He is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Texas A&M University. He studies international conflict and cooperation, with specific focus on alliance with great power rivalry, and audience costs. His ongoing projects examine alliance politics from the perspective of minor powers—so-called protégés—in asymmetric alliances, and how domestic politics shape the causes and outcomes of international interactions, including economic statecraft.
Prior to Texas A&M, he earned an MA from Yonsei University, and a BA from Chungnam National University in South Korea.
