Jaechun Kim

Jaechun Kim is a political scientist trained at Yale University (MA in International Relations; M.Phil. in Political Science; Ph.D. in Political Science). Before joining Sogang GSIS, he worked for Yale University as a lecturer for the Department of Political Science and Yale Center for International and Area Studies (YCIAS). Earlier in his career, he had worked for the National Assembly of Korea as a legislative assistant and the Bankers Trust Company as a credit analyst. Since early 2003, he has been advising ISR (International Strategic Reconciliation) Korea as a board member and executive director. His research interests include International Relations Theory, U.S. Foreign Policy Making, International Security and Peace, and Intelligence Policy. His recent publications deal with the intelligence policy of the U.S. during the Cold War era to secretly undermine democratically elected governments and the Democratic Peace scholarship. At Sogang, he offers courses on International Relations, International Security and Peace, International Political Economy, Research Methods, and American Politics and Society.