Dr. Seung-Keun Lee is a professor in the Political Science Department at Keimyung University in Daegu, South Korea.
By Yvonne Oh, IPDGC Program Coordinator
At GW, Lee will be conducting research into “Public Diplomacy and Northeast Asian Peace Building”.
Though the Cold War has long ended, there is much effort to curtail tensions in the region. Some potential areas of conflict are: the Korean Peninsula, the China-Taiwan issue, the China-U.S. trade conflict, and territorial issues between Japan-Russia and Japan-China.
Lee will look at how the United States, Japan, China and Russia implement their diplomatic strategies and policies in the region. He notes that public diplomacy in the practice of foreign policies – amid the changes in global diplomatic paradigms – will be an answer to building peace in the region.
IPDGC looks forward to having Lee join our other prestigious Visiting Scholars at IPDGC this spring semester.