Experts

Kim Jinwoo

Kim Jinwoo

Director; Principal Fellow

Areas of Expertise  : nuclear deterrence, strike operations, nuclear weapons, European history, U.S. national security

Biography

Dr. KIM Jinwoo is the Director of Office of Strategy and Analysisies and a principal fellow at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies. He has worked in the policy, military and intelligence communities as a Senior Analyst at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He has advised STRATCOM and NATO on nuclear deterrence and strike operations. Prior to this position, he was Senior Advisor for Intelligence to the Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI), Department of State. Before joining the State Department, he was the Special Assistant to Andrew Marshall at the Office of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense. He was educated at Georgetown, Harvard and Yale.

Academic Background

B.A. in History, Georgetown University
M.A. in National Security, Harvard University
Ph.D. in History, Yale University

Professional Background

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Senior Analyst (2002-2014)
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Assistant Secretary of State, Verification, Compliance, and Implementation, Senior Advisor for Intelligence to the Assistant Secretary of State, (2008-2009)
Office of the Secretary of Defense, Office of Net Assessment, Special Assistant to Andrew Marshall, Director of Net Assessment (2007-2008)
Center for Naval Analyses, Operations Evaluation Group, Research analyst for military operations (2000-2002)