Mitch Shin

Research Fellow

Mitch (Seung Yeob) Shin is a non-resident research fellow for the CEIAS. Shin is currently a chief correspondent at The Diplomat, covering South Korea and North Korea, and a non-resident fellow in European Centre for North Korean Studies at the University of Vienna. Previously, he was a research fellow at the Institute for Peace & Diplomacy and a regular columnist at the Korea Times. He was also a nonresident Korea Foundation fellow at Pacific Forum and a nonresident research fellow at the Institute for Security & Development Policy, Stockholm Korea Center. An expert on the South Korean government’s policy on North Korea, his research areas are inter-Korean relations, North Korea-U.S. relations, South Korea-U.S. relations, deterrence, nonproliferation, and U.S. policy on North Korea. His articles and comments have also appeared in various publications including Fox News, Yahoo News, TRT World, WION Media, VOA, Asia Times, and Japan Times. Shin received his B.A. from the University of Utah.