Phung Chi Kien, PhD
College of Arts and Sciences
Adjunct Faculty
Biography
Dr. Phung Chi Kien is a lecturer in political science at the Faculty of Political Science, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University (VNU-USSH). He affiliated with Seoul National University (SNU) as a visiting researcher from September 2024 to May 2025. He has been serving in the VNU Strong Research Group on Vietnamese Politics, Rule of Law and Religion as the scientific secretary since 2016. He has over 10 years of experience in joining State and Ministerial research projects (KX.04.34/21-25, KHCN-TB.15X/13-18, KHXH-LSVN.25/14-18, QG.20.30, 276/HĐKH-KHXH, QG.17.55, etc.) as the core member. His studies mainly focus on the impacts of international relations (power competition) on national domestic politics and foreign policy based on comparative and interdisciplinary approaches.
· Power competition in world politics
· World political institutions
· Political development in the Asia-Pacific region
· Domestic politics and foreign policy of Vietnam
· International (political) relations
· Comparative politics
· Political theories, history, and development
· Domestic politics and foreign policy of Vietnam
Research papers:
- Phung Chi Kien (2025), “European Conjuncture: Status-quo and Forecasts”, Journal of Political Theory 565 (3-2025), pp. 147-156.
- Phung Chi Kien, Nguyen Lan Nguyen, Le Minh Quang (2024), “Recent Results of Vietnam’s Human Rights Diplomacy and Remarkable Evidence”, The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 33-43.
- Phung Chi Kien (2024), “Cooperation within the EU Framework since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict: A Political-security Analysis and Forecasts”, European Studies Review, No. 2(274), pp. 61-73.
- Phung Chi Kien (2024), “The Theory of World Order from the Perspective of Western Studies since the Cold War”, Journal of Political Theory 557 (7-2024), pp. 140-148.
- Pham Quoc Thanh, Rafael Contreras-Luna, Phung Chi Kien (2023), “Russia–Southeast Asia Relations in Times of Uncertainty Rethinking the Strategic Partnership between Russia and Vietnam”, The Economic & Political Weekly Vol. LVIII No. 23, pp. 32-38.
- Pham Quoc Thanh, Phung Chi Kien (2023), “President Ho Chi Minh and the making of the central state apparatus in the years 1945-1954 – Lessons and experiences for perfecting the state apparatus”, Communist Review No. 1020 (8-2023), pp. 30-36.
- Phung Chi Kien (2023), “International political relations and Vietnam’s development opportunities in the spirit of the 13th CPV Congress”, Journal of Political Theory 549 (11-2023), pp. 112-120.
- Phung Chi Kien, Hoang Tuan Anh (2024), “Minilateral institutions in the Asia-Pacific region today and correlations with Vietnam”, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, No. 3/2024, pp. 3-12.
- Phung Chi Kien, Tran Thi Tan (2023), “The risk of division in regional integration institutions at present: The case of EU and correlations with ASEAN”, European Studies Review, No. 02(269), pp. 57-66.
- Phung Chi Kien, Nguyen Lan Nguyen (2022), “Populism in Vietnam today: status-quo and policy recommendation”, The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 18-28.
- Pham Quoc Thanh, Phung Chi Kien (2022), “Current US-China Competition from Theories and the Relationship between International Institutions and the World System”, Chinese Studies Review, No. 9 (253) – 2022, pp. 29-41.
Books and book chapters:
- Thanh P-Q, Kien P-C (2025). Scenarios for Korean Reunification: The status quo, Prospects, and Implications from the Case of Vietnam. In: David Kim, ed. The UN and the Korean War (1950–1953): Policy, Human. Netherlands: Brill. (Forthcoming)
- Phung Chi Kien (2024), Bipolar or Multipolar? International Political Relations 1945-1955 and the Impacts on the Vietnamese Revolution, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi.
- Pham Quoc Thanh, Phung Chi Kien (Ed.) (2024), New International Institutions and Policy Recommendations for Vietnam, Labour Publishing House, Hanoi.
- Le M-Q, Phung C-K, Le Q-M. Political Patronage in Vietnam. In: Peters BG, Knox C, Kim BS, eds. Political Patronage in Asian Bureaucracies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2023:288-310. doi:10.1017/9781009208055.015
- Phung Chi Kien, Nguyen Van Nhu (2023), Populism in World Politics and Recommendations for Vietnam, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi.
· 2010-2014: BA (Politics), VNU-USSH.
· 2014-2016: MA (Politics), VNU-USSH.
· 2017-2021: PhD (Politics), VNU-USSH
