Wooyeal Paik has been an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, Yonsei University, since 2017. Previously, he was an assistant professor Academy of East Asian Studies (2011-2016) and vice director at Sungkyun Institute of China Studies, Sungkyunkwan University (2014-2016) in Seoul, Korea. Prof. PAIK received a B.A. in political science from Yonsei University, an M.Phil. in public and social administration from City University of Hong Kong, and a M.A. and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Los Angeles. Specializing in comparative politics and international relations, his recent research focuses on the comparative authoritarianism, political economy, and state-society relations of contemporary China and Asia, along with international security and political economy in East Asia and beyond. His recent publications appear in The China Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, International Political Science Review, Modern China, Journal of Contemporary China, The Pacific Review, The Pacific Focus, Korean Political Science Review, and multiple policy-oriented journals / edited volumes.