Mr. Kim Taeho

Director of Research Cooperation, Senior China Analyst,

Korea Institute for Defense Analysis, Seoul

Dr. Taeho Kim is Director of Research Cooperation and a senior China analyst at the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA), Seoul, Korea, and a nonresidential research associate of the Mershon Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, the United States. He is also an editor of the SSCI‑listed The Korean Journal of Defense Analysis, Dr. Kim is the author and co‑author of over ten books, reports and monographs, including China's Arms Acquisitions from Abroad; A Quest for "Superb and Secret Weapons" (with Dr. Bates Gill, Oxford University Press, 1995), The Dynamics of Sino‑Russian Military Relations: An Asian Perspective (CAPS, 1994), and The ROK Defense Policy after the ROK‑PRC Normalization (KIDA, 1993). His most recent English articles include "Strategic Relations Between Beijing and Pyongyang" (1999), "Korean Perspectives on PLA Modernization and the Future East Asian Security Environment" (1998), "Korean Views on Taiwan‑PRC Relations and the Japan Factor"(1 997), "China and Virtual Nuclear Arsenals"(1 997), and 'Korean Security in Post‑Cold War Northeast Asia!'(1996). His research interests are Sino-Russian military cooperation; Chinese arms acquisitions, Asian nations' threat perceptions of the PRC, and Sino‑North Korean relations. He is currently writing a book on The Armed Forces of South Korea to be published by Allen & Unwin in 2000.