Journal Articles

2025   Hynd, A. ‘Dirty, Dangerous and Difficult? Regional Perspectives on a Nuclear South Korea’, Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs 12 (1), 54-80.

Abstract: Domestic support for a nuclear South Korea is increasingly noticeable—with envisioned pathways including the return of US tactical nuclear weapons, a NATO-style nuclear sharing agreement and an indigenous nuclear programme. Existing accounts largely frame the issue in terms of Washington-Seoul alliance management and a single defining North Korean threat, focusing on questions of ‘why’ South Korea should/should not pursue nuclear options. In this article, I instead reframe the debate as a broader regional security issue, investigating how South Korea’s Indo-Pacific neighbours might view and respond to the activation of these nuclear pathways. Drawing on interviews and exchanges with nuclear and regional security experts, this article provides a preliminary and tentative sketch of the perspectives of foreign policy elites in six Indo-Pacific states: the United States, China, Japan, India, Indonesia and Australia; and also Taiwan. I conclude the article by offering further policy-relevant insights into how regional states can act, both individually and collectively, to lessen the prospects of a nuclear South Korea.

2023   Hynd, A., M. Broad, N. Xu & N. Daulay, ‘Two Waves of Indonesia-Korea Industrial Automotive Partnership: Power, Patronage, and Public Policy’, Indonesian Quarterly 51 (2), 1-23.

Abstract: Indonesia and Korea are two prominent middle powers that are well placed to take leadership roles in the region’s imminent clean energy transition. Together, they are pursuing ambitious, forward-looking cooperation in the creation of an electric vehicle ecosystem. But this contemporary collaboration is not the first instance of Indonesia- Korea industrial automotive partnership. In the 1990s, Indonesia pursued a controversial ‘national’ car project through a joint venture between its PT Timor Putra Nasional and Korea’s Kia Motors—an ill-fated partnership that failed to achieve its goals. What lessons for the contemporary era can be learned from this previous wave of Indonesia-Korea industrial automotive partnership? In this paper, we compare the 1990s and the contemporary waves, finding that the 1990s wave was insufficiently focused on international competitiveness, tangible knowledge transfers, and good governance principles. We conclude with a discussion of policy considerations for how Indonesia and South Korea can better ensure the success of contemporary green international industrial partnerships.

2019   Connolly, D. & A. Hynd, ‘Learning to Share? A Cold War Solution for Denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula’, North Korean Review 15 (2), 5-22.

Abstract: This paper outlines how reverse nuclear sharing between North Korea and China, inspired by Cold War nuclear sharing agreements, could contribute to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. Design, Methodology, Approach—After a critical evaluation of existing proposals, this paper surveys bilateral nuclear sharing between the U.S. and its allies and highlights its potential utility in working toward a resolution of the North Korean nuclear crisis. Existing proposals for North Korean denuclearization are zero-sum approaches that fail to adequately take geopolitical context into account. Nuclear sharing agreements between the U.S. and its allies were successful in preventing proliferation and reassuring allies. Some of these features can be recreated in Northeast Asia by adapting the model to China and North Korea. This paper outlines an attempt to find a compromise solution that can inform policy debates on North Korean denuclearization. This is the first paper to propose an innovative adaptation of the Cold War nuclear sharing model to the Sino–North Korean relationship as a preliminary step toward denuclearization.

Policy and Working Papers

2025   Hynd, A. & M. Broad. ‘The Washington Declaration and the US-South Korea Alliance: Context, Responses, Implementation, and Impact’, Issues & Insights, Pacific Forum.

2024   Thurbon, E., Hynd, A., Tan, H., Park, S., and Walter, A. ‘Green Energy Statecraft for Comprehensive National Security’, AP4D Studies in Statecraft #2024-1. Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue, Canberra | Reimagining the Economy, Harvard Kennedy School, Boston, M.A.

2023   Hynd, A., M. Broad & W. Kharisma, ‘Indonesia-South Korea at 50: One Step Further for the Special Strategic Partnership?’, Policy Paper, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Indonesia.

2022   Thurbon, E., A. Hynd & H. Tan, ‘To become a Renewable Energy Superpower, Australia  must match its Strategic Vision with a new Green Energy Statecraft’, Asia Society.

2022   Hynd, A. ‘Can South Korea match blue water ambitions with regional strategy?’, in ‘The La Trobe Asia Brief: Fresh perspectives on the Indo-Pacific’, La Trobe Asia.

2021   Hynd, A. ‘After Moon: The Future of South Korea’s New Southern Policy’, in ‘Next Generation Perspectives on Korean Peninsula Security’, New York: National Committee on American Foreign Policy, 100-112.

2020   Hynd, A. ‘To the Sea, to the World: Public Diplomacy and the Republic of Korea Navy’, in Collection of Essays on Korea’s Public Diplomacy. Seoul: ROK MOFA, 41-66.

Submissions to Government

2024   Bradshaw, J., M. McLean, E. Thurbon & A. Hynd, ‘Submission to Senate Inquiry on Supporting the Development of Sovereign Capability in Australian Tech Sector’, March 5.