Ramon Pacheco Pardo is Professor of International Relations
at King's College London and the KF-VUB Korea Chair at the Brussels School of
Governance of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is also King's Regional Envoy for
East and South East Asia, helping to shape and implement the university's
strategy for the region. Prof Pacheco Pardo is also Adjunct Fellow
(Non-Resident) with the Korea Chair at CSIS, Non-Resident Fellow with Sejong
Institute, and Committee Member at CSCAP EU. He has held visiting positions at
Korea University, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and Melbourne
University. His publications include the books Shrimp to Whale: South
Korea from the Forgotten War to K-Pop (Hurst and Oxford
University Press, 2022) and North Korea-US Relations from Kim Jong Il to
Kim Jong Un (Routledge, 2019). Prof Pacheco Pardo has been
editor of Millennium: Journal of International Studies and
currently sits in the editorial boards of East Asia: An
International Quarterly, EU-China Observer and Global
Studies Journal. He has participated in track 1.5 and 2 dialogues
with South Korea, North Korea, China, and Japan. Prof Pacheco Pardo has
testified before the European Parliament and advised the OECD, the European
External Action Service, the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the
United Kingdom’s Cabinet and Foreign & Commonwealth offices. He is a
frequent media commentator on North East Asian affairs and EU-East Asia relations.