David C. Kang

For the Australian barrister, see David Kang.

David C. Kang
Maria Crutcher Professor in International Relations, Business and East Asian Languages and Cultures
Personal details
Born	(1965-01-17) January 17, 1965
Korean name
Hangul	강찬웅
Hanja	康燦雄
Revised Romanization	Gang Chanung
McCune–Reischauer	Kang Ch'an Ung

David Chan-oong Kang (Korean: 강찬웅; Hanja: 康燦雄, born January 17, 1965) is a Korean American political scientist.

Born to a family of the Sincheon Kang clan, he holds a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and International Politics from Stanford University from 1988 and a doctorate in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, 1995. Since 2009, Kang has been a professor of the University of Southern California, where he is a professor in both international politics and organization and management. He leads the Institute for Korean Studies at the same university. Kang has previously been a professor at Dartmouth College and guest professor at Stanford University, Yale University, Seoul National University, Korea University and Université de Genève.

Research

In his publication of They Think They’re Normal : Enduring Questions and New Research on North Korea - A Review Essay, David C. Kang talks about North Korea’s foreign and domestic policy, North Korea’s behavioral motivation, and lastly, to what extent North Korea’s behavior predictable or not. He uses three scholarly works of Patrick McEachern, Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland, and Suk-Young Kim to fundamentally understand North Korea’s way of survival as a communist regime and their future endeavors.

Literature

• Ma, Xinru: Kang David C. (2024). Beyond Power Transitions: The Lessons of East Asian History and the Future of U.S.-China Relations. Cambridge University Press.
• Huang, Chin-hao; Kang, David C. (2022). State Formation through Emulation: The East Asian Model. Cambridge University Press.
• Haggard, Stephan; Kang, David C. (2020) East Asia in the World: Twelve Events That Shaped the Modern International Order. Cambridge University Press.
• Kang, David C. (2017) American Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the Twenty-First Century. Cambridge University Press.
• Kang, David C. (2010). East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute. Columbia University Press.
• Sung Chull Kim; Kang, David C. (2009). Engagement with North Korea: A Viable Alternative. SUNY Press.
• Kang, David C. (2007). China Rising: Peace, Power, and Order in East Asia. Columbia University Press.
• Kang, David C.; Cha, Victor (2003). Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies. Columbia University Press.
• Kang, David C. (2002). Crony Capitalism: Corruption and Development in South Korea and the Philippines. Cambridge University Press.
• Kang , David C. (2011). They Think They’Re Normal: Enduring Questions and New Research on North Korea - A Review Essay . International Security , vol. 36, no. 3, 2011, pp. 142–171.

See also

• 2018 North Korea–United States summit
• April 2018 inter-Korean summit
• May 2018 inter-Korean summit