Dr. John Park is the Director of the Korea Project at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. His core research projects focus on deterrence, economic statecraft, nuclear proliferation, Asian alliances, and North Korean cyber operations. At Harvard University, he is a Faculty Member of GSAS’s Committee on Regional Studies East Asia and a Faculty Affiliate with HKS’s Project on Managing the Atom. Earlier, Dr. Park worked at Goldman Sachs and The Boston Consulting Group. He also directed Northeast Asia Track 1.5 dialogues at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C. He advises Northeast Asia policy-focused officials in the U.S. government. He has testified on North Korea before the Senate Banking Committee, House Financial Services Committee, and House Foreign Affairs Committee. Dr. Park received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He completed his predoctoral and postdoctoral training at Harvard University.
Contact
john_park@hks.harvard.edu
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Subfields
Comparative Politics | International Relations
Academic Interests
Foreign Policy | Public Policy | Security Studies | Technology & Governance
Research Methods
Historical Methods | Qualitative Methods | Quantitative Methods
Geographic Regions of Study
China | Asia | United States