Present Position 

Professor, Division of International Studies, Hanyang University (March 2004-Present) Founder and Director, Center for Energy Governance & Security, Hanyang University 

(www.egs-korea.org)

Research Interest

-International energy politics and political/economic problems of resource-rich countries.

Center for Energy Governance & Security (EGS)

- Founded in 2012 with a grant support from the Korean Ministry of Education.

- Located at Hanyang University’s Seoul Campus

- Mission: Conducting research on various energy issues by bringing together groups of energy experts from major countries in the Asia-Pacific (USA, China, Japan, Singapore, and Australia etc.) with an interest and a capability to engage in the Asia-Pacific region. 

-Research Focus: To better understand the notion of “global energy governance and energy security” and the role of Asia

-Briefings, publications, conferences, newspaper op-eds, collaborating with leading institutions worldwide including National Bureau of Asia Research (NBR), the University of Sussex, SPRU (Science Policy Research Unit), and the University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute. 

Education

Ph.D. Political Science, Purdue University (Dec. 2000)

-Advisor: Rolf H.W. Theen 

-Thesis: Building State Capacity in Russia: A Case Study of Energy Sector Reform, 1992-98

MALD. Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University (1996) 

B.A. Russian Language and Literature, Seoul National University (Feb.1988) 

Professionals

Academia

2012.09-Present           Director, Center for Energy Governance & Security

2004.03-Present           Assistant, Associate and Full Professor

Division of International Studies, Hanyang University

2003.01-2003.05           Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science DePauw University, IN.

2002.08-2003.05           Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN.

2001.08-2002.05           Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Butler University, IN.

2001.01-2002.02           Research Fellow, Center for Central European and Eurasian Studies, Hudson Institute, IN.

2001.05-2001.08           Summer Research Associate, Russian and East European Institute University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Government

2018.08- Present        Member, State Energy Committee 

Ministry of Trade, Industry, Energy, Republic of Korea

2017.12-2018.07        Member, Special Task Force for Energy

Ministry of Trade, Industry, Energy, Republic of Korea

Services

Academia

2018.01-Present             Editor-in-Chief, Korean Journal of International Studies (KJIS) (http://www.kjis.org/main.html)

2017.01-2018.06            Member, Advisory Committee, Asia Policy

2014.03-present             Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor, Department of Political Science, Kazakh National University

2011.03- 2012.02           National Security Panel, East Asia Institute, Seoul

Public

2018.11- Present            Advisor, The Ruling Party of South Korea

Awards

2018    Ministry of Education Award, Excellence in Research, Republic of Korea.

2015    Fast-Track Promotion to Full Professor, Excellence in Research. Hanyang University

2005    Best Teacher Award. Hanyang University

Research Grants

2012.9 - 2018.12  A total of US$2 million for energy research (30 different grants)

Publications  

Research Articles

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2019.“Russia and the Mediterranean in the Era of a New Cold War: Russia’s New Naval Challenges to the West.” Mediterranean Politics. Submitted and under review.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank.2019. “Russian Arms Sales Policy after the Ukraine Sanctions.” Asian Politics & Policy. 11(3).

Younkyoo Kim. 2019.“Obstacles to the Creation of Gas Trading Hubs and a Price Index in Northeast Asia.” Geosystem Engineering, 22(2), pp. 59-71.

Stephen Blank andYounkyoo Kim. 2018.“Russia’s Pivot to Asia: A Balance Sheet.” Journal of Peace Studies. June (published by Korean Association of Peace Studies).

Younkyoo Kim. 2018.“The Geopolitics of Nordstream II Pipeline.” Journal of Regional Studies36(3) (IN KOREAN).

Younkyoo Kim. 2018.“TheEnd of a Gazprom Business Model and liberalization of the Russian Gas Sector.” Korean Journal of Slavic Studies33(2) (IN KOREAN).

Younkyoo Kim. 2018. “Global Gas Market Changes and Russia’s Shifting Gas Export Strategies.” Korean Journal of European Studies 36(2).

Younkyoo Kim. 2017. “Asian LNG Market Changes under Low Oil Prices: Prospects for Trading Hubs and a Price Index.” Geosystem Engineering, 20(3), pp. 129-141.

Younkyoo Kim. 2017. “Gas Market Changes in Northeast Asia: Implications for Korea.” Studies in Northeast Asia. 85(4). (IN KOREAN).

Younkyoo Kim. 2017. “Korean Energy Security.” Natural Gas Industry. (October). (IN KOREAN).

Younkyoo Kim. 2017. “China’s Shale Gas Development.” Journal of Regional Studies. 35(1). (IN KOREAN).

Stephen Blank andYounkyoo Kim. 2016.“The North Caucasus: Russia’s Other War.” Slavic Military Studies29(2), pp. 185-202.

Stephen Blank andYounkyoo Kim. 2016. “Economic Warfare a la Russe: The Energy Weapon and Russiannational security strategy.” Journal of East Asian Affairs, 30(1), pp. 1-39.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank.2016. "The New Great Game of Caspian Energy in 2013-2014: “Turk Stream,” Russia and Turkey." Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. 18(1), pp. 37-55.

Younkyoo Kim. 2016. “EU Energy Strategy.” EU Studies. 34(4).(IN KOREAN).

Stephen Blank,Younkyoo Kim and ErdenOrdabek. 2015.“Central Asia and Post-2014 Afghanistan: A New Turn in Russia's Military Policy in Central Asia.”Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, 27(4), pp. 523-537.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2015. "Russia and Latin America: The New Frontier for Geopolitics, Arms Sales and Energy." Problems of Post-Communism 62(3), pp. 159-173.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2015. “Does Russo-Chinese Partnership Threaten America's Interests in Asia?” Orbis, pp. 1-21.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2015.“US Shale Revolution and Russia: Shifting Geopolitics of Energy in Europe and Asia" Asia-Europe Journal 13(1), pp. 95-112.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2014."Putin and Korea`s Silk Road Express: Russia`s Game on the Korean Peninsula" Korea Observer. 45(4), pp. 599-626.

Stephen Blank andYounkyoo Kim. 2014. “Arms Sales & Russia`s Future as an Asian Power.” Asian Politics & Policy. 6(2), pp. 267-284.

Stephen Blank andYounkyoo Kim. 2014.“Moscow vs. Brussels: Rival Integration Projects in the Balkans.” Mediterranean Quarterly. 25(2), pp. 24-41.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2013.“The Arctic and New Security Challenges in Asia.” The Pacific Focus. 28(3), pp. 319-342.

Younkyoo Kimand Fabio Indeo. 2013.“The New Great Game in Central Asia Post 2014: The US New Silk Road Strategy and Sino-Russian Rivalry.” Communist and Post-Communist Studies. 46(1-2), pp. 275-286.

Stephen Blank andYounkyoo Kim. 2013“Ukraine Fatigue” and a New U.S. Agenda for Europe and Eurasia.” Orbis. 57(3), pp. 1-20.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2013.“Same bed, different dreams: The peaceful rise of China and Sino-Russian Rivalry in Central Asia.” Journal of Contemporary China. 22(83), pp. 773-790.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2013.“Rethinking Russo-Chinese relations in Asia: Beyond Russia’s Chinese Dilemmas.” China-An International Journal. 11(3), pp. 136-148.

Younkyoo Kimand Jaeyoung Lee. 2012. “A Sensitivity Analysis Regarding the Impacts of Trade Openness and Globalization Growth.” Journal of International Logistics and Trade. 10(2), pp. 47-60.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2012. “Russo-Turkish Divergence (Part II): The Energy Dimension.”Middle East Review of International Affairs. (June) (published by the Gloria Center in Israel).

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2012. “Non-Traditional Security(NTS) in Central Asia: Contending Paradigms and Current Perspectives.” Korean Journal of International Studies. 10(1), pp. 37-66.

Research Reports

Stephen Blank andYounkyoo Kim. Making Sense of Russia’s Policy in Afghanistan. Russie.Nei Reports # 24 (September 2018), Brussels, Belgium & Paris, France: French Institute of International Relations (Ifri).

Younkyoo Kim. Nascent Gas Markets in the Era of Low Oil Prices: The Challenges and Opportunities for Energy Security in Northeast Asia.EGS-NBR Joint Working Paper Series. July 2017. https://www.nbr.org/publication/nascent-gas-markets-in-the-era-of-low-oil-prices-the-challenges-and-opportunities-for-energy-security-in-northeast-asia/

Younkyoo Kim. Russia-South Korea-North Korea Trilateral Cooperation in 2013-2014. Napsnet Policy Forum, Nautilus Institute (May 2016).

Younkyoo Kim.Rethinking Energy Security in Northeast Asia Under Lower Oil Prices: A South Korean Perspective. Brief from the Pacific Energy SummitSingapore 2016. https://www.nbr.org/publication/rethinking-energy-security-in-northeast-asia-under-lower-oil-prices-a-south-korean-perspective/

Younkyoo Kim.The Impact of Low Oil Prices on South Korea. NBR Pacific Energy Summit 2015 Beijing. Part of a series ofseven briefs in the series “Regional Perspectives on Trends in Global Oil Markets.”(https://www.nbr.org/publication/the-impact-of-low-oil-prices-on-south-korea/)

Books & Book Chapters

Books

2018. 5 edited volumes in Korean and Asian energy issues published in Korean.

2017. 3 edited volumes in Korean and Asian energy issues published in Korean.

2016. 1 edited book published in Korean.

Book Chapters

Younkyoo Kim. 2018. “Nascent Gas Markets in the Era of Low Oil Prices: The Challenges and Opportunities of Energy Security in Southeast Asia."In Slawomir Raszewski (Ed.)The International Political Economy of Oil and Gas.Palgrave Macmillan.

Younkyoo Kimand Stephen Blank. 2013. “The Arctic: A New Issue on Asia’s Security Agenda.” In Geir Honneland (Ed.). 『The Politics of the Arctic』Edward Elgar. 

Younkyoo Kim.2014. “Shale Gas: Present Status & Expectations.” Unconventional Fossil Fuels: The Next Hydrocarbon Revolution?ECSSR (UAE). 

Invited Talks

World Energy Council. Abu Dhabi, UAE. Asian Supergrid. September 10, 2019. 

World Energy Council. Seoul, South Korea. Russia-Korea Gas Pipeline. June 28, 2019. 

Jeju Forum (US State Department-MOFA ROK Dialogue). Jeju, South Korea. US Indo-Pacific Strategy. May 31, 2019. 

National University of Economy.Almaty, Kazakhstan. Russia-South Korea-North Korea Trilateral Cooperation under Pres. Moon.April 24, 2019.

Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C.US-South Korea Security Issues.July 18, 2018.

Northeast Asia Gas Pipeline & Super-grid Cooperation Forum. Foreign Ministry, Seoul, Korea. March 30, 2018.

Wilson Center-NBR Workshop.Washington DC, 2018 Energy Security Workshop: The Emerging Russia-Asia Energy Nexus. July 17, 2018. https://www.nbr.org/event/2018-energy-security-workshop/

AMCHAM US-South Korea Energy Cooperation Seminar. US Chamber of Commerce in Korea, Seoul, South Korea. September 25, 2017. 

Russia-China Workshop. NBR.Washington, D.C. July 18-19, 2017.

Kazakh National University.Almaty, Kazakhstan. Shale Gas: Present Status & Future Expectations.February 22. 2014.

Courses Taught

Introduction to International Relations (undergraduate-1^styear)

East Asian International Relations (undergraduate-3^rdyear)

Global Resource Politics (both undergraduate and graduate levels)