Hello!
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Texas A&M University. I study international conflict and cooperation, with specific focus on alliance with great power rivalry, and audience costs. My 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, I earned BA from Chungnam National University, and MA from Yonsei University in South Korea.