Dr. Jeeyong Kim is a Professor of the Department of International Relations at the ROK Naval Academy. He holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.A. in International Relations from Yonsei University and a Ph.D in Political Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He works as a member of the Department of Defense Military Masterpiece Publication Committee, as an adjunct professor of Maritime Research Institute, and as a member of the editorial board of Maritime Security. He is conducting two studies. One is a theory-oriented study, which focuses on the effect of audience cost on military crisis. This is supported by the National Research Foundation (2015-2023). The other is a policy-oriented study, which analyzes the usefulness of American Distributed Maritime Operations and Ghost Fleet against the Chinese hybrid war. This is supported by the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (2020). His recent publications include International Security: Theory and Practice(2019), “Opposition Parties’ Congressional Control Power, Points during Leaders’ Tenure, and Audience Cost”(2019), “Power Transition and the Struggle for Maritime Hegemony”(2019), “Democracy and War Victory”(2020), “US President’s Sensitivity to Public Opinion and Audience Cost”(2020), “Shall the 21c US Repeat the 19c Great Britain’s Blunder?”(2020).