Hyun-Wook Kim is currently an Associate Professor at Korea National Diplomatic Academy. His research areas include US-ROK alliance, US-DPRK relations and Northeast Asian security. He is now an advisory member for the National Security Council and the Ministry of Unification, and a standing member for the National Unification Advisory Council. He was a visiting scholar at UC San Diego in 2014. He has finished his Ph.D. and M.A. in political science from Brown University, and worked at the University of Southern California as a postdoctoral fellow. He received his B.A. from Yonsei University. He can be reached at hk729@hotmail.com.