About the Book

The rapid advancement of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and AI technologies is fundamentally transforming the traditional strategic environment, including international order, national security, and economic structures. In particular, the intensifying technological rivalry surrounding AI is reshaping existing geopolitical and geoeconomic dynamics, shifting the center of competition among states from military power and resource endowments to technological capabilities. Against this backdrop, the Korean Peninsula simultaneously faces the pressures of U.S.–China strategic competition and its own enduring security reality of division, necessitating corresponding strategic responses.

Based on this problem awareness, the book examines the impact of AI technologies on the international order and national strategic environment, drawing on lecture materials from the IFES AI Academy, and applies these insights to the Korean Peninsula’s political and security context. It further explores potential shifts in inter-Korean relations and the possible role of technological cooperation in shaping future strategies for the Korean Peninsula in the AI era, while also proposing relevant analytical perspectives and methodological approaches for this line of inquiry.

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The Evolution of AI and the Future of Human Society

Hyun-Jung Ryu (Head of the Content Strategy Team, Editorial Department, ChosunBiz)

Next-Generation Semiconductor Technology and Future Industries in the Age of AI: Strategic Responses in an Era of Technological Disruption

Changhwan Shin (Professor, Department of Semiconductor Engineering, Korea University)

Artificial Intelligence, War, and the Future of Security

In-hyo Seol (Professor, Department of Military Strategy, Korea National Defense University)

Middle Power Strategy in the AI Era: Implications for the Korean Peninsula

Sangbae Kim (Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Seoul National University)