Mr. Kim works at the ROK JCS as Chief of CWMD Strategy Branch. He has held several positions including Assistant Secretary to the President for National Defense, Chief of Policy Advisory Team for ROK Air Force, and Policy Development Officer at the Office of Defense Minister. He received Ph.D in Political Science from Florida State University and M.A. in Political Science from University of Missouri-Columbia. He taught ‘Introductory to International Relations’ and ‘Comparative Conflict in East Asia’ at Florida State University. He also taught at the Air Force Academy. His publications include “How to Deter North Korea's Military Provocations” (KJIS, 2012), “Narrow Interests and Military Resource Allocation in Autocratic Regimes” (Journal of Peace Research, 2013), “The Post-Coup Military Spending Question Revisited, 1960-2000" (International Interactions, 2013 forthcoming), The Paradox of Power Asymmetry (All Azimuth, 2016) and others.


김홍철 대령은 합동참모본부 핵WMD대응과장으로 재직중이다. 과거 주요 보직으로는 청와대 안보실 행정관, 국방부 장관실 정책개발담당, 공군본부 연구분석단 전투발전과장 등을 역임했다. 미 University of Missouri-Columbia 정치학 석사, 미 Florida State University에서 정치학 박사를 취득하였다. 강의경험으로는 공군대학 공군작전교관, 미 플로리다 주립대에서 강의교수로 Introductory to International Relations, Comparative Conflict in East Asia를 수업하였다. 최근 주요 논문으로는 “How to Deter North Korea's Military Provocations” (KJIS, 2012), “Narrow Interests and Military Resource Allocation in Autocratic Regimes” (Journal of Peace Research, 2013), “The Post-Coup Military Spending Question Revisited, 1960-2000" (International Interactions, 2013 forthcoming), The Paradox of Power Asymmetry (All Azimuth, 2016) 등 다수가 있다.