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Dr. Virginie Grzelczyk is a Reader in International Relations at  Aston University and the Head of the School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

She holds a MA and PhD in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, and a MA in Diplomacy and Security from Ewha University.

Virginie's research focuses on security relationships over the Korean Peninsula, and especially about North Korea, with publications spanning the Six-Party Talks process, North Korea’s energy Security Dilemma, Korean identity in the context of reunification and the concept of crisis in Northeast Asia.

Her latest Leverhulme Trust project focuses on the Politics of Toys in Conflict and Post-Conflict Spheres.

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Principal Investigator,  “No Child’s Play: Politics of Toys in Conflict and Post-Conflict Spheres.”

Reader/Associate Professor in International Relations

Top U.S. commander in the Asia-Pacific region Admiral Harry Harris has met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to discuss the importance of the Japan-U.S. alliance in the midst of continued missile launches by North Korea. Abe emphasised the need for Japan and the United States to "cooperate closely" and apply pressure on an increasingly hostile north. 

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The Korea Peninsula stalemate: Virginie Grzelczyk

1st North Korean Review Conference for North Korean Studies: Session 3 - Virginie Grzelczyk

KGFP Korea Global Forum for Peace 2021

• Theme: Sustainable Economy and Resilient Society in North Korea
• Date & Time: September 1, 2021 (Wed) ┃18:00~19:30(KST)
• Organizer: University of Central Lancashire, UK

 This panel intends to focus on the post-sanction scenario in North Korea by outlining the potential scope for post-sanction relief efforts. In other words, this panel aims to expand the rationale to the need of preparation of post-sanctions development in North Korea by providing future directions for the international community. This project addresses non-traditional security issues of sustainable economic development and resilient society as a way of preparing for a post-sanction scenario. 

We plan to conduct research in four key areas in this panel. While the first panelist deals with the impact of sanctions on North Korea and how existing sanctions can be revised, the second panelist discusses how UK has engaged North Korean issues in terms of economic development and society, and how its engagement needs to be developed in the future in a (post)-sanctions scenario. Both third and fourth panelists provide future implications based on how to meet the challenge of dealing with post-sanction scenarios with particular focus on the lessons learned from other cases, such as Cuba and Myanmar. 

This panel will consider the necessity of addressing recently raised issues of non-traditional security. It will also discuss a possible paradigm change from traditional security to human security so that we can address socio-economic changes in a current and post-sanctions North Korea. 


 Moderator
  - Hannes MOSLER (University of Duisburg-Essen, Professor)

 Presenter
  - Kevin GRAY (University of Sussex, Professor)
  - Niki ALSFORD (University of Central Lancashire, Professor)
  - Virginie GRZELCZYK (Aston University, Professor)
  - LIM Sojin (University of Central Lancashire, Associate Professor)

 Discussant
  - Christopher GREEN (Leiden University, Assistant Professor)
  - Marco MILANI (University of Bologna, Assistant Professor)

LIVE Q&A LINK:
https://app.sli.do/event/pdxixtnz

S7-2 Sustainable Economy and Resilient Society in North Korea

KGFP Korea Global Forum for Peace 2020

• Session: Dynamic International Relations on Korean Peninsula
• Date & Time: 2020.09.09(Wed) ┃16:00~18:00(KST)
• Organization: The Korean Association of North Korean Studies

Since the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, inter-Korean relations have progressed, and lunched for the North Korea’s denuclearization negotiation between US and DPRK. However, it is difficult for predicting the Korean peninsular’s situation due to strategic competition both US-SINO and spread of Covid-19 virus. Therefore, it is time to discuss new directions for peace on the Korean Peninsula in order to establish a permanent peace system on the Korean Peninsula.

 Moderator
  - Hannes MOSLER (Professor, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
 Presenter
  - Virginie GRZELCZYK (Head of School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aston University, UK)
   - Eric J. BALLBACH (Post-Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Korean Studies, Free University of Berlin, Germany)
 Discussant
  - Ed GRIFFITH (Deputy Head of School, University of Central Lancashire, UK)
  - Hee Kyoung CHANG (Lecturer, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
  - Lonnie EDGE (Assistant Professor, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
  - Sarah SON (Assistant Professor, University of Sheffield, UK)
  - Marco MILANI (Assistant Professor, University of Bologna, Italy)
  - Nicolas LEVI (Assistant Professor, Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Poland)

LIVE Q&A LINK:
https://www.sympotalk.com/title/KGFP2020

S10-2 Dynamic International Relations on Korean Peninsula

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