Dylan Motin

Dylan Motin holds a Ph.D. in political science. He is currently Visiting Scholar at the Seoul National University Asia Center and Non-resident Kelly Fellow at the Pacific Forum. He is also Expert at Terner Consulting and Non-resident Fellow at the ROK Forum for Nuclear Strategy. His research expertise revolves around international relations theory, and his main interests are balance-of-power theory, great power competition, and Korean affairs. He is the author of Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior during the Cold War: A Theory of Armed Emergence (Routledge, 2025), How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid: The Lessons of the Sun King’s War Termination (Anthem Press, 2025), and Bandwagoning in International Relations: China, Russia, and Their Neighbors (Vernon Press, 2024).