Lami Kim is a Professor at the College of Security Studies at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, a U.S. Department of Defense institute based in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is also serving as a Nonresident Visiting Scholar at George Washington University’s Elliot School of International Affairs, a member of the Project on Nuclear Issues Mid-career Cadre at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholar, and an Adjunct Fellow at Pacific Forum. Her research interests are the intersection between international security and technology, including nuclear and emerging technologies, and security issues in East Asia. Previously, she served as Associate Professor and Director of the Asian Studies Program at the U.S. Army War College; as a research fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center, the Wilson Center, Pacific Forum, and the Stimson Center; as a Nuclear Scholar, a US-Korea NextGen Scholar, and a Security and Statecraft Fellow at CSIS; as a Visiting Fellow at Seoul National University and the East-West Center; and also as a South Korean diplomat. She has also taught at Harvard University, Boston College, and the University of Hong Kong. She holds a PhD degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a Master’s degree from Harvard University.