Biography

 Andrew Yeo is Ordinary Professor of Politics at 91³Ô¹ÏÍø in Washington, D.C., and also a and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Asia Policy Studies. He is the author or co-editor of six books including ” (Brookings Institution Press, 2024);  (Cambridge University Press 2021); and  (Stanford University Press, 2019). Dr. Yeo is currently completing a book project examining the role of narratives and South Korean foreign policy and grand strategy.

Dr. Yeo’s research and teaching interests include international relations theory, Asian security, narratives and discourse, the formation of beliefs, ideas, and worldviews, civil society, social and transnational movements, U.S. grand strategy and global force posture, Korean politics, and North Korea. Dr. Yeo’s scholarly publications have appeared in International Studies Quarterly, European Journal of International Relations, Perspectives on Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Journal of East Asian Studies, and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific among others. His other writings and media commentary have appeared in a variety of outlets including the Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Economist, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Bloomberg, The Hill, The Dispatch, NPR, Fox, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, and BBC.

Dr. Yeo is a former term member of the  and a member of the . He was awarded the Young Faculty Scholar's Award from 91³Ô¹ÏÍø University in 2013. He is a two-time recipient of a U.S. Fulbright scholar award conducting research as a senior scholar in the Philippines in 2020 and as a graduate student in South Korea in 2005-2006. He received his Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University, and BA in Psychology and International Studies magna cum laude, from Northwestern University.

Honors and Appointments

Senior Fellow, Mansfield Foundation, 2020-2022

Fulbright Grant, 2019

Director, Asian Studies Program, 2015 - 2020

Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington Research Consortium on Korea, 2016-2021

Fellow, Institute for Policy Research and 91³Ô¹ÏÍø Studies, 2013 - present

Mansfield Foundation – Korean Foundation Next Generation Scholar, 2013-15

Young Faculty Award for Achievement in Research, 91³Ô¹ÏÍø University of America, 2013