Jeffrey Robertson
Biography
Publications
Jeffrey Robertson is a Visiting Fellow at the Asia Institute, University of Melbourne, and an Associate Professor at Yonsei University in South Korea, where he focuses on diplomatic practice and the Korean Peninsula. His updates his research at www.junotane.com.
Do politicians really make “excellent envoys”?
A politician turned plenipotentiary can make a powerful statement. Yet it can also undermine public service neutrality.
In search of a middle-power rethink on North Korea policy
An international commission could potentially transform an outdated and failed approach to the Korean peninsula.
Coming soon: A neutral South Korea?
South Korea has transformed drastically over the last 20 years, and strategic change on the peninsula will be via Seoul.
Diplomacy after Covid: No looking back
This will not be the last year the world gathers in a virtual meeting – just think beyond Zoom as the platform.
Where next for MIKTA?
Tacking the problems created by Covid-19 appear to be beyond this particular example of middle-power activism.
Diplomacy and global governance after Covid‑19: Prepare for change
Centralised decision-making and tighter budgets are here to stay, with pointless political talkfest out of the way.
South Korea’s foreign ministry: Just a few bad eggs?
Recent scandals have raised questions about the culture within the country’s diplomatic corps. There are ways to fix it.
Political leadership versus diplomacy
Political leadership and diplomacy evolved over thousands of years into distinct fields - for good reasons.
South Korea’s quandary: what to do about MIKTA?
The group once called a called a new dynamic in diplomacy is struggling, but the Korean peninsula might offer a role.
