
Sino–US geostrategic rivalry has carried over into cyberspace and is reflected in how both the United States and China view the internet as a battleground for the propagation of information warfare in their bids to increase global influence at the expense of the other. Both the United States and China have harnessed cyberspace in order to propagate their worldview to a global audience, whilst countering and rebutting the other's information narra…
Middle powers and minilateralism against hybrid threats in the Indo-Pacific
Asian middle powers are adopting strategies to address emerging hybrid warfare threats by building a web of partnerships with capable and advanced states. This shows an inflection point in the foreign behaviours of Asian states, which have been largely regarded as hedgers between the US and China. To demonstrate the relationship between hybrid threats and complex alignment, this study focuses on three second-tier Indo-Pacific states: South Korea,…
Defining the intension and extension of nations’ sovereignty in the age of generative AI
Minilateralism and Trilateral Cooperation in Northeast Asia
This article examines the evolving dynamics of minilateralism and trilateral cooperation in Northeast Asia, and assesses their implications for regional security and order-building. It traces the development of minilateral frameworks in the region since the end of the Cold War, focusing in particular on two key trilateral cases: security cooperation between the United States, Japan, and South Korea, and functional cooperation between China, Japan…
Political science (9 works) · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political economy (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · China (3 works)