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Dr. Eric J. Ballbach

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Asia Associate

eric.ballbach@swp-berlin.org +49 30 88007-418

Curriculum Vitae
Publications

Areas of Expertise

Asia

Asia
East Asia
The Koreas

Focus

Foreign and security policies of North and South Korea, inter-Korean relations, multilateralism in East Asia, identity politics in Korea, critical theories of International Relations

Short Curriculum vitae

Joined SWP in October 2017

Since 04/2015 Post-doctoral research fellow and lecturer, Institute of Korean Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

Since 10/2015 Director Research Unit II: North Korea and International Security, Institute of Korean Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

04/2009-03/2015 Research Fellow and Lecturer, Insitute of Korean Studies, Freie Universität Berlin

SWP Publications

- Eric J. Ballbach
In the Shadow of the “1992 System” – Relations between South Korea and Taiwan
in:
- Hanns Günther Hilpert
- Alexandra Sakaki
- Gudrun Wacker (eds.)
Dealing with Taiwan
- German
Contribution to a Research Paper 2022/RP 09, 09.09.2022, 91 Pages, pp. 50–55
- Eric J. Ballbach
Moving Beyond Targeted Sanctions

The Sanctions Regime of the European Union against North Korea

SWP Research Paper 2022/RP 04, 18.02.2022, 34 Pages

doi:10.18449/2022RP04
- Eric J. Ballbach
It is time to act, not react, on North Korea
- German
After new provocations, North Korea is back on the agenda of the international community. The US must not engage in a rhetorical tug-of-war. Instead, it must act quickly, says Eric J. Ballbach. Europe can also play a role in this.

Point of View, 29.03.2021
- Eric J. Ballbach
- Laura Morazzini
A Restrained Embrace

South Korea’s Response to Germany’s Indo-Pacific Strategy

SWP Comment 2021/C 13, 12.02.2021, 7 Pages

doi:10.18449/2021C13
- Eric J. Ballbach
North Korea: Between Autonomy-Seeking and the Pursuit of Influence
in:
- Hanns Günther Hilpert
- Oliver Meier (eds.)
Facets of the North Korea Conflict
- German
Contribution to a Research Paper 2018/RP 12, 14.12.2018, 85 Pages, pp. 11–16

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External publications

- Eric J. Ballbach
The end of Critical Engagement: on the failures of the EU’s North Korea strategy

ARI 101/2019, Madrid: Elcano Royal Institute, 8 Pages
- Niels Hegewisch
The Ulaanbaatar Dialogue – a “Helsinki” for peace in Northeast Asia?

in: fes-asia.org, 26.06.2018 (online)
- Esther Felden
Korea 2017: 'Rocketman' Kim vs. 'mentally deranged' Trump

Over 20 missile launches, one atomic test and a hefty verbal spat between North Korea and the United States – these events characterize the belligerent state of affairs on the Korean Peninsula in 2017.

in: dw.com, 26.12.2017 (online)
- Eric J. Ballbach
North Korea’s Engagement in International Institutions

The Case of the ASEAN Regional Forum

in: International Journal of Korean Unification Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2, 2017, pp. 35−65
- Eric J. Ballbach
Authoritarian Continuity or Democratic Change? Assessing the Democratic Quality of South Korea’s North Korea Policymaking

in: Lee, Eun-Jeung, Mosler, Hannes B. and Kim Hak-jae (eds.): The Quality of Democracy in Korea: Three Decades after Democratization, Palgrave McMillan, London & New York, 16.11.2017, pp. 277-304

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