Dr. Daniel A. Pinkston is a lecturer in international relations at Troy University. Previously, he was the Northeast Asia Deputy Project Director for the International Crisis Group in Seoul and the director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Pinkston received his Ph.D. in international affairs from the University of California, San Diego, and he has an M.A. in Korean studies from Yonsei University. He is the author of The North Korean Ballistic Missile Program and has published several scholarly articles and book chapters on Korean security affairs. He also served as a Korean linguist in the U.S. Air Force.