Participant Biographies

Duyeon Kim

Duyeon Kim

Adjunct Senior Fellow, Indo-Pacific Security Program, Center for a New American Security
Concurrent Session 3-2 - "Flashpoints in Asia: Taiwan Strait and South China Sea"

Dr. Duyeon Kim is an adjunct senior fellow with the Indo-Pacific Security Program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) based in Seoul. Her expertise includes the Koreas, East Asian relations, nuclear nonproliferation, arms control and security regimes. She is a columnist for the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and a Visiting Professor at the Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies. Her writings have appeared in leading publications including Foreign Affairs and frequently comments in leading global media. Dr. Kim was previously Senior Advisor for Northeast Asia and Nuclear Policy at the International Crisis Group, an Associate in the Nuclear Policy and Asia Programs at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of Non-Proliferation at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. In her first career, Dr. Kim was the Foreign Ministry Correspondent and Unification Ministry Correspondent for South Korean news. Dr. Kim holds a B.A. in English from Syracuse University, an M.S. in foreign service from Georgetown University, and a Ph.D. in international relations from Korea University.