Sung-han Kim

Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies; Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Korea University; and Chief Executive Director of the Institute for Economy, Technology, and Security

Dr. Sung-han Kim is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at AIPS (Asan Institute for Policy Studies); Professor Emeritus of International Relations at Korea University; and Chief Executive Director of the Institute for Economy, Technology, and Security (IETS). He served as the ROK National Security Advisor in 2022-23 and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2012-13.

In 2013-2014, Dr. Kim was the Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction). He also served as the Director of Ilmin International Relations Institute, Korea University, and Dean of GSIS from 2017 to 2021. Before then, he had been a professor from 1994 to 2007 at the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security (IFANS), Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade. He received a PhD in Political Science from The University of Texas at Austin in 1992. His recent contributed articles to scholarly journals include “Comprehensive Extended Deterrence with the ROK,” “Denuclearizing North Korea: Time for Plan B?,” and “From Blood Alliance to Strategic Alliance.” He may be contacted at ksunghan@korea.ac.kr.