Dr. Alon Levkowitz
Foreign and Security policies of the Korean Peninsula.
Politics and Culture in the Korean Peninsula.
North and South Korea relations with the Middle East.
The Korean Wave (soft power) influence on Korean policies and around the world.
CV
BA International Relations Department The Hebrew University 1992
MA International Relations Department The Hebrew University 1995
PhD International Relations Department The Hebrew University 1992
Postdoc University of British Colombia 2007-2008.
Research
Dr. Alon Levkowitz is a senior lecturer and the Chair of Social Science and Civics department at Beit Berl College, Senior Lecturer at the Asian Studies Program at Bar-Ilan University and researcher at the Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University. His research focuses on politics and foreign relations in East Asia, the Korean foreign and security policy, and Northeast Asian security. His current projects focus on the: North Korean military cooperation with Middle Eastern states; the economic and diplomatic relations between South Korea and the Middle East relations, South Korea's African policy and the North Korean missile industry. He has published articles in number of academic journals including International Relations of the Asia Pacific, The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Defense and Peace Economics, Middle East and Policy Studies, Military & Strategic Affairs, BESA Perspectives Papers and chapters on Korean Peninsula foreign in several edited volumes.
The Korea Now Podcast #50 – Alon Levkowitz – ‘The Two Koreas, Israel and the Middle East’
South Korea's Balancing Act in the Middle East | June 28, 2016
Publications
רשימת פרסומים חלקית:
1. Alon Levkowitz (forthcoming) "The South Korean Sanctions Dilemma: How to Impose and Bypass Sanctions on North Korea and Iran " In East-West Asia Complex Relations in the Twenty-First Century: From Bilateral to Interregional Relationships. Rotem Kowner, P.R. Kumaraswamy and Yoram Evron (eds.). Routledge, Ch.7.
2. Alon Levkowitz (2023) "North Korea and Iran: Kim Jong-Un’s Dilemma" In Strategies of Survival: North Korea Foreign Relations with the Rest of the World under Kim Jong Un. Weigi. Zhang and Jun T. Kwon (eds.). Lexington Books, Ch.6.
3.Alon, Levkowitz., Ran Shauli and Michal Zelcer-Lavid. (2023) "Localised Tropes of Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust in East-Asian Political Discourses in Korea, China and Malaysia," Israel Affairs, 29 (1), pp. 166-184. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2023.2162265.
5. Ben-Rafael Galanti, S., with Carmel, P. and Levkowitz, A. (2020) "Innovations in Israel’s High School Civics Textbooks: Enlightening Trends in Non-Western Democracies," Israel Studies Review, 35(3), pp.52-71. doi:10.3167/isr.2020.350304.
6. Noam Hartoch and Alon Levkowitz (2018) "The North Korean Air Force: A Declining or Evolving Threat?," International Journal of Korean Studies, XXI(2), No.2, pp.1-16.
7. Alon Levkowitz (2017) "South Korea Popular Culture as a Confidence-Building Measure (CBM) in the Middle East" Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, 11(1), pp. 91-99.
8. Alon Levkowitz (2017) "The Middle East Reopens for Business but with Old and New Hazards for South Korea," KEI Academic Paper Series, 10, pp.1-8.
9. Alon Levkowitz (2017) "North Korea and the Middle East" Mideast Security and Policy Studies, No.127, pp.1-41.
10. Alon Levkowitz (2017) "China, Asia and the GCC " in Joshua Teitlbaum, Saudi Arabia, and the New Regional Landscape, Mideast Security and Policy Studies, No.133, pp. 109-112.
11. Sigal Ben-Refael Galanti, and Alon Levkowitz (2016) "Learning about attitudes to Civic Education from high school Textbooks," Meitan Higher Education, 34(1), pp. 113-118.
12. Sigal Ben-Refael Galanti and Alon Levkowitz (2015) "Attitudes towards judicial review in Japan and the South of Korea: indications for the existence of a liberal-democratic civic culture," International Review of Sociology, 25(2), pp. 318-332. https://doi.org/10.1080/03906701.2015.1017354.
13. Irina Lyan and Alon Levkowitz (2015) "From Holy Land to 'Hallyu Land': The
Symbolic Journey Following the Korean Wave in Israel," Fandom Studies, 3(1), pp. 7-21.
14. Alon Levkowitz (2013) "South Korea's Middle East policy: Balancing between global and local interests and the "Arab Spring" Mideast Security and Policy Studies, 106, pp. 1-37.
15. Alon Levkowitz (2013) "Korea’s Wartime Command – Sovereignty, Security and Independence" Military & Strategic Affairs, 2(5), pp. 21-37.
16. Alon Levkowitz (2012) "Korea and the Middle East Turmoil: A Reassessment of South Korea–Middle East Relations" The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, 24(2), pp. 225-238.
17. Alon Levkowitz (2010) "The Republic of Korea and the Middle East: Economics, Diplomacy, and Security" KEI Academic Paper Series, 5(6), pp.1-9.
18. Kobi Kagan, Alon Levkowitz, Asher Tishler, Avi Weiss (2009) "Evaluating Strategic Arms Limitation Agreements, with Applications to the Israeli-Syrian and the North vs. the South Korean Conflicts" Defense and Peace Economics, 20(2), pp. 95-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/10242690801923132.
19. Alon Levkowitz (2008) "Changes in Threat perceptions in Korea: Why?" Papers of the British Association for Korean Studies, 12(2), pp.9-22.
20. Alon Levkowitz (2008) "The 7th Withdrawal – Has the U.S. forces’ journey back home from Korea begun?" International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 8(2), pp.131-148. https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcn004 .
21. Alon Levkowitz (2008) "Kim Il-sung and Mao Zedong – "Brothers in Arm" Zmanim, 101, pp. 80-93 [Hebrew].
22. Alon Levkowitz (2007) "Why Do We Not Understand the DPRK?" North Korean Review, 3(2), pp.94-100.
23. Alon Levkowitz (2004) "Where is the King Buried? Legitimacy Struggles on the Korean Peninsula" Papers of the British Association for Korean Studies, 10, pp. 147-161.
24. Alon Levkowitz (2001) “Korea: Playing Between The Regional Powers,” Harvard Asia Quarterly, 5(3), pp. 51-56.
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