Leif-Eric EASLEY is Professor of International Studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul where he teaches international security and political economics. His research (https://www.leifeasley.net) focuses on national identity politics, geopolitical implications of domestic political transitions, and U.S.-Japan-South Korea trilateral coordination toward China and North Korea. Dr. EASLEY was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University and a Visiting Scholar at the Japan Institute for International Affairs (JIIA). His research appears in academic journals and volumes, supplemented by commentary in major newspapers. He completed his B.A. in political science with a minor in mathematics at UCLA and received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University’s Department of Government. He is one of the most often-quoted scholars regarding North Korea, South Korean diplomacy, and U.S. alliances in the Indo-Pacific, and takes special interest in the role of artificial intelligence in higher education, democracy, and international security.