Terence Roehrig is a Professor in the National Security Affairs Department at the US Naval War College. He is the author of From Deterrence to Engagement: The US Defense Commitment to South Korea (2006) and The Prosecution of Former Military Leaders in Newly Democratic Nations: The Cases of Argentina, Greece, and South Korea (2002) and a co-editor of Korean Security in a Changing East Asia (2007). Professor Roehrig has published articles and book chapters on North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Korean and East Asian security issues, deterrence theory, the US-South Korea alliance, human rights and transitional justice. He received his PhD in political science from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and is the current President of the Association of Korean Political Studies.
