Dr. Ju Hyung Kim currently serves as a President at the Security Management Institute, a
defense think tank affiliated with the South Korean National Assembly. He has been involved
in numerous defense projects and has provided consultation to several key organizations,
including the Republic of Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Defense Acquisition Program
Administration, the Ministry of National Defense, the Korea Institute for Defense Analysis, the
Agency for Defense Development, and the Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology
Planning and Advancement. He holds a doctoral degree in international relations from the
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Japan, a master’s degree in conflict
management from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies
(SAIS), and a degree in public policy from Seoul National University’s Graduate School of
Public Administration (GSPA).