THE KOREA SOCIETY

Dr. Lami Kim is the Korea Chair in Advanced Technologies, National Security, and Defence at The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). Her research expertise lies in exploring military and defence issues on the Korean Peninsula, with a focus on the intersection between technology and national and international security. She is the inaugural IISS Korea Chair and leads the activities of this new research programme. Before joining the IISS, Lami served for six years at the US Department of Defense as an associate professor and director of the Asian Studies Program at the US Army War College and a professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. For her dedication to service, she received the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal from the Secretary of the US Army. She is the author of Everything but the Bomb: South Korea's Nuclear Hedging Strategy, forthcoming from Stanford University Press. She has held research appointments and fellowships at Harvard's Belfer Center, the Wilson Center, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Stimson Center, George Washington University, Seoul National University, Pacific Forum, the East-West Center and Eurasia Group, among others. Her work has appeared in the Washington Quarterly, Foreign Policy, War on the Rocks, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, and other policy outlets. She has also taught at Harvard University, Boston College and the University of Hong Kong. Before becoming a US citizen, she served as a diplomat for South Korea. She holds a PhD from The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a master's degree from Harvard University.