- Victor Cha
[http://www8.georgetown.edu/departments/government/faculty/chav/ Victor D. Cha] - Georgetown University] .
Dr. Cha is the author of numerous articles, books, and other works on Asian security. He authored "Alignment Despite Antagonism" (2001), recipient of the Ohira Book Prize, which presented a new, alternative theory regarding Japan and South Korea's political alignment despite their historical animosity. Dr. Cha wrote this in response to previous research on the subject, which he felt focused too heavily on their respective historical antagonism [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0804731926 Alignment Despite Antagonism by Dr. Victor D. Cha - Amazon.com] ] . In 2005, Cha co-authored "Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies" with Professor David Kang of
Dartmouth College and itsTuck School of Business . The co-authors presented their respective viewpoints on the best way to handle the Korean situation, with Dr. Cha presenting a more "hawkish" approach and Dr. Kang presenting his more "dovish" arguments [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0231131291 Nuclear North Korea: A Debate on Engagement Strategies by Victor Cha and David Kang - Amazon.com] ] .Dr. Cha is currently planning on publishing two new works on East Asia: a book on "Sports diplomacy and the Olympics in Asia" and a monograph concerning “Origins of the Postwar American Alliance System in Asia" [http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=24785 Victor Cha Returns to Georgetown from NSC - Georgetown University] ] .
Dr. Cha received both his A.B. and his Ph.D. from Columbia University, as well as a B.A. (and subsequent M.A.) from the University of Oxford. [http://explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=24785 Victor Cha Returns to Georgetown from NSC - Georgetown University] ]
References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
