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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

In ISIS We Trust: Why Does Radicalization Still Matter?
In ISIS We Trust: Why Does Radicalization Still Matter?
Iskren Ivanov, Tatyana Dronzina. © 2025. 24 pages.
This chapter examines how the process of radicalization impacts the perceptions of individuals who adopted extremist beliefs to use political violence. The chapter seeks to...
Destined to Deter: The Paradox of U.S. Foreign Policy
Destined to Deter: The Paradox of U.S. Foreign Policy
Iskren Ivanov. © 2025. 22 pages.
The purpose of this chapter is to study how nuclear deterrence impacts the U.S. Foreign Policy in contested regions where Washington faces nuclear-armed strategic adversaries. In...
Foreward
Foreward
Iskren Ivanov. © 2024.
This Foreword is included in the book Analyzing Global Responses to Contemporary Regional Conflicts.
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....