Wooyeal PAIK is associate professor at the Department of Political Science and International Studies, deputy director, Yonsei Institute of North Korean Studies, and head, BK “Interdisciplinary Political Science Lab” Program, Yonsei University. Previously, he was an assistant professor at the Academy of East Asian Studies and vice director at Sungkyun Institute of China Studies, Sungkyunkwan Uni-versity in Seoul, Korea. Prof. PAIK received a B.A. in political science from Yonsei University, a M.Phil. in public and social administration from City University of Hong Kong, and a M.A. and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at Los Angeles. His recent research focus-es on the interactions between domestic politics and international politics in Asia along with their global implications. He also tries to create a new field, politics of things—e.g. interdisciplinary ana-lytic approach to semi-conductor, plastic, coffee, AI, etc. His recent publications appear in The China Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, International Political Science Review, International Envi-ronmental Agreements, Modern China, Journal of Contemporary China, The Pacific Review, The Pacif-ic Affairs, Asia Europe Journal, The Pacific Focus, Issues and Studies, Korean Political Science Review, Korean Journal of International Studies, and multiple policy-oriented journals|edited volumes. (Homepage: https://sites.google.com/site/wypaik)