Yu Bin Kim

General Interests
My research interests include both interstate and intrastate conflicts. At the interstate level, I focus on nuclear proliferation and on nuclear latency. At the intrastate level, my focus is on conflict management and on UN peacekeeping operations. I'm interested in rebel group dynamics, particularly rebel governance and diplomacy, as well.

Years at Knox: 2024 to present

Education
Ph.D., 2024, Political Science, University of Missouri
M.A., 2014, East Asian Studies, Stanford University
B.A., 2011, Asian Studies, International Studies, Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Teaching Interests
Interstate and Intrastate Conflicts; Conflict Management and Resolution; Rebel Governance and Diplomacy; Nuclear Politics; East Asian Regional Security.

Selected Professional Accomplishments

Personal Website

Publications

"When Personalism Matters: Nuclear Latency and Conflict Propensity," Cooperation and Conflict (2024), forthcoming.

"Public Opinion, Rivalry, and the Democratic Peace: Experimental Evidence from South Korea," with Gidong Kim and Dongjin Kwak, International Studies Quarterly vol. 68 no. 2 (2024), sqae027.

"Authoritarian Audiences: Theory and Evidence for Subnational Propaganda Targeting in North Korea," with Heather-Leigh K. Ba and Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Comparative Politics vol. 56 no. 1 (2023), 49-72.