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Profile
Niv Farago is a scholar of international relations and area studies. He was trained at the University of Cambridge (Ph.D.) as well as at Yonsei University (M.I.S.) and Tel Aviv University (B.A.). Before joining Sogang University’s Graduate School of International Studies Dr. Farago was a visiting scholar at the U.S.-Korea Institute at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (Johns Hopkins University). He also served as a senior researcher at Sogang University’s Institute of Social Sciences and taught courses on international relations, nuclear proliferation, Europe, and the Middle East at Yonsei University’s GSIS and Underwood International College, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies’ GSIAS, and Sogang University’s department of political science. Dr. Farago’s fields of interest include theories of international relations, international security and nuclear proliferation, comparative politics, transitions to democracy in 'rogue states', and conflict resolution on the Korean Peninsula and in the Middle East. He is also an active participant in the Army Power Forum—a joint project of Sogang University’s Army Research Institute and the Republic of Korea Army to review and improve military strategies and performance. His recent publications include: “Government-Military Relations in Israel: Who’s the Boss? Lessons from the Six-Day War,” The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 29, no.4 (2017); “Washington’s failure to resolve the North Korean nuclear conundrum: examining two decades of US policy,” International Affairs 92, no.5 (2016); “The Next Korean War: Drawing Lessons from Israel’s Experience in the Middle East,” The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 28, no. 1 (2016); “Don’t Turn Iran into North Korea! Re-examining Neoconservative Strategy,” Middle East Policy 21, no.3 (2014); and “La politique nucleaire sud-coreenne au regard de la menace nord-coreenne,” Outre-Terre: Revue Europeenne De Geopolitique 39 (2014).
Education
Ph.D. (Politics and International Studies) the University of Cambridge
M.I.S. (International Studies) Yonsei University
B.A. (Middle Eastern Politics and History) Tel Aviv University
Courses Taught
Introduction to International Relations
Introduction to Contemporary Korea Theories of National Intelligence Conflicts in the Middle East
Academic & Professional Post Held
Assistant Professor, Sogang University’s GSIS, 2016-present
Member of the International Political Science Association’s RC42 (Security, Integration and Unification), 2014-present.
Visiting Scholar, U.S.-Korea Institute at the Paul Nitze Advanced School of International Studies (Johns Hopkins University), 2014-2015
Senior Researcher, Institute of the Social Science, Sogang University, 2013-2015
Korea Foundation Field Research Fellow, 2011 and 2015.
Lecturer, Yonsei University’s GSIS and UIC, 2011-2016
Lecturer, Sogang University’s department of political science, 2012-2013
Lecturer, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies’ GSIAS, 2011
Research&Publication
• Niv Farago, “Government-Military Relations in Israel: Who’s the Boss? Lessons from the Six-Day War,” The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 29, no.4 (2017): 633-650.
• Niv Farago, “Washington’s failure to resolve the North Korean nuclear conundrum: examining two decades of U.S. policy,” International Affairs 92, no.5 (2016): 1127-1145.
• Niv Farago, “The Next Korean War: Drawing Lessons From Israel’s Experience in the Middle East,” The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis 28, no. 1 (2016): 123-138.
• 니브 파라고, "다음 한국전쟁: 이스라엘의 경험에서 무엇을 배울 것인가," 21세기 한국과 육군력: 역할과 전망(서울: 한울아카데미, 2016, 이근욱 편저).
• Niv Farago, “Don’t Turn Iran into North Korea! Re-examining Neoconservative Strategy,” Middle East Policy 21, no.3 (2014): 104-123.
• Niv Farago, ≪La politique nucleaire sud-coreenne au regard de la menace nord-coreenne,≫ Outre-Terre: Revue Europeenne De Geopolitique 39 (2014): 209-223.
• Niv Farago, “Why Washington Shouldn’t Let Hamas Win in Gaza,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, the Front Page, July 17, 2014.
• Niv Farago, “How Washington Should Respond to ISIS in Iraq: The Iran Factor,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, June 20, 2014, the Front Page.
• Niv Farago, “The Chinese Factor in Pyongyang’s Nuclear Ambitions,” Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, May 30, 2014, the Front Page.
• Niv Farago, “South Korea’s Nuclear Policy in view of the North Korean Threat,” (paper presented at the 23rd Congress of the International Political Science Association, Montreal, Canada, July 19-24, 2014).
• Niv Farago, “Who’s the real winner of Iran elections” The Korea Herald, June 20, 2013, p.15. “A history of mistrust: Niv Farago on US-DPRK relations,” an interview conducted by Steven Denney and Joe Litt for Sino-NK, March 9, 2012, http://sinonk.com/2012/03/09/niv-farago-us-dprk-relations/.
• Niv Farago, “For Korea’s Quantum Leap Forward,” Korea Foundation Newsletter (Vol. 20, No. 5, May 2011).
• Niv Farago, “Egyptian Stability after Mubarak,” Korea JoongAng Daily, February 9, 2011, p. 8.
• Niv Farago, “Revisiting the Myth of Nuclear Deterrence: A Wake-up Call for Proliferation Optimists, a paper presented at the 2009 Politics and International Studies Ph.D. Conference at the University of Cambridge.
• Niv Farago, “U.S. needs to reverse policy to end crisis,” Korea JoongAng Daily, December 26, 2006, p. 7.
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