J. James Kim is the director of the Korea Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center and a lecturer at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (EMPA).
He previously served as Director of Public Opinion at the Korea Economic Institute of America (KEI) in Washington, DC, and spent over a decade at the Asan Institute for Policy Studies in Seoul and Washington, where he led the Regional Studies and Quantitative Methods programs. He has also held a number of academic appointments.
Kim is a generalist on Korea with an interest in examining the intersection of political economy, foreign policy, East Asian security, and domestic politics. He has authored numerous reports and articles on these subjects. Review. A Jacob K. Javits Fellow and Korea Foundation Scholar, he has participated and/or led several projects funded by the National Endowment for Democracy, the Japan Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among others. Kim holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University, and M.S. and B.S. (with Honors) degrees in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University. He is fluent in Korean and proficient in Spanish.
