About Diplomatic Seoul
Diplomatic Seoul provides research, analysis, writing and commentary on diplomacy and Korean Peninsula affairs. It’s a one-stop shop to better understand the political, socio-economic, strategic, and foreign policy implications behind the attention-grabbing headlines. Forget the Washington blob think-tank fluff and their filter bubble babble. Diplomatic Seoul gives those outside Korea, an insider’s view. It gives those inside Korea the tools to excel.
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About the author
I'm an academic - an Associate Professor of Diplomatic Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI). My areas of academic interest include the interaction between diplomatic practice and foreign policy, middle powers in the international system, diplomatic discourse, and the Korean Peninsula and its region. Here you can find some selected academic research. I regularly contribute to both print and broadcast media and have made appearances on BBC, CNN, CNBC, Arirang, Al Jazeera, and Channel News Asia.
I’m also a consultant - I provide research, analysis, and advisory work on the Korean Peninsula. With twenty-five years in operational and analytical government roles, academia, and consultancy, I have built a solid reputation. Recent work has included subjects as diverse as regional oil storage facilities, the nuclear energy sector, political candidate profiles, strategic decision-making, bureaucratic traditions, and foreign ministry organizational culture. Consultancy clients include governments, embassies, and intergovernmental organizations in the region, private/think-tank/NGO sectors (Incheon Development Institute, FKI, Hanil Scientific) strategic studies and political risk services providers (Economist Intelligence Unit, the Financial Times Group, and Oxford Analytica) and other financial and insurance services providers.
Finally, I'm a writer. My work appears in think-tank and international relations venues, such as The Peninsula, The Interpreter, The Strategist, Australian Outlook, and Policy Forum, among others. My writing is primarily non-fiction, but I also write fiction as an espionage/thriller ghostwriter. I also write short fiction and flash fiction to help build that creative side, which is such an important component of academia, analysis, and consultancy.
All fiction is a product of an author’s background, education, experience and environment, so there’ll inevitably be creative interpretations and thought bubbles on very real issues that deserve more than academic research or analytical processes can provide. Read some short fiction every week with Friday Fiction.
Academic, consultant and writer - to work together contact me.
