Speaker: Wooyeal Paik

Title: An Analysis of International Relations between India and Northeast Asia (China, Japan, and South Korea)

Moderator: Daniel A. Bell Dean in the School of Political Science and Public Administration

Host: School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University

Date and place: May 7th 19:00, Zhensheng Courtyard E101

Bio of Speaker:

Wooyeal PAIK is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, Yonsei University since 2017. Previously, he was an assistant professor at the Academy of East Asian Studies (2011-2016) and vice director at Sungkyun Institute of China Studies, Sungkyunkwan University (2014-2016) in Seoul, Korea. Specialising in comparative politics and international relations, Prof. PAIK recently focuses on the comparative authoritarianism, political economy and state-society relations of contemporary China and Asia along with their interactions with international politics in those regions. His recent publications appear in The China Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, International Political Science Review, Modern China, Journal of Contemporary China, The Pacific Review, Asia Europe Journal, The Pacific Focus, Korean Political Science Review, and multiple policy-oriented journals / edited volumes.

Content:

The Modi-led Indian government has introduced ‘Act East Policy,’ which has attracted attention from the India observers in and out of India. The new policy is on the continuum but different from the ‘Look East Policy’ of the previous government. This transformation of India’s foreign policy from both economic and security perspectives stems from domestic and international changes in recent years. Questions such as What is the Indian Act East Policy’s strategic approach toward Northeast Asia’s China, Japan, and South Korea? How do these three countries interact with India? are debated in the lecture.