Our Analysts

Colonel Robert Hayes served 28 years in U.S. Army intelligence, including three tours as a military attache in Northeast Asia. He led the DIA's Korea intelligence division and served on the National Intelligence Council. He founded DPRK Monitor in 2019 to bring professional intelligence analysis to the public.

Dr. Siegfried Hecker is a former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and one of the few Western scientists to have visited North Korean nuclear facilities. He has assessed Pyongyang's nuclear capabilities for three decades and advised multiple administrations on technical dimensions of the nuclear crisis.

Dr. Andrea Berger served on the UN Panel of Experts monitoring North Korea sanctions and is one of the world's leading authorities on sanctions evasion networks. She has authored two books on the subject and advises governments on sanctions design and enforcement.

Ambassador Christopher Hill served as the chief U.S. negotiator in the Six-Party Talks and as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. His firsthand experience negotiating with North Korean officials provides unmatched insight into the diplomatic dimensions of the crisis.

Dr. Jung Pak is a former senior CIA analyst who spent 15 years studying North Korean leadership dynamics. She is the author of "Born to Rule: Kim Jong-un and the Making of a Dictator" and is widely regarded as the foremost expert on the Kim family's political psychology.

Jeffrey Lewis is a pioneer in the use of open-source intelligence for nonproliferation analysis. His innovative work using commercial satellite imagery to monitor North Korean nuclear and missile facilities has created a new model for transparent intelligence analysis accessible to the public.

Dr. Bonnie Glaser has tracked the China-North Korea relationship for over 25 years at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Her analysis of Beijing's strategic calculus on the Korean Peninsula is relied upon by policymakers in Washington, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Dr. Kee Park is a neurosurgeon who has conducted medical missions in North Korea and serves as a consultant to humanitarian organizations operating in the DPRK. He provides unique ground-level perspective on the humanitarian dimensions of sanctions and isolation.