Lectures by Foreign Scholars
The Institute of Russian Studies at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies was established as the Institute of the Soviet Union and East European Issues on January 13, 1972 in Seoul. In those days, the international community was dominated by cold war ideology, which made any communication or exchange between the Republic of Korea and the Communist bloc virtually impossible. The IRS was the first research center that began collecting and examining periodicals from the Soviet Union, North Korea, and other socialist states. Being the only Soviet Union and East European Issues research institute in Korea, the IRS was able to obtain an unrivaled position in this field. In a country where little research was being conducted on socialism, the IRS exerted a strong influence on the direction of these studies, leading the discourse on communism. From the early 1990s the IRS began to narrow its research subjects to Russia and the CIS region. Concentrated studies on the economies, politics, societies and cultures of the CIS region and Russia became the focus of the Institute. In 1993, the Institute officially changed its name to the Institute of Russian Studies, and in July of 1999, due to space constraints, the IRS relocated to Hankuk University’s Global Campus in Yongin.
The IRS regularly invites distinguished scholars from Russia and other parts of the world to give special talks.
Invited speakers come from diverse academic fields, including politics, economics, and literature.
The Russian Institute held an invited expert lecture with Professor Emeritus Ko Sang-Tu of Yonsei University in Room 113 of the International Hall on the Seoul Campus from 17:00 to 19:00 on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. At this event, which was planned as part of the Humanities Korea (HK+II) Regional Humanities Center project, Professor Ko Sang-Tu gave a lecture on the topic “Europe’s response to the war in Ukraine.”
Through the lecture, Professor Ko Sang-Tu was reminded that with the outbreak of the Ukraine War, war has not completely disappeared in Europe. He also discussed how Europe is responding to the Ukraine War, which brought about significant changes in Europe's geopolitical security. explained how the three major actors are responding.
Professor SangTu Ko’s lecture is largely organized into three parts. First, we looked at the European Union's sanctions against Russia and their ripple effects, and compared Europe's support for Ukraine with that of the United States and the United Kingdom. It explained how the war in Ukraine affected European public opinion and what efforts the European Union is making to strengthen its common defense policy.
Second, noting that the Atlantic Alliance plays an important role in Europe's military security, he explained the changes in NATO's strategic concept and the background to Finland and Sweden's accession to NATO. He emphasized that if the two countries join NATO, the overlap between the two organizations will increase as 23 member states of the European Union become NATO members. It also predicted how security cooperation between NATO and the European Union is changing in the new international security environment.
Third, Germany is playing a leading role in leading the European Union, and Germany's security policy changes have a great impact on Europe's common defense, emphasizing that Germany has maintained a pacifist security culture since World War II. insisted. Due to this influence, he explained that European integration was achieved at the level of economic integration and security integration was minimal, and that Germany's defense policy was changing due to the war in Ukraine. He also emphasized that it is necessary to look at the positions of German political parties and trends in public opinion to determine how sustainable the changes in Germany's security strategy will be.
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