Young W. Kihl

Professor


Department of Political Science

545 Ross Hall,
Iowa State University,
Ames, IA 50011 USA;
Phone (515) 294-7256 or (515) 294-6960; Fax (515) 294-1003
E-mail ykihl@iastate.edu

 

Education

  • Bachelor of Arts: Grinnell College, 1959

(Fields: Political Science and Economics)

  • Master of Arts: New York University, 1960

(Fields: International Relations)

  • Doctor of Philosophy: New York University, 1963

(Fields: International Politics and Organizations, Comparative

Politics (Asia), and Political Behavior)

  • Dissertation: A Study of Functionalism in International Organization

(With Special References to the Cases of ITU and UPU)

Research Publication Areas:

Books/Monographs (Authored, Edited or Translated)

  1. Transforming Korean Politics: Democracy, Reform, and Culture (NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2004), pp. xv and 405.

 

  1. Peace and Security in Northeast Asia: The Nuclear Issue And The Korean Peninsula, co-editing with Peter Hayes (NY: M.E. Sharpe, 1997), pp. xvi and 503.

 

  1. Korea And The World: Beyond The Cold War, editor and contributor (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1994), pp. xii and 371. Selected by CHOICE as an outstanding academic book for 1995.

 

  1. Rethinking The Korean Peninsula: Arms Control, Nuclear Issues And Economic Reformation, co-editor and contributor (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Asian Studies Center and Osaka, Japan: International Society for Korean Studies, 1993) , pp. viii and 151.

 

  1. Bukhan Kyongcheui Chon'kyekwachong (North Korean Economy & Its Developmental Process) (Seoul: Kyongnam University Institute of Far Eastern Studies, 1990), co-author and contributor, pp. vi and 300.

 

  1. Security, Strategy And Policy Responses In The Pacific Rim, co-editor (with Lawrence Grinter), (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1989), pp. xvi and 272.

 

  1. Political Change in South Korea, co-editor and contributor (with Ilpyong J. Kim), (New York: Paragon House Publishers, 1988), pp. vii and 263.

 

  1. Nambukhan Pikyo Chonch'iron (North-South Comparative Politics) (Seoul: Munmaeksa, 1988, 1989), pp. 351, Korean Translation of the 1984 book, Politics and Policies in Divided Korea.

 

  1. East Asian Conflict Zones: Prospect For Regional Stability And Deescalation, co-editor and contributor (with Lawrence Grinter), (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987), pp. xii and 239.

 

  1. Asian-Pacific Security: Emerging Challenges And Responses, co-editor and contributor (with Lawrence Grinter), (Boulder: Lynne Rienner Pub., 1986), pp. xiv and 282.

 

  1. World Trade Issues: Regime, Structure And Policy (New York: Praeger, 1985), (co-authored with James Lutz), pp. xvi and 274.

 

  1. Politics And Policies In Divided Korea: Regimes In Contest, (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1984), pp. xvi and 307.

 

  1. Party Politics And Elections In Korea, co-editor and contributor (with C.I. Eugene Kim), (Silver Springs, MD: Research Institute on Korean Affairs, 1976), pp. xvi and 185.

 

  1. Conflict Issues And International Civil Aviation Decisions: Three Cases, publication of the Monograph Series in World Affairs of the Graduate School of International Studies, (Denver: University of Denver, 1971), pp. xii and 97.

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate

    • Introduction to International Politics
    • International Organization
    • Comparative Foreign Policy
    • Politics of Japan, China, and Korea
    • Asian International Relations

Graduate

    • Comparative Foreign Policy
    • International Organization
    • International Relations Theory