The two articles in this issue are contributed by the participants of the 2021 Jeju Forum. The first article, “COVID-19 crisis and the global economy: Measuring and Ranking Resilience Index by country,” is written and presented by the JPI researchers at the Jeju Forum – Dr. Alec Chung (Research Fellow), Dr. Haeyong Lim (Research Fellow), and Dr. Ki Eun Ryu (Postdoctoral Researcher). The JPI researchers created indices Economic Performance Index (EPI) and Economic Resilience Index (ERI).
The second article is written by the participant of the session “ROK-U.S. Alliance under the Biden Administration: Way Forward” – Professor John Delury. He points out the importance of principled negotiation without any pre-set assumptions about the other.
Finally, three JPI researchers have each contributed an essay for this volume of the Jeju Forum Journal. Dr. Alec Chung’s essay reviews the Biden Administration’s strategies toward non- democracies and suggests three possible scenarios on whether and how the US will cooperate with non-democracies. Dr. Haeyong Lim’s essay discusses how the new-normal driven by the US- China strategic competition and COVID-19 will transform the global political and economic order. Finally, Dr. Kieun Ryu’s essay examines how the international community viewed the Taliban and the US government after the Taliban’s occupation of Kabul, employing a big data analysis technique.
These contributions cannot represent all the topics and issues discussed among the speakers at the 2021 Jeju Forum nor all the academic activities of the JPI. Still, through these five contributions, JPI hopes the readers will be able to get a glimpse of some of the essential topics and issues discussed at this year’s Jeju Forum and throughout the year by the JPI.
Contents
Chapter 1. COVID-19 crisis and the global economy: Measuring and Ranking Resilience Index by country
Chapter 2. Escaping the Tragicomedy: Is Principled Negotiation between the United States and North Korea Possible?
Chapter 3. Biden’s Administration and Democracy: U.S. Strategies and Prospects toward Non-Democratic Countries
Chapter 4. The Rise and Fall of Donald Trump, and COVID-19 Pandemic: What the New Normal Implies about International Political Economy
Chapter 5. Big Data Analysis on the International Society’s Response to Taliban and the United States