Dr. KIM Hyun-Wook is a Director-General in the Department of American Studies at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA) and his research areas include ROK-U.S. alliance, U.S.-DPRK relations, and Northeast Asian security. Currently, he serves as an advisory member of the National Security Council and the Ministry of Unification, as well as a standing member of the National Unification Advisory Council. He was a visiting scholar at UC San Diego in 2014. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Brown University and worked at the University of Southern California as a postdoctoral fellow. He received his B.A. from Yonsei University.