Dr. Lee Dongmin is an associate professor at Dankook University in Korea, where he has taught comparative politics and international relations since 2013. Dr. Lee’s research interests include theories and practices of civil-military relations and security studies in Northeast Asia. His teaching interests include the military in politics, comparative politics in Asia, and the politics and security policy of China. Dr. Lee has contributed to the academic journals such as Armed Forces & Society, Defence Studies, Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, and Dispute Resolution Studies Review. Prior to joining the Department of Political Science at Dankook University, he previously served as an assistant professor at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Dr. Lee received his Ph.D. at University of Colorado at Boulder.