{"id":13362,"date":"2020-09-22T01:11:25","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T01:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/?p=13362"},"modified":"2020-10-06T04:12:28","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T04:12:28","slug":"geopolitical-middle-ground-state-diplomacy-in-eurasia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/2020\/09\/22\/geopolitical-middle-ground-state-diplomacy-in-eurasia\/","title":{"rendered":"Geopolitical Middle-ground State Diplomacy in Eurasia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/2020\/09\/22\/geopolitical-middle-ground-state-diplomacy-in-eurasia\/20200925_poster-1-768x1086\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13368\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13368 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200925_poster-1-768x1086.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200925_poster-1-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200925_poster-1-768x1086-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200925_poster-1-768x1086-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/20200925_poster-1-768x1086-400x566.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 99vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Date: <\/strong>September 25th, Friday, 2020 13:00 &#8211; 18:00<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Room 303, SNUAC (Bldg. 101)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This seminar is jointly hosted by SNUAC Center for Eurasian and Central Asian Studies (CECAS) and the Institute of International Studies, SNU. The aim of this seminar is to work towards publishing a monograph on the diplomatic behaviors of middle-ground states in Eurasia. There are a total of nine authors, who will present his or her own research topic and main ideas to share the research situations among authors. This seminar will help form an in-depth understanding of the overall research area.<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main presentation: Beomshik Shin &#8211; Comparative Regional Studies and Middle-ground State Diplomacy (13:00 &#8211; 13:15)<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, 30 minutes will be given per presentation: 20 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of discussion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Section I. Middle Eurasian Regional Politics and Middle-ground State Diplomacy (13:15 \u2013 15:45)<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Junghoo Park\u00a0\u2013 Mongol<\/li>\n<li>Seongwoo Hwang\u00a0\u2013 Kyrgyzstan<\/li>\n<li>Bonggu Kang\u00a0\u2013 <span class=\"u_word_dic\" data-hook=\"tip\" data-type=\"arken\" data-lang=\"en\">Uzbekistan<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Jieun Lee\u00a0\u2013 Kazakhstan<\/li>\n<li>Sejin Chung\u00a0\u2013 Georgia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Break (15:45 \u2013 16:00)<\/p>\n<p>Section II. Western Eurasian Regional Politics and Middle-ground State Diplomacy (16:00 \u2013 18:00)<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li>Minwoo Yoon\u00a0\u2013 <span class=\"u_word_dic\" data-hook=\"tip\" data-type=\"arken\" data-lang=\"en\">Azerbaijan<\/span>\u00a0 and Armenia<\/li>\n<li>Beomshik Shin \u2013\u00a0 Ukraine and Belarus<\/li>\n<li>Gyunam Kim\u00a0\u2013 Poland and Hungary<\/li>\n<li>Kyungjun Choi\u00a0\u2013 Finland and Estonia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/2020\/09\/22\/geopolitical-middle-ground-state-diplomacy-in-eurasia\/%eb%b3%b4%ec%a0%95_dsc07094\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13417\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13417 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07094.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07094.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07094-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07094-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07094-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 99vw, (max-width: 900px) 98vw, 876px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/2020\/09\/22\/geopolitical-middle-ground-state-diplomacy-in-eurasia\/%eb%b3%b4%ec%a0%95_dsc07085\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13418\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13418 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07085.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07085.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07085-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07085-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07085-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 99vw, (max-width: 900px) 98vw, 876px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/2020\/09\/22\/geopolitical-middle-ground-state-diplomacy-in-eurasia\/%eb%b3%b4%ec%a0%95_dsc07092\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13419\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13419 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07092.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07092.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07092-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07092-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/_dsc07092-400x225.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 99vw, (max-width: 900px) 98vw, 876px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This seminar provided us an opportunity to learn the concept of middle-ground states, which countries are defined as those states, and what kind of diplomatic behavior they show.\u00a0Geopolitical middle-ground states in Eurasia include Mongol, Kyrgyzstan,\u00a0<span class=\"u_word_dic\" data-hook=\"tip\" data-type=\"arken\" data-lang=\"en\">Uzbekistan,\u00a0<\/span>Kazakhstan, Georgia, <span class=\"u_word_dic\" data-hook=\"tip\" data-type=\"arken\" data-lang=\"en\">Azerbaijan<\/span>, Armenia,\u00a0Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Hungary, Finland, and Estonia, and each country shows a diverse form of middle-ground diplomacy strategies. By researching these states, we could seek out the path for Korea to take between the U.S. and China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: September 25th, Friday, 2020 13:00 &#8211; 18:00 Location:\u00a0Room 303, SNUAC (Bldg. 101) This seminar is jointly hosted by SNUAC Center for Eurasian and Central Asian Studies (CECAS) and the Institute of International Studies, SNU. The aim of this seminar is to work towards publishing a monograph on the diplomatic behaviors of middle-ground states in Eurasia. There are a total of nine authors, who will present his or her own research topic and main ideas to share the research situations among authors. This seminar will help form an in-depth understanding of the overall research area. &nbsp; Main presentation: Beomshik Shin &#8211; Comparative Regional Studies and Middle-ground State Diplomacy (13:00 &#8211; 13:15) Afterward, 30 minutes will be given per presentation: 20 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of discussion. &nbsp; Section I. Middle Eurasian Regional Politics and Middle-ground State Diplomacy (13:15&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13368,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13362"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13421,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13362\/revisions\/13421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snuac.snu.ac.kr\/eng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}