Iskren Ivanov

Iskren Ivanov is an Associate Professor of International Security at Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski and former Visiting Professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (2023). Previously, Dr. Ivanov served as a Fulbright Visiting Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin (2021 - 2022) and postdoctoral scholar at the University of Delaware (2019). Iskren's work also includes several projects, focused on the U.S. - China and U.S.-Korean relations, in a successful cooperation with the St. Pierre Center of International Security and the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Granada. His latest book: "Pandemics Among Nations: U.S. Foreign Policy and the New Grand Chessboard" assesses the impact of Political Realism on the Sino-American diplomacy.

Publications

America's Squid Game: Why the Korean Conflict Is a Prisoner's Dilemma
America's Squid Game: Why the Korean Conflict Is a Prisoner's Dilemma
Iskren Ivanov. © 2024. 21 pages.
The Korean Conflict has been among the most powerful pillars of the balance of power in Northeast Asia. Yet, that balance changed after North Korea launched its nuclear program....