Jung H. Pak

As a former US diplomat and CIA officer, Jung H. Pak has deep experience in intelligence and national security and is a trusted international voice on US foreign relations and geopolitics. Jung is an exceptional communicator and storyteller, capable of interpreting complex intelligence, security, and global issues in a compelling way. She earned her PhD in US history from Columbia University and her BA from Colgate University. Her book, Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer’s Insights Into North Korea’s Enigmatic Young Dictator (Random House, 2020), has been translated into multiple languages. In 2025, she coedited, East Asia’s Grand Strategies: A Twelve Case Comparison (Georgetown).  Jung’s insights and analyses have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, among other leading publications, including throughout Europe and Asia. She has been a frequent commentator for Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan, This Week with George Stephanopoulos, PBS NewsHour, Fareed Zakaria GPS, MSNBC, Fox News, and the BBC.