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My Research Interests

* US Congress and American foreign policy, with a focus on American political development

* Moderate coalitions in a polarized US Congress

* Party politics of immigration, national security, and trade policy in US

* Vote switching in US Congress

* Congressional politics of China policymaking in US
 

Publications

* Jungkun Seo. "Staying the Course or Reversing Position? Recurring Roll Call Votes on China's MFN Extension in the U.S. House"
     American Politics Research (forthcoming)

* Jungkun Seo. "Wedge Issue Dynamics and Party Position Shifts: Chinese Exclusion Debates in the U.S. Congress, 1879-1882" 
     Party Politics (forthcoming)

* Jungkun Seo. "U.S.-China Trade Under Pressure from Congress"
     Journal of US-China Public Administration (forthcoming)

* Stephan Haggard, Daniel Pinkston, and Jungkun Seo. "Reforming Korea Inc.: The Politics of Structural Adjustment"
     Asian Perspective, 23(3):201-35, 1999
 

Articles Under Review and Working Papers

* Peter Trubowitz and Jungkun Seo. "Partisan Ambition and Scapegoat Theory: U.S.-China Relations in Political Perspective"
      --- This paper is available on SSRN (Social Science Research Network) at: http://ssrn.com/author=1321046
      --- Nominated for the best paper award, the American Political Science Association Conference (Foreign Policy Section)
              Toronto, ON, Canada, Sep 3-6, 2009 

* Jungkun Seo and Sean M. Theriault. "Joining Moderate Caucuses in a Polarized Congress"

* Jungkun Seo. "The Democratic Party Conversion and the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Debates in the 91st Congress, (1969-1970)"