Dr Jooyeon Hong

Dr Jooyeon Hong is a Non-Resident Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and a Research Fellow at the Ewha Social Science Research Institute, Ewha Womans University.

She holds a PhD in International Politics from Ewha Womans University, Korea, where her dissertation analysed the institutionalisation of trilateral cooperation among Korea, China, and Japan through the concept of embedded uninstitutionalised cooperation, highlighting the distinct dynamics of East Asian regionalism beyond European institutionalist theories.

Her recent publications include “Comparative Analysis of ASEAN Policies of Korea, China, and Japan amid US-China Strategic Competition: Competition, Cooperation, and Coexistence” (The Korean Journal of Area Studies), and “Drivers and Setbacks of Trilateral Cooperation in the Context of East Asian Regionalism” (Journal of Korean Political and Diplomatic History), both of which explore the strategic interaction and institutional trajectories of Korea, China, and Japan.

Her research has recently expanded to examine the evolving institutional context of East Asian diplomacy through the case of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS), and to explore the intersection of city diplomacy, artificial intelligence (AI), and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on emerging “smart sustainability” strategies.

She previously served as a Visiting Scholar at the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Law, Keio University (Mita Campus), Japan. Her research continues to focus on Korea–China–Japan relations and the evolving strategic landscape of the Indo-Pacific, with particular attention to comparative middle power strategies between South Korea and Australia under US–China strategic rivalry.