Dr Jiye Kim is an Assistant Professor at the University of Waikato (New Zealand) and a researcher affiliated with the University of Sydney (Australia). Previously, Jiye contributed to Macquarie University (Australia) as an Assistant Professor and Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (Japan) as an Associate Professor. Her research contributes to the emerging discourses on international relations and international security with a particular focus on the Asia-Pacific using the multi-country and multi-lingual (English, Korean, and Mandarin Chinese) perspectives. In addition, she employs an interdisciplinary approach in linking international business and security domains along with industry engagement to advance our understanding of imminent planetary challenges.