Kadir Ayhan is a Ph.D.
candidate at the Seoul
National University Graduate
School of International
Studies majoring in
International Cooperation.
His research interests
include soft power theory,
identity manipulation and
international relations in
East Asia. He is a
researcher and Korea
representative at the Wise
Men Research Center where he
writes articles on a regular
basis. He occasionally
contributes editorials to
Today's Zaman, an English
newspaper published in
Turkey. He is currently
working on research project
which examines how Korean
identity has been
manipulated in inter-Korean
relations.