Dr. CHUNG Ku Youn is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Kangwon National University and a Non-resident Fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in South Korea. Her research focuses on U.S. foreign policy, Korean peninsula, alliance politics, regional security architecture, maritime security, and emerging technologies. Her academic articles have been published in Australian Journal of International Affairs, Asia-Europe Journal, Asian Politics and Policy, Asia Policy, and others. Her commentaries have appeared in Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, East Asia Forum Quarterly, Global Asia, and the Asan Forum. Also, she regularly contributes columns to Seqye Ilbo, South Korea.
She received her B.A. and M.A. from Korea University, and Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. Previously, she was a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at UCLA, a visiting professor at the Korea National Diplomatic Academy, and a research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification. Also, she served as a policy advisor for the National Security Council under the Office of the President, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Ministry of Unification. Currently, she serves as a member of the policy advisory committee of Ministry of Defense and the Republic of Korea Navy.