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International Relations & Security Expert | Korea-Based Ph.D. Scholar

Profile Summary

I hold a Ph.D. in political science. I am the founder of the political risk consultancy Palisade and a Visiting Scholar at the Seoul National University Asia Center. My research expertise revolves around international relations, and my main interests are strategic studies, great power competition, and Korean affairs. I am the author of How Louis XIV Survived His Hegemonic Bid: The Lessons of the Sun King’s War Termination (Anthem Press, 2025), Territorial Expansion and Great Power Behavior during the Cold War: A Theory of Armed Emergence (Routledge, 2025), and Bandwagoning in International Relations: China, Russia, and Their Neighbors (Vernon Press, 2024).

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Diplomacy & International Relations
• ☆ Political Science
• ☆ Foreign Policy
• ☆ International Studies
• ☆ Arms & Defense
• ☆ Asian Studies
• ☆ International Security

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, General Proofreading & Editing

Research Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Founder

Palisade

January 2026 - Present

Visiting Scholar

Seoul national university

March 2025 - Present

Visiting Research Fellow

Institute for Far Eastern Studies

June 2021 - December 2021

Education

PhD (Political Science)

Kangwon National University

March 2018 - August 2024

MA in Political Science

Kangwon National University

September 2015 - February 2018

Certifications

• NYU Riskathon 2025

  Wikistrat

  December 2024 - December 2024

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Dylan Motin (2024). Indonesia, an offshore balancer in Southeast Asia? . World Affairs.

Dylan Motin (2024). Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd: Tripolarity and War . Central European Journal of International and Security Studies.

Dylan Motin(2022). Great Power Politics in World History: Balance of Power and Central Wars Since Antiquity . The Korean Journal of International Studies. 20. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 175--212. Korean Association of International Studies

Dylan Motin(2022). The Fault in Our Stars? Korea's Strategy for Survival and Germany's Rise, 1876–1910 . Seoul Journal of Korean Studies. 35. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 131--161. Project Muse

Dylan Motin(2022). Not in My Backyard, But in Yours: Containment Realism, Restraint Realism and China-US Competition . Irish Studies in International Affairs. Project Muse

Dylan Motin(2021). South America Off Balance? Aggregate and Military Power in International Politics . Journal of Social Science. 60. (2). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 31--54. Institute of Social Science, Gangwon University

Ad Gloriam? Expansion, Balance, and Buck-Passing at the Time of Louis XIV @article{10.16935/EJSS.2021.37.1.006, author = {Dylan Motin}, title = {}, journal = {사회과학연구논총}, publisher = {이화사회과학원}, volume = {37}, number = {1}, pages = {179-215} year = 2021, month = 04} . Ewha Journal of Social Sciences.

Dylan Motin(2020). Geography, Military Balance, and the Defence of NATO's Borderlands . Journal on Baltic Security. 6. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 51--59. Walter de Gruyter {GmbH}

Dylan Motin(2020). The 3:1 Rule . Journal of Advances in Military Studies. 3. (1). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 23--34. Institute of Defense Acquisition Program