Author Expertise 

Lami Kim is a Professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies under the U.S. Department of Defense.  She is also a member of the Mid-career Nuclear Cadre at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Nonresident Scholar at the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, and an Adjunct Fellow at Pacific Forum. Until recently, she served as an Associate Professor and Director of the Asian Studies Program at the U.S. Army War College. 

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