My research interests are broadly located in International Relations History & Theories, International Political Economy, Foreign Policy, and East Asian Politics, Security, and Political Economy.
Publications (Peer-Reviewed)
● The Politics of South Korea: A Comprehensive Introduction. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers (Forthcoming).
● "Globalization, the Rise of East Asian Economies, and State Policies," The Global Studies Journal, Vol. 11, No. 2 (2018): 1-14.
● "Historical and Theoretical Perspectives on the Rise of China: Long Cycles, Power Transitions, and China's Ascent," Asian Perspective, Vol. 42, No. 1 (2018): 61-84.
● “Rationality, Norms, and Identity in International Relations,” International Politics, Vol. 52, No. 1 (2015): 110-127.
● “East Asian Financial Regionalism and the Politics of Global Financial Governance: Structural and Institutional Power in Global and Regional Governance,” Pacific Focus, Vol. 28, No. 3 (2013): 411-434.
● “A Comparative Analysis of Economic Regionalism in Europe and East Asia: A Historical
Institutionalist Approach,” Journal of International and Area Studies, Vol. 19, No. 1 (2012): 59-77.
● “Rethinking Economic Development and the Financial Crisis in South Korea and the State in an Era of
Globalization,” Journal of Third World Studies, Vol. XXVI, No. 2 (2009): 203 – 226.
Other Publications
● “The Crisis of Globalization and Its Future,” From Our Perspective (OWU Faculty Opinions), (February
10, 2021) (An expanded version of this article is available at my google site: https://sites.google.com/a/
owu.edu/ji-young-choi/home/non-refereed-publication).
● “The Politics of the Coronavirus Pandemic,” From Our Perspective (OWU Faculty Opinions), (April 6,
2020) (Available at: https://www.owu.edu/news-media/from-our-perspective/from-our-perspective-
covid-19).
Conference Presentations (Selected)
● “South Korea’s Security Dilemma and Nuclear Options,” will be presented at the annual meeting
of the International Studies Association, April 2024, San Francisco, California.
● “Globalization, Leadership, and US-China Relations in the (Post-)Pandemic World,” presented at
the annual meeting of the Global Studies Conference, June 2021, Montreal, Canada (Online
Presentation).
● "The Economic Logic of Political Changes in the Korean Peninsula,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2019, Toronto, Canada.
● “The Rise of China and U.S.-South Korea Relations,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, February 2017, Baltimore, Maryland.
● "National Identity and Foreign Relations: South Korea's Identity Politics and Foreign Policy Changes," presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2016, Atlanta, Georgia.
● "Globalization and State Policies: The Rise of East Asian Economies and the Role of the State in a Global Age," presented at the annual meeting of the Global Studies Conference, July 2015, Imperial College London, the United Kingdom.
● “The Rise of China and the U.S. Pivot to Asia,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, February 2015, New Orleans, Louisiana.
● “The Rise of China: Theoretical and Historical Approaches,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2014, Toronto, Canada.
● “Rationalism, Constructivism, and International Relations Theory,” presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association, October 2013, Vancouver, Canada.
● “The Evolution of East Asian Financial Regionalism and the Politics of Global Financial Governance,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, March 2011, Montreal, Canada.
● “Varieties of Regional Economic Institutionalization,” presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, February 2010, New Orleans, Louisiana.