South Korea Since 1980

Uk Heo is Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He is a Korean native and has widely written on Korean politics and security. His work has appeared in the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, the British Journal of Political Science, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, the Journal of Peace Research, International Interactions, Armed Forces and Society, Asian Survey, and others. He is a former President of the Association of Korean Political Studies. Terence Roehrig is a Professor in the National Security Affairs Department at the US Naval War College. He is the author of From Deterrence to Engagement: The US Defense Commitment to South Korea (Lexington Books, 2006) and The Prosecution of Former Military Leaders in Newly Democratic Nations: The Cases of Argentina, Greece, and South Korea (McFarland Publishers, 2002) and a co-editor of Korean Security in a Changing East Asia (Praeger, 2007). Professor Roehrig has published articles and book chapters on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Korean and East Asian security issues, deterrence theory, the US-South Korea alliance, human rights and transitional justice. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is the current President of the Association of Korean Political Studies.