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IDEAS
Dialectic
Academics Research
Calibre Essay Prize | January 2025
1. "Democracy or Division? The Crisis of Civility in Modern Korea"
Combined philosophical foundation with Game Theory to analyze how Rawlsian justice principles and social contract theory intersect with strategic stakeholder interactions, examining the epistemological basis of institutional decision-making under moral uncertainty while quantifying economic utility outcomes of preferential admissions policies through game-theoretic modeling.
The Harvard Crimson Global Essay Competition | Feburary 2025
2. "Divisive Effects of Social Media on Collective Actions in South Korea"
Through a first-person narrative of the 2024 martial law protests in Seoul, this essay diagnoses the crisis in modern Korean democracy not as an institutional failure but as a cultural deficit of civility. It leverages on-the-ground observations of affective polarization and deep societal divisions, particularly along gender lines, to argue that democratic health depends on a mature citizenship capable of transcending partisan identity to engage in dialogue for the common good.
Johne Locke Competition | June 2025
3. "Should Oxford lower its admissions standards for the sons and daughters of generous benefactors?"
Combined philosophical foundation with Game Theory to analyze how Rawlsian justice principles and social contract theory intersect with strategic stakeholder interactions, examining the epistemological basis of institutional decision-making under moral uncertainty while quantifying economic utility outcomes of preferential admissions policies through game-theoretic modeling.
Cambridge Journal of Political Affairs | June 2025
4. "Why are some democracies more resilient to democratic backsliding than others?"
Utilizing a comparative historical analysis of the Weimar Republic and the United States, this essay deconstructs democratic resilience into onset and breakdown stages to argue that while exogenous factors like economic instability and limited democratic stock may trigger autocratization, it is the strength of constitutional foundations—specifically judicial constraints, electoral systems, and the rule of law—that ultimately determines a democracy's capacity to withstand collapse.
Research Paper | Present
4. IN PROGRESS
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