Speaker
HAN Intaek
Affiliation
Jeju Peace Institute
Title
Research Fellow
Session

Biography

Dr. Intaek Han is a Research Fellow and Director of Research at the Jeju Peace Institute (JPI), an independent, non-profit think tank located in Jeju, South Korea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeju_Peace_Institute). His research focuses on nuclear strategy, security cooperation, and public diplomacy. He has written about a broad range of nuclear issues, including South Africa’s denuclearization, nuclear-free zones, NATO’s nuclear policy, and the US nuclear umbrella. He was an advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Ministry of Unification. Before joining the Jeju Peace Institute, he taught at Ewha Womans University, the University of Washington, Seattle, and the University of California, Davis. Dr. Han received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, and his M.A. in political science and B.A. in economics from Seoul National University.