Author Archives
Second year graduate student at Yonsei University, Seoul. Editor in Chief of Yonsei Journal of International Studies. Managing Editor for SinoNK.com.
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His “Other” Legacy: Kenneth Waltz’s Defense of Nuclear Proliferation
How will Kenneth Waltz be remembered? As far as North Korea is concerned, Waltz’s legacy is all it needs to justify its possession of nuclear weapons, argues Steven Denney.
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Charismatic Politics of Another Sort: Personality Politics in South Korea
In unconsolidated democracies with weak party institutions, charismatic political figures have a disproportionately higher level of influence compared to consolidated democracies. Ahn Cheol-soo is one such figure. Steven Denney explains.
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The Loved Republic: South Koreans and the Trusted State
Steven Denney returns with a blog about one Korean nation with two Korean states, and responds to a disputed question: which state is the most loved?
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Toilets as Signifiers: Nuclear Power and the Korean Left
Sino-NK surveys the nationalist discourse and finds that progressives, like conservatives, support a nuclear-powered, “strong and prosperous” Korea.
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South Korea: The New Nationalism in an Era of Strength and Prosperity
SinoNK goes hunting for the new strand of assertive nationalism that has been slowly emerging in today’s era of “strong and prosperous” South Korea.
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McCarthy Didn’t Die, He Went to Seoul: McCarthyism in South Korean Politics
Amid an ideologically-tinged news landscape, Steven Denney and Christopher Green translate a spat of name-calling aimed at progressive Seoul City mayor Park Won-soon.
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A Nuclear Hangover: South Korean Editorial Roundup
Christopher Green and Steven Denney dissect editorials from four South Korean daily newspapers following the North Korean nuclear test to provide a more nuanced breakdown of the domestic response in the South.
