Dr. Kim is Director of the Policy & Research Department at the Korea Foundation. He also holds a post as Managing Director of the East Asia Foundation, a private non-profit organization. Before joining the Korea Foundation, he worked at the Division of International Education at Yonsei University. His recent research focuses on comparative political economy of post-socialist economic transformation in countries like Russia, China, North Korea, Belarus and Central Asia. Dr. Kim received his Ph.D. in Political Economy from Columbia University, with his area specialty being Russia. His recent published articles include: “Impassive to Imperial? Russia in Northeast Asia from Yeltsin to Putin,” “Delegating Property Rights: A Property Rights Approach to Economic Reforms in the Soviet Union, Russia, China, and North Korea,” “Recombinant Capitalism: Fragmented State and Associated Economy in Post-Socialism”; co-authored with Chung-in Moon in “South Korea’s International Relations.”