External Projects

With the researchers whose focuses are on the history of international relationship and political diplomacy, the group will examine relevant discussions and choices of the policies of contemporary political parties within conflicts of power nations in Korean peninsula. Considering that these cases are influential to current international politics, despite the disposability of history, we would like to shed light on the historical trajectory of powerful states and Korea; propose some useful strategies for Korea who is positioned between current U.S.-China relation.

Due to the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, cultural exchanges between Korea, China and Japan have also been active in the online era. It is intended to propose strategies and revitalization measures for the promotion of cultural exchange projects between Korea, China and Japan through online channels, and to utilize the results of this study to develop the agenda for the Korea-China-Japan bilateral ministerial meeting.

In the current intensifying global competitive environment where economy and security issues are combined, it not only strengthens domestic industrial competitiveness but also presents a global trade strategy, and furthermore, a strategy to adopt a global supply chain and pragmatic diplomacy that goes beyond the competition for technological hegemony between the US and China It aims to promote national interest and enhance national prestige.

Recently, cultural exchanges between Korea and Japan have been actively conducted on online SNS, and they are playing a central role in forming public opinion on Korea-Japan relations, but there is no survey data diagnosing the current status of these activities. In the face of the non-face-to-face era, we intend to seek ways to promote sustainable cultural exchange between Korea and Japan, and establish a strategy for developing Korea-Japan relations through the formation of favorable public opinion.

We will take basic research on the United States and China, and in-depth research on strategies that each country. And we will plan to publish a comprehensive strategy report by discussing the establishment of an independent external strategy for realization.

In the midst of recent changes in Korea-Japan relations and the situation in Japan due to the change of the "1965 Regime" and the spread of Covid-19, it is necessary to analyze and disseminate the current situation and changes in Japan and Korea-Japan relations in depth. It aims to analyze and organize research trends and trends in Korea-Japan relations and disclose them as public diplomacy data to the public.

By surveying and analyzing the discourse on Northeast Asian cultural communities in Japan and establishing a research trend database, we intend to contribute to the realization of the Northeast Asia Plus Community of Responsibility and to create a future vision for the Northeast Asian cultural community.

As a conference under the theme of ‘How Dokdo/Takeshima dispute is discussed in Japan?’ we discussed new strategies to expand the relationship between Korea and Japan, which is currently under constraint due to island disputes.

The research will first closely examine the role of the chairman of the National Assembly within an official and political network between Korea and Japan. Thus, the research attempt to place the chairman as one of core executives by extending his role beyond the conventional head of the National Assembly to the head of overall political organization who can act toward the resolution of political conflicts.

The research will evaluate the development of economic relationship between Korea and Japan since the diplomatic normalization in 1965 and examine the recent trends and changes of international economy, in order to produce a five-year blueprint for the direction of economic cooperation after 2015 – the 50th Anniversary of Normalization of Korea-Japan Ties.

- Information packet for academic conference
- Research report
- Book publication: “Japanese Constitution as the Ideological Root of the Historical Understanding”