Participant Biographies

Cho Sungmin

Kelly Fellow, Pacific Forum CSIS

Mr. Cho is a 2011 Kelly Fellow from South Korea. He received his bachelor’s in political science at Korea University, and spent a year as an exchange student at the University of British Columbia in 2003-2004. In 2010, he earned an M.A. in international relations from Peking University with his dissertation on the North Korean nuclear issue and its impact on Sino-U.S. relations. Mr. Cho is currently working on the dynamics of the Sino-Korean Peninsula relations in the post-Cold War era and their strategic implications.