About Me

Matthew F. Fleming is a Non-Resident James A. Kelly Korea Fellow at the Pacific Forum and a Ph.D. student in political science at Northeastern University. His research focuses on Indo-Pacific security, minilateralism, and strategic competition in Northeast Asia, with particular attention to U.S.-ROK-Japan trilateralism, Indo-Pacific strategies, and U.S. foreign relations with South Korea and Japan. He is also a Graduate Fellow at Northeastern’s Center for International Affairs and World Cultures and previously served as a U.S. Delegate to the U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Global Leadership Youth Summit, a U.S. Department of State initiative organized through the U.S. embassies in Seoul and Tokyo and hosted by the East-West Center in 2024. He has held positions with the Indo-Pacific Strategy Team in the Office of Regional and Security Policy at the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP/RSP), the East Asia Institute, and the Yonsei Institute for North Korean Studies’ journals. Fleming holds an M.A. in Global Affairs and Policy from Yonsei University (Korea), specializing in international security and foreign policy, and an M.A. in Media and Governance from Keio University (Japan), focusing on global governance and regional strategy. His writing on Indo-Pacific security and minilateral cooperation has appeared in The Diplomat, Pacific Forum, the CDA Institute, the East-West Center, North Korean Review, and the Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies.