BAN Kil Joo is the Project Manager of the International Organizations Center and Professor in charge of OGA (Ondream Global Academy) at Ilmin International Relations Institute, Korea University. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science majoring in international relations from Arizona State University. Previously (2022-2023), he served as an Assistant Secretary to the ROK President for Foreign Affairs. His research areas are international security, the New Cold War, the U.S.-China competition, alliance, North Korea’s nuclear program, diplomatic strategy, and maritime strategy. Recently in 2020-2024 alone, he has written 52 academic papers, including six SSCI-indexed, six SCOPUS-indexed, and 40 KCI-indexed ones, including papers to be published.