Dr. Kuyoun Chung is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the Kangwon National University. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 2011. Her research focuses on US foreign policy and Indo-Pacific security issues, including competing regional security architecture, maritime security, grey-zone conflict, and hybrid warfare. Her recent publications include “South Korea’s perspective on Quad Plus and Evolving Indo-Pacific Security Architecture” (Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs, 2020), “American voters’ threat perception on North Korea and their voting behavior: Analysis on the 2018 midterm election survey data” (Journal of Parliamentary Research, 2020).