Jaeyoung Kim

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Jaeyoung Kim is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at San Diego State University. Kim received his Ph.D. in 2024 from McGill University, Canada. Prior to his studies at McGill, he earned his B.A. (2014) and M.A. (2017) from Seoul National University, South Korea. Dr. Kim’s research and teaching interests include international security, state formation, and global/historical international relations, with a regional focus on East Asia. His dissertation, “The Rise and Fall of Status-Seekers: Commitment, Strategy, and International Political Change in East Asia,” proposes a theory of status ascent grounded in East Asian history to explain why some states improve their status while others fail to do so when the established international order undergoes a transition.

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