Ju Hee SUK received Ph.D. from Ewha Womans University in 2019. She specializes in Japanese Politics, Nationalism and Ocean Policy. She has served as a special researcher at the Tokyo University and a visiting researcher at the Keio University, and a research professor at the Japan Studies Institute of Hallym University, and currently works as a research fellow at the Northeast Asian History Foundation. Her recent research includes "Perceptions and Responses Surrounding Japan's Maritime Policy and Fisheries Issues Since the 1990s" (2023), "Japan's Border Island Development System and Responses: Focusing on Government, Local, and Civil Society" (2021), Evolution of the United Nations System: An East Asian Perspective (co-authored) (2023), Sinking Japan, Resurging Japan (co-authored) (2022).