Manseok Lee is an East Asia Security and Nuclear Nonproliferation expert and an active duty army major of the Republic of Korea. Currently, he is pursuing his doctoral degree in public policy at UC Berkeley. His research interests include international relations in East Asia, strategic stability, nuclear nonproliferation regime, North Korea’s nuclear strategy, and US-China relations. Previously, he held an instructor position in war history at the Army College of Korea, worked for the Ministry of National Defense of Korea, and was a research associate at the Center for Global Security Research in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Manseok received masters’ degrees both in Nuclear Engineering and International Studies from UC Berkeley and a BA from the Korea Military Academy. His research has appeared in War on the Rocks, Defense and Security Analysis, Strategic Studies Quarterly, Progress in Nuclear Energy, Berkeley Public Policy Journal, the ROK-US Alliance Journal, and Michigan Journal of Public Affairs.
