Hyun-Wook Kim is currently a Professor and Director-General at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy. His research areas include the ROK-US alliance, US-DPRK relations, and Northeast Asian security. He was an advisory member for the 20th Presidential Inauguration Preparation Committee, in which he wrote the President’s inaugural speech. He is now a policy advisory member for the National Security Council, a non-resident director for the Korea Foundation, a policy advisor for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a Registration Review Committee Member at the Korean Bar Association. He was an advisory member of the Ministry of Unification, a standing member of the National Unification Advisory Council, and an honorary professor at the Korean Naval Academy. He was a visiting scholar at UC San Diego and George Washington University. He has finished his Ph.D. and M.A. in political science from Brown University and worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California. He received his B.A. in political science from Yonsei University. He can be reached at hwkim08@mofa.go.kr.