Taeho Kim (金泰虎) is Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Director of Hallym Institute for Taiwan Studies (HITS; 翰林臺灣硏究所) and the Center for Contemporary China Studies (CCCS; 現代中國硏究所) as well as a former vice president for academic affairs, all at Hallym University of Graduate Studies, Hallym University. He is also a trustee and senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for Maritime Strategy (KIMS; 韓國海洋戰略硏究所), a policy advisor to the ROK MND, Navy, and Veterans’ Association, and president in 2015 of the Korea Association for Contemporary China Studies (現代中國學會). Before joining Hallym (翰林大學校) in 2003, Dr. Kim served at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA; 韓國國防硏究院) for nearly 14 years as a senior China analyst, Director of Research Cooperation, a co-editor of the SSCI-listed The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, and editor of The KIDA Papers.