Interruptors on North Korea

  • Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt – Founder of Activus Coaching and Consulting | Former Member of the UN Panel of Experts | Activus Consulting
  • Naoko Aoki – Research Associate at the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland | Adjunct fellow at the Pacific Forum | Expert in North Korea nuclear and missile programs and U.S. policy toward North Korea | Staff Profile
  • Celeste Arrington – Korea Foundation Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University | Expert in North Korean human rights, South Korea, and Japan | Website
  • Jieun Baek – Author of “North Korea’s Hidden Revolution” | Website
  • Heather Barr – Interim Co-Director at the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch | Expert in reproductive rights and women’s rights in North Korea | Profile
  • Alexandra Bell – Senior Policy Director at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation | Truman National Security Fellow | Expert in North Korea, multilateral nuclear policy, and diplomacy | Staff Profile
  • Andrea Berger – Senior Analyst at Privy Council Office | Senior Research Associate at James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies | Staff Profile
  • Emma Chanlett-Avery – Specialist in Asian Affairs at Congressional Research Service | Expert in Japan, South Korea, North Korea | LinkedIn
  • Bridget L. Coggins – Professor of Political Science and Adjunct Fellow | Korea Chair at Center for Strategic and International Studies | Expert in NE Asia Security (esp. non-traditional threats) and creative approaches to data/information on North Korea | Staff Profile
  • Lisa Collins – Fellow, Korea Chair Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) | Expert in U.S.-ROK relations, North Korea, human rights and refugee law, transitional justice, Northeast Asian security, and intersection between international law and international relations | Staff Profile
  • Kelsey Davenport – Director for Nonproliferation Policy at Arms Control Association; focused on nuclear and missile programs in Iran and North Korea | Staff Profile
  • Barbara Demick – Author of “Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea” and “Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town” | Former Beijing Bureau Chief at Los Angeles Times | Website
  • Anna Fifield – Editor of the Dominion Post | Wellington Editor for NZ Stuff | Author of “The Great Successor” | Former Beijing Bureau Chief at The Washington Post | LinkedIn
  • Kim Gamel – Deputy Editor of Honolulu Civil Beat | Former Korea correspondent at Stars and Stripes | Staff Profile
  • Bonnie Glaser – Director of the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund | Former Senior Adviser for Asia at the Center for Strategic Studies | Staff Profile
  • Melissa Hanham – Board Member at BASIC | Affiliate at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation | WMD and OSINT expert | LinkedIn
  • Mira Rapp-Hooper – Senior Advisor on China at the US State Department’s Policy Planning Staff | Former Asia Policy Coordinator for the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign | Former Foreign Policy Interrupted fellow
  • Elise Hu – Host of TED Talks Daily Podcast | Asia Correspondent at NPR News | Staff Profile
  • Duyeon Kim – Adjunct Senior Fellow at The Center for a New American Security | Columnist at the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists | Staff Profile
  • Suki Kim – Author of “The Interpreter” and “Without You, There Is No Us: Undercover Among the Sons of North Korea’s Elite” | Website
  • Sierra Madden – Contributor at North Korea Leadership Watch | North Korea Leadership Watch
  • Jihyun Park – North Korean Refugee | Author of “Deux Coréennes” | Book
  • Lim Yun-Suk – Korea Bureau Chief for Channel News Asia | Staff Profile
  • Yun Sun – Senior Fellow, Co-Director of the East Asia Program, and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center | Website
  • Sue Mi Terry – Senior Fellow and Korea Chair at CSIS | Professor of Asian Studies at Georgetown University | Staff Profile
  • Jenny Town – Korea specialist | Deputy Director of 38 North | Senior Fellow at the Stimson Center | Associate Fellow of SAIS Foreign Policy Institute | 38 North