Welcome!

My first name is Yu Bin and my last name is Kim. Please note that I do not have a middle name. You can just call me Paul too.

I am currently a Political Science Ph.D. student at the Harry S. Truman School of Government & Public Affairs at the University of Missouri. I am also a 2020-21 Graduate Fellow at the MU Institute for Korean Studies.

My research interests include both interstate and intrastate conflicts. At the interstate level, I focus on nuclear proliferation and on nuclear latency. At the intrastate level, my focus is on conflict management and on UN peacekeeping operations.

​I hold a M.A. in East Asian Studies from Stanford University and a B.A. in Asian Studies, International Studies, and Political Science from the University of Wisconsin at Madison (On, Wisconsin!).

My full CV is here.​

Photo: Jesse Hall, University of Missouri