Dr. Wondeuk Cho is a research professor at the Center of ASEAN-Indian Studies at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Korea National Diplomatic Academy (KNDA). He was a senior researcher at the Institute of Global Governance, Sookmyung Women’s University. He taught courses in international relations and comparative politics at Carroll University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He holds a Ph.D in political science from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His main research topics consist of foreign policy analysis, international relations of Indo-Pacific and Southeast Asia, and US foreign troops deployment. His articles were published in Defence and Peace Economics, Pacific Focus, National Strategy (Korean), and Korean Political Science Review. wodcho18@mofa.go.kr.