Korea and the World(1) 한국과 세계 Course Orientation Byung-Koo Kim (BK, 김 병 구 )

한국의 국력 국토 면적 : 세계 제 110 위. 한국의 국토면적은 992 만 6000 ㏊ 세계 230 개국 중 작은 나라 북한 (1,205 만 4000 ㏊ ) 을 합치면 세계 84 위

인구 : 4900 만, 세계 제 25 위 남북한을 합치면 7200 만, 세계 제 17 위 인구밀도 ( 명 / ㎢ ) 세계 제 10 위 평균 수명 : 79 세 평균 수명은 1 위 일본 (82 세 ), 2 위 스위 스 (80.3 세 ), 3 위 홍콩 (80 세 ) 국민소득 (PCI): $20,000

World Best Countries Rankings Newsweek, Wellbeing criteria –Quality of life 삶의 질 –Economic dynamism 경제의 역동성 –Education 교육 –Health 건강 –Political transparency 정치적 환경 Overall ranking

Quality of Life 1.Germany7. Russia 2.USA8. Mexico 3.France9. Thailand 4.Japan10. Turkey 5.UK 6.Italy

Economic Dynamism 1.Singapore6. Australia 2.USA7. Switzerland 3.ROK8. Finland 4.UK9. Luxemburg 5.Sweden10. Japan

Education 1.Finland6. Switzerland 2.ROK7. Estonia 3.Canada8. UK 4.Singapore9. Ireland 5.Japan10. Netherland

Health 1.Japan6. Australia 2.Switzerland7. Singapore 3.Sweden8. Norway 4.Spain9. New Zealand 5.Italy10. Netherland

Overall Ranking 1.Finland9. Japan 2.Switzerland10. Denmark 3.Sweden11. USA 4.Australia12. Germany 5.Luxemburg13. New Zealand 6.Norway14. UK 7.Canada15. ROK 8.Netherland16. Frnace

Self Introduction Today’s Global World Globalization & Localization Why ‘International Relations’? Course Contents Course Operations

Your Professor Byung-Koo Kim “BK” 김 병구 Born in Seoul, living in Daejeon Major field: Mechanicla engineering PhD Exp.: 20 years abroad (12 USA, 7 Europe) 30 years at KAERI 7 years at UN IAEA. Vienna 2008, Prof. International Relations, KYU 명곡관 409 호,

This Week in Brief Vancouver Winter Olympic results – 김연아 우승의 특별한 의미 Toyota 자동차 recall 파문 미 의회로 확대 칠레 해안 진도 8.8 지진 강타 한미 FTA 협상 새로운 국면 – 자동차와 쇠고기 유럽연합 PIIGS 국 금융위기 심각

Jet transportation Communication tech –Internet revolution World trade: export/import Relocation –education, work, immigration Global issues – Wars, regional security – Economy, finances – Environment, health, energy, etc. Today’s Global World

Globalization & Localization “Global” concept vs. “Local” concept –“Roots” and “wings” –Glocal (global + local) world –Feeling comfortable anyplace Lessons from history High-tech development Where is “international competitiveness Why English so important?”?

Global Standards 다양성 Variety 획일성 투명성 Transparency 폐쇄성 문화성 Culture 의식주 위주 시장성 Marketability 정부 통제성

Why “International Relations”? Small World – “Google Earth” Understanding international trends Curiosity of the unknown world Coming of multi-national/multi-culture Necessity of foreign languages Possibility of the “Jobs Abroad” “Ugly Korean”, “Ugly American”

Course Contents (1) 1. Global era –Korea and the world –Introduction of United Nations –Towards global mind 2. Major global issues global topics –Survival strategy in energy crisis –Global warming (mechanism & mitigation) –Renewable energy & nuclear power

Course Contents (2) 3. New world order –Coming Post-America world –US under Barack Obama –Coming of new Europe & European Union –New Asian union (?) –NK nuclear and NEA security

Course Operations 수업 방식 : English lecture and discussions 사용 기자재 : Power Point presentation – 강의노트 사전 학교 intranet download – 강의 전 예습, 발표준비 필요 성적평가비율 : 중간고사 35%, 참여발표 20%, 기말 고사 35%, 출석 10% 참고문헌 The Globalization of World Politics - An Introduction to International Relations (Oxford University Press) – 주간지 Economist ( –EBS FM Radio for English –“Google Earth” for the world geography –Wikipedia, Google, Naver

Obama Inauguration Speech Barack Hussein Obama II (48) The 44 th US President ( ) First African-American president Your impression –“Time has come to reaffirm our enduring spirit” (January 20, 2009)