Master’s Degree Graduation: Yonsei University | 연세대학교

This week, I graduated from Yonsei University Graduate School of International Studies.

Over the last two years in Korea, while obtaining a Master of Global Affairs and Policy with a dual concentration in International Security & Foreign Policy and International Law & Organizations, I additionally …

• Was selected to be a Dual-Degree Representative between Yonsei University and Keio University in Tokyo, Japan.
• Worked as a Think Tank Research Intern at the renowned East Asia Institute 동아시아 연구원(EAI).
• Continue to work as an Academic Journal Intern at the indexed Journals of North Korean Review and Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies (JTMS).
• Published a book review and independent research with academic journals, [i.e., “Review of The North Korean Conundrum: Balancing Human Rights and Nuclear Security, by King, Robert R., and Gi-Wook Shin,” Fleming, M. (Forthcoming, 2022), North Korean Review, 18 (2), and “The Japanese Government and Immigration: A Duality of Policy in Media and Governmental Documents,” Fleming, M. (2021), Yonsei Journal of International Studies, 13 (1), pp. 72–83.]
• Published with Global Affairs Magazines, Academic Blogs, and Journals’ web-based extensions, with nine articles in Yonsei University’s Global Affairs Magazine NOVAsia, and research and interviews with the North Korean Review Blog and the Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies Online.
• Participated as a panelist at the 2022 Korea Political Science Association’s Summer Conference, presenting research titled “Denuclearization In DPRK Post-Russian Invasion Into Ukraine: Conversation On The Value Of Security Assurances And Nuclear Deterrence.”
• Was invited to participate as part of the online audience for the 10th Annual Seoul Defense Dialogue, a high-level multilateral security dialogue for global security issues by the Ministry of National Defense, Republic of Korea.

My time in Seoul has changed my trajectory in a way I could have never predicted. I am incredibly grateful for the opportunities and support Yonsei University has presented me with, and I look forward to what the future might hold.