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Change in Global Order and UN Governance of Peace and Security (Eunsook Chung) Selected as 2019 Outstanding Scholarly Book by the National Academy of Science, ROK

Date 2019-07-12 View 1,299 Writer CHUNG Eunsook

Dr. Eunsook Chung’s (Senior Research Fellow, Department of Security Strategy Studies) book, Change in Global Order and UN Governance of Peace and Security (Publisher: Sunin) was selected as 2019 Outstanding Scholarly Book by the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Korea.
 

This book focuses on peace and security activities of the United Nations (UN) within changing international order and analyzes current affairs, governance gap, and direction of future development.


In conclusion, the author proposes an important task for all member states of the UN, including South Korea, to not to remain in absolute expectation or absolute disappointment regarding the UN but rather to increase its relevance within international affairs.


The Outstanding Scholarly Book is awarded each year by the National Academy of Science of the Republic of Korea to promote academic research and writing activities in the fields of Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences, and Korean Studies. This year, awarded books were selected from the national pool of academic books published last year (from March 2018 to February 2019).

 

List of 2019 Outstanding Scholarly Books by the National Academy of Science

http://www.nas.go.kr/info/notice/view.jsp?NP_Code=10000043&NP_DataCode=20000014&NGB_Code=10002646