Dylan Motin

Dylan Motin is a Visiting Scholar at the Seoul National University Asia Center and a Non-resident Kelly Fellow at the Pacific Forum. He is also an expert at Terner Consulting and a member of the executive committee of the ROK Forum for Nuclear Strategy. He researches International Relations theory, specifically realism, balance-of-power theory, great power competition, and Korean affairs. He is the author of several books, including “How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid: The Lessons of the Sun King’s War Termination,” “Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior During the Cold War: A Theory of Armed Emergence,” and “Bandwagoning in International Relations: China, Russia, and Their Neighbors.” He earned a Ph.D. and M.A.  in political science from Kangwon National University and a B.A. in Russian Studies from Université Bordeaux Montaigne.