
Théo Clément
gurb.pyrzrag@rurff.serf.ssehe@tnemelc.oehtPost-doctorant.e
Post-doctoratCorée -|- Chine, Corée, Japon, EHESSAssocié à 1) Asia Centre, 2)Institut d’Asie Orientale
Lecteur à 1) Sciences Po, 2) INALCO, 3) Pyongyang University of Science and Technology
Coordonnées professionnelles
Principales orientations de la recherche
Domaines
Asie orientale, Corée ; Chine ; Zones Économiques Spéciales ; Economie du Développement ; Géopolitique ; Géoéconomie
Thèmes
Relations Chine-Corée du Nord, Développement et réforme économique nord-coréenne, géopolitique de l’Asie du nord-est et de la péninsule coréenne, investissements chinois à l’étranger (Corée, Asie du Sud et Sud-est, Afrique); tourisme en Corée du Nord ; société de loisir en Corée du Nord
Méthode
Recherche qualitative et quantitative, essentiellement basée sur du travail de terrain (frontière sino-nord-coréenne et Corée du Nord) et entretiens/questionnaires de recherche.
Sélection de publications
Articles et chapitres d’ouvrages
- Reform, not (counter)revolution: Special Economic Zones and related policies in the DPRK, North Korean Review (Accepted)
- Rajin Sonbong Economic and Trade Zone, in CATHCART, Adam, GREEN, Christopher, DENNEY, Steven (eds.), 2019, Decoding the Sino-North Korean borderlands, University of Amsterdam Press (accepted, to be published Spring 2020).
- Pourquoi la Chine refuse de mettre en oeuvre les sanctions à l’encontre de la Corée du Nord?, in VERLUISE, Pierre, (ed.) 2018, Histoire, Géographie et Géopolitique de l'Asie: Les dessous descartes, enjeux et rapports de force, Diploweb edition.
- Closing the Kaesong Industrial Zone: An assessment, March 2016, Asia Pacific Journal (with Pr.Rüdiger Frank).
- Failed attempts at Cross-Border Economic Cooperation (Part one and two), 38 North, October 2019. https://www.38north.org/2019/10/tclement102819/.
- From failed economic interfaces to political levers: Assessing China-South Korean competition and cooperation scenarios on North Korean Special Economic Zones, Korea 2019 Academic Paper Series, Korea Economic Institute.
- Chinese inputs in North Korean innovation policies, Asia Trends, Asia Centre, Spring 2019.
- Business as usual? China-DPRK economic ties back on track amid the easing of tensions in Northeast Asia, 2018, Asia Trends, Asia Centre, November 2018.
- Kim, Inc. Stratèges de père en fils, Monde Chinois, February 2018.
- Why is China so reluctant to implement economic sanctions against the DPRK ? (French),
- November 2017, Regards Géopolitiques, Institut Québecois des Hautes Études Internationales de Laval. Url : https://cqegheiulaval.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/vol4numero1-regardsgeopolitiques.pdf.
- Economy and militarization of the DPRK (French), October 2017, Revue Défense Nationale.
- Is Trump’s volatility an asset or an inconvenient on the North Korean nuclear weapons issue ?, May 2017, Asie21.
- Trump saura-t-il parler à Kim Jong-un?, Asie 21, May 2017. Url : http://www.asie21.com/2017/05/13/coree-du-nord-etats-unis-trump-saura-t-il-parler-a-kim-jong-un/.
- The Rajin-Sonbong Economic and Trade Zone: A Geoeconomic Perspective, Tumen Triangle Documentation Project, Sino-NK, 65 pages. Url: http://sinonk.com/2016/12/26/the-tumen-triangleproject-focus-on-the-rajin-sonbong-economic-and-trade-zone/.
- Using Déconnexion Theory to overcome the “irrational dead-end”: an alternative perspective on North Korea’s recent economic opening strategy, February 2016, Krakowskie Studia Miedzynarodowe, vol.12 N°1.
- One more for the Road? New Masterplan for the Sinuiju Special Economic Zone, February 2016, Sino-NK. Url: http://sinonk.com/2016/02/11/one-more-for-the-road-new-masterplan-for-the-sinuijuspecial-economic-zone/.
- New Developments on the SEZ battlefront, November 2015, Sino-NK. Url: http://sinonk.com/2015/11/09/recent-developments-on-the-sez-battlefront-mubong-andkyongwon/.
- Impasse diplomatique: Les ambigüités chinoises vis-à-vis de l’ouverture économique nord-coréenne, February 2015, Monde Chinois.
- How not to Invest in a DPRK Special Economic Zone : the case of Rason, August 2015, Sino-NK.Url: http://sinonk.com/2015/07/15/how-not-to-invest-in-a-dprk-special-economic-zone-the-case-ofrason/.
- En Corée du Nord, le Pragmatisme aux Commandes, June 2014, Diploweb.com. Url : http://www.diploweb.com/ZES-en-Coree-du-Nord.html.
- Dialogue entre les deux Corées : réelles avancées ou simple trêve olympique ?, The Conversation, 8 Février 2018. Url : https://theconversation.com/dialogue-entre-les-deux-corees-reelles-avan….
- Cinquante nuances de méfiance, actualité de la relation sino-nord-coréenne, Diplomatie Magazine, Novembre 2017.
- Mettre la Corée du Nord sous pression n’est pas la solution, Septembre 2017, Le Monde. Url : http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2017/09/13/mettre-la-coree-du-nord-sous-pression-n-estpas- la-solution_5184927_3232.html.
- Why Sanctions May Harm North Korea’s burgeoning Market Reforms, NK Pro, Septembre 2017. Url: https://www.nknews.org/2017/09/why-sanctions-may-harm-north-koreas-burgeoning-marketreforms/.
- Corée du Nord : Changer de logiciel, Juin 2017, Libération. Url : http://www.liberation.fr/debats/2017/07/11/coree-du-nord-il-faut-changer-de-logiciel_1583155.
- Election de Moon Jae-in à Séoul : Pékin « pourrait regretter sa stratégie de sévérité à l’égard de Pyongyang », Juin 2017, Le Monde. Url : http://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2017/06/07/election-de-moon-jae-in-a-seoul-pekinpourrait-regretter-sa-strategie-de-severite-a-l-egard-de-pyongyang_5140055_3232.html
- North Korea’s Crusade for more Special Economic Zones, Décembre 2013, nknews.org. Url : http://www.nknews.org/2013/12/north-koreas-crusade-for-more-special-eco….
Conférences et communications récentes
- Mutual Frustration: China-DPRK economic relations, Sejong Institute, Seoul, 20 June 2019.
- The Curious Case of Sinuiju, Kyungnam University-Friedrich Neumann Fondation International Conference, Seoul, 19 June 2019.
- Future conflict and Cooperation Scenarios on North Korean Special Economic Zones, Korea Economic Institute Research Seminar, Washington DC, United States, May 2019.
- Special Economic Zones along the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, Lahore Thinkfest, Lahore, Pakistan, 12th of January 2019.
- Economic Opportunities or tolls of political dependence? Chinese Special Economic Zones in North Korea and in Pakistan, a comparative perspective, Political Science and International Relations Conference, University of Punjab, Lahore, 9-11th of January 2019.
- “Corée du Nord: Sortir du Prisme Nucléaire” INALCO, 26th of November 2018.
- Economic Integration in Northeast Asia: A Security Perspective, Jilin University, Changchun, 22nd of May, 2018.
- Like Father, like Son: North Korean leadership and nuclear weapons, École Militaire, Paris 3rd of May 2018.
- Kim Jong-un et les ambiguïtés de la relation Chine-Corée du Nord, Ecole Militaire, Paris 24th of October 2017.
- Corée du Nord, état de la menace et enjeux des sanctions, Colloque “relève stratégique” DGRIS, 29th of August 2017.
- Stratégie de non-engagement? Politiques d'intégration économique chinoises vis-à-vis de la Corée du Nord, Journée des Doctorants et Jeunes Chercheurs de l’Institut d’Asie Orientale, 29th of June 2017.
- Assessing China’s economic development strategies towards a reforming DPRK, East Asia Net Workshop, Madrid, 21st of April 2017.
- Special Economic Zones and DPRK-Foreign Engagement Opportunities, PUSTUK Symposium, Magdalene College Cambridge, 7 January 2017.
- Failed attempts at border-making : Special Economic Zones on the Sino-Korean border, School of Oriental and African Studies Joint East Asia Conference, Londres, 7 September 2016. Lauréat de la bourse de séjour de la British Association of Korean Studies.
- A formative Experience: Introducing Special Economic Zones to DPRK Students, Engaging North Korea workshop, University of Vienna, 16 December 2015.
- The thin line between “engagement” and “influence” (moderator), Engage Korea 2015, University of Cambridge, 12 Décember 2015.
- The Rajin-sonbong Special Economic Zone of the DPRK : the Missing Link in Northeast Asia ?, 3rd International Conference of PUST, Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies, 21st of October 2015.
- Il faut que tout change pour que rien ne change : évaluer l’actuelle ouverture économique nord-coréenne à travers une perspective historique, Journée des doctorants de l’Institut d’Asie Orientale, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 29th June 2015.
- Special Economic Zones of the DPRK, an Introduction. Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (DPRK), 6th of May 2015.
- North Korea as a open country: ambivalent attitude regarding Foreign Investment, The Korean Peninsula in a global context. Opportunities and challenges in the 21st century, Polish Social Science Academy, Warsaw, 10th Mars 2015.
- Is China Holding a Lukewarm Attitude Towards North Korea’s Special Economic Zones?, Engage KoreaConference, Harvard University, Boston, 13th of September 2014.