David Chan-oong Kang (, born January 17, 1965) is a

Korean American Korean Americans are Americans of Korean ancestry (mostly from South Korea). In 2015, the Korean-American community constituted about 0.56% of the United States population, or about 1.82 million people, and was the fifth-largest Asian American ...

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. Born to a family of the

Sincheon Kang clan Sincheon Kang clan () is a Korean clan from Sinchon County, Hwanghae Province. According to a census held in 2015, the clan has 52,945 members and in a census held in 2000, the clan had 13,909 families. The ''daedongbo'' (a compilation genealogy ...

, he holds a bachelor's degree in

Anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of be ...

and International Politics from Stanford University from 1988 and a doctorate in Political Science from the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Fran ...

, Berkeley, 1995. Since 2009, Kang has been a professor of the

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8. ...

, 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 Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...

and guest professor at Stanford University,

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

Seoul National University Seoul National University (SNU; ) is a national public research university located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, Seoul National University is largely considered the most prestigious university in South Korea; it is one of the thr ...

Korea University Korea University (KU, ) is a private research university in Seoul, South Korea, established in 1905. The university is included as one of the SKY universities, a popular acronym referring to Korea's three most prestigious universities. T ...

and

Université de Genève The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It remained focused on t ...

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 o
Patrick McEachern

Stephan Haggard Stephan Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor of Korea-Pacific Studies at the School of Global Policy and Strategy and distinguished professor of political scientist specializing in comparative politics at the University of California ...

and Marcus Noland, an
Suk-Young Kim
to fundamentally understand North Korea’s way of survival as a communist regime and their future endeavors.

Literature

* Huang, Chin-hao; Kang, David C. (2022). ''State Formation through Emulation: The East Asian Model''. 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.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kang, David C. 1965 births Living people Experts on North Korea American political scientists American people of Korean descent American international relations scholars Stanford University alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni University of Southern California faculty Dartmouth College faculty David C. American foreign policy writers American male non-fiction writers

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