Young Whan Kihl

Biographic Data

ID730158
NAMEYoung Whan Kihl
GIVEN NAMESYoung Whan
FAMILY NAMEKihl
SIGNATUREKIHL Y W
AFFILIATIONSIowa State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS34
TOTAL CITATIONS25
AUTHOR COUNT33
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2016
H-INDEX3

  • Peace and Security in Northeast Asia: Nuclear Issue and the Korean Peninsula

    Peter Hayes, Young Whan KihlBOOKPeace and Security in Northeast…2016

    Korean security was the focus of world-wide attention and concern in 1993--95 with North Korea's 'suspected' nuclear weapons program. Dubbed by some as the first post-Cold War nuclear crisis, it was triggered by the United Nations Security Council's move to impose economic sanctions on North Korea. Although the immediate crisis was defused diplomatically, the nuclear time bomb continues to tick on the Korean peninsula, and the issues remain under…

  • Transforming Korean Politics: Democracy, Reform, and Culture

    Young Whan KihlBOOKTransforming Korean Politics2015

    Over the past fifteen years, South Korea has transformed itself from an authoritarian government into a new democracy with a vibrant capitalist economy. Modernization, democratization, and globalization have played important roles in this transformation, and have greatly influenced the programs and policies of Korea's Sixth Republic. Covering developments through the 2003 elections, this book shows how the South Korean government and society have…

  • North Korea: The Politics of Regime Survival

    Young Whan Kihl, Hong Nack KimBOOKNorth Korea : the Politics of…2014

    List of Tables 1. Staying Power of the Socialist Hermit Kingdom, Young Whan Kihl Part I. Domestic Politics and Political Economy 2. Emergence of the Second Republic: The Kim Regime Adapts to the Challenge of Modernity, Alexandre Y. Mansourov 3. Kim Jong Il's Military First Politics, Ilpyong J. Kim 4. Reconciling Nuclear Standoff and Economic Shortfalls: Pyongyang's Perspective, C. Kenneth Quinones 5. North Korea's Weapons of Mass Destruction, Lar…

  • Security on the Korean Peninsula: Continuity and Change

    Open AccessYoung Whan KihlARTICLESecurity Dialogue2002Cited by: 1References: 2

    Continuity and change characterize security on the Korean peninsula, while the USA's ongoing anti-terrorism campaign raises concern in relation to North Korea. This article examines the Korean peninsula from global, regional, and local perspectives, ascertaining security dynamics and trends. It contrasts recent efforts to restore the northern continental triangle (North Korea, China, and Russia) with the continued stability of the southern mariti…

  • North Korea after Kim Il Sung

    Young Whan Kihl, Dae-Sook Suh et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1999

  • North Korean Special Forces

    Young Whan Kihl, Joseph S BermudezARTICLEPacific Affairs1999

    North Korea fields one of the world's largest armies, tasked with annihilating U.S. and South Korean forces and reuniting the two Koreas. At the tip of the North Koreans' spear is the largest special operations force in the world. Here, a leading expert on the subject fully exposes and analyzes this dangerous threat. Updating and expanding his original 1988 study, Joseph Bermudez includes in this second edition all the new information gleaned fro…

  • The Mouse that Roared: North Korea's Nuclear Deal‐Making with the United States

    Open AccessYoung Whan KihlARTICLEPacific Focus1998

  • Books in review

    Open AccessJoseph Lapalombara, William Frazer et al.ARTICLEStudies in Comparative…1995References: 3

  • Troubled Tiger: Businessmen, Bureaucrats, and Generals in South Korea

    Donald Zagoria, Donald S Zagoria et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1995Cited by: 7

  • East Asian Security in the Post-ColdWar Era

    Robert E Bedeski, Sheldon W Simon et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1995

  • North Korea in Transition: Korea Research Monograph 16

    Young Whan Kihl, Chong-Sik Lee et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1992

  • The Political Unification of Korea in the 1990s: Key to World Peace, by Young Jeh Kim

    Open AccessYoung Whan KihlARTICLEPolitical Science Quarterly1991

    Journal Article The Political Unification of Korea in the 1990s: Key to World Peace, by Young Jeh Kim Get access The Political Unification of Korea in the 1990s: Key to World Peace by Young Jeh Kim. Lewiston, N.Y., Edwin Mellen Press, 1989. 208 pp. $39.95. Young Whan Kihl Young Whan Kihl Iowa State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 106, Issue 1, Spring 1991, Pag…

  • South Korea in 1990: Diplomatic Activism and a Partisan Quagmire

    Young Whan KihlARTICLEAsian Survey1991

    Research Article| January 01 1991 South Korea in 1990: Diplomatic Activism and a Partisan Quagmire Young Whan Kihl Young Whan Kihl Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1991) 31 (1): 64–70. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645186 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Se…

  • Strategic Partners: South Korea and the United States

    Young Whan Kihl, Richard T DetrioARTICLEPacific Affairs1991

  • South Korea in 1989: Slow Progress toward Democracy

    Young Whan KihlARTICLEAsian Survey1990Cited by: 2

    Research Article| January 01 1990 South Korea in 1989: Slow Progress toward Democracy Young Whan Kihl Young Whan Kihl Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Far Eastern Survey (1961) 30 (1): 67–73. https://doi.org/10.2307/2644774 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Si…

  • Political Change in South Korea

    Yunshik Chang, Ilpyong J Kim et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1990

  • South Korea’s Rise to Prominence

    Young Whan KihlARTICLECurrent History1989

    Essay| April 01 1989 South Korea’s Rise to Prominence Young Whan Kihl Young Whan Kihl Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University Young Whan Kihl is the coeditor of Security, Strategy and Policy Responses in the Pacific Rim (Boulder: Lynne Reinner Publishers, 1989) and Political Change in South Korea (New York: Paragon House, 1987). Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1989) 88 (537)…

  • Intra-Regional Conflict and the Asean Peace Process

    Open AccessYoung Whan KihlARTICLEInternational Journal Canada s…1989Cited by: 3

  • East Asian Conflict Zones

    Donald S Zagoria, Lawrence E Grinter et al.ARTICLEForeign Affairs1988Cited by: 1

  • East Asian Conflict Zones

    Open AccessLawrence E Grinter, Young Whan KihlBOOKEast Asian Conflict Zones1987

  • East Asian Conflict Zones: Prospects for Regional Stability and Deescalation

    Lawrence E Grinter, Young Whan KihlBOOKEast Asian Conflict Zones1987

  • Asian-Pacific Security: Emerging Challenges and Responses

    Robert E Bedeski, Young Whan Kihl et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal Canada s…1987

  • Politics and Policies in Divided Korea: Regimes in Contest

    Donald S Zagoria, Young Whan KihlARTICLEForeign Affairs1987Cited by: 5

  • Asian Security 1985

    Raju G C Thomas, Young Whan Kihl et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1987

  • North Korea’s New Pragmatism

    Young Whan KihlARTICLECurrent History1986

    Research Article| April 01 1986 North Korea’s New Pragmatism Young Whan Kihl Young Whan Kihl Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University Young Whan Kihl teaches international politics and comparative Asian politics. He is the author of Politics and Policies in Divided Korea: Regimes in Contest (Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1984), the coauthor of World Trade Issues: Regime, Structure and Policy (New York: Praeger, 1985), and the coedi…