Ellen Kim is a senior fellow with the Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Her research focuses on U.S.-Korea relations and U.S.-China strategic competition in the Indo-Pacific. She joined the Korea Chair upon its inception in 2009 and previously served as associate director and fellow before her departure in 2015. Her recent publications include "North Korea without Change” (with Victor Cha in The International Relations of Asia, edited by David Shambaugh, Rowman & Littlefield, forthcoming 2022) and "Between a Rock and a Hard Place: South Korea’s Strategic Dilemmas with China and the United States” (with Victor Cha, Asia Policy, January 2016). She holds a PhD in political science and international relations from the University of Southern California, an MPP from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, and a BA in international relations and Japanese studies from Wellesley College.
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If South Korea decides to get involved in Ukraine, it has powerful options
Ellen Kim in Business Insider — October 25, 2024
Russia's friendship with North Korea may have backfired
Ellen Kim in Business Insider — October 22, 2024
Putin Holds Talks with Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang
Ellen Kim in CNN — June 20, 2024
Putin Heaps Praise on North Korea to Kick Off First Visit Since 2000: What’s at Stake
Ellen Kim in U.S. News & World Report — June 18, 2024
Kim Jong Un’s 2024 Wish List: More Nuclear Bombs, Spy-Satellite Launches
Ellen Kim in The Wall Street Journal — January 1, 2024
South Korea Scraps No-Fly Zone Near Border With North Korea
Victor Cha and Ellen Kim in New York Times — November 22, 2023
U.S. defense chief holds China focus amid Israel-Hamas conflict
Ellen Kim in Nikkei Asia — November 9, 2023
Are US relations with North Korea entering a new era? Hardly.
Victor Cha and Ellen Kim in The Hill — October 3, 2023
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The Global Impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Event — September 26, 2024
The Korean Peninsula: Make or Break?
Commentary by Ellen Kim — September 26, 2024
Enhancing U.S.-ROK Economic Security Cooperation
Event — September 11, 2024
The New Russia-North Korea Security Alliance
Podcast Episode by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim — June 20, 2024
The New Russia-North Korea Security Alliance
Critical Questions by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim — June 20, 2024
U.S.-ROK Bilateral Dialogue for Strengthening U.S.-ROK Alliance
Event — June 10, 2024
Russia’s Veto: Dismembering the UN Sanctions Regime on North Korea
Critical Questions by Victor Cha and Ellen Kim — March 29, 2024
The DPRK-Hamas Relationship
Critical Questions by Ellen Kim and Salamata Bah — March 27, 2024
South Korea’s Trade Policy: Uncertainty, Risks and Competition - The Capital Cable #90
Event — March 21, 2024